Once again then ... if it helps anyone..
On my x200s, this problem is definitely related to the wifi adapter.
1) Everything can be idling ever so nicely after bootup, but when you stress
the CPU a bit, the fan ramps up and does not come down to level 0 - in spite of
CPU going back to idle tempera
Yep, I'm pretty certain now.
I booted the thinkpad, fan speed quickly rose to appx 3700. Then I left it
alone for a half hour, wireless on and associated. The fan speed was unchanged
when I looked back in on it. CPU temperature steady around 36C.
Then I disabled wireless and waited.. lo and beh
Right. I've observed this behaviour as well using my x200s with 64-bit
lucid. Fan speed goes to around 3700 rpm and doesn't come back down when
the CPU goes back to idling.
Then I read the above post and updated to 10.10 - but no change
whatsoever. Got frustrated and reinstalled 10.04, and experim
