Repair goes mega mainstream with the launch of Lenovo’s new T-series business laptops, which earned our highest honor with a 10/10 repairability score.
Q: Running TPFanControl I encounter strange spontaneous unexpected actions as shutdowns and standbys. Is there any workaround?
A: Newer versions of Thinkpad Power Manager don’t team up with TPFanControl well. You can avoid these spontaneous effects by uninstalling Thinkpad Power Manager Program and Thinkpad Power Manager Driver. For testing purpose saving the installation of Thinkpad Power Manager run autoruns with admin rights, uncheck all checkboxes of Thinkpad Power Manager instances as program, service and driver, and have a reboot. You can use Windows Mobility Center as a workaround for some of these FN functions. To reactivate Thinkpad Power Manager check all checkboxes of Thinkpad Power Manager in autoruns again and reboot.
Yeah, no, for a work laptop this is all way too hacky. Somehow ThinkPads are really locked down when it comes to fan control.
Yeah, no, for a work laptop this is all way too hacky. Somehow ThinkPads are really locked down when it comes to fan control.