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Paper Tape
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Lenovo T61 - Thermal Sensing Error?

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What there may be onto this the solution?

Error: Thermal Sensing Error (before boot screen)

 

An exchange was a motherboard. This CPU does not produce the mistake in an other machine.

 

Thanks

Retired Guru
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Re: Lenovo T61 - Thermal Sensing Error?

Maybe a bad fan? Is fan running on boot?

Token Ring
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Re: Lenovo T61 - Thermal Sensing Error?

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This error occurs when the motherboard and the CPU don't match, for example when you use a Penryn CPU in a motherboard, that has been built to use a Merom CPU. What is your notebook's type and model? You will find the type and model information on the underside of your notebook, it's a seven character/digit string. Please don't post the notebook's serial number.

Paper Tape
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Re: Lenovo T61 - Thermal Sensing Error?

Hi

 

Notebook Type: 6466-5WG

 

Thank you for the answer

Paper Tape
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Re: Lenovo T61 - Thermal Sensing Error?

FAN is ok!

Token Ring
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Re: Lenovo T61 - Thermal Sensing Error?

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mezeig wrote:

An exchange was a motherboard. This CPU does not produce the mistake in an other machine.


If i understand correctly, the motherboard was replaced. Does the notebook still have its original CPU? The original CPU for your notebook is a Merom T7250.

 

Paper Tape
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Re: Lenovo T61 - Thermal Sensing Error?

MB FRU:  42W7651

CPU FRU: 42W7964

 

Not compatible?

Token Ring
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Re: Lenovo T61 - Thermal Sensing Error?

You have a motherboard that has been designed to use a Merom processor, but you're using a Penryn processor, a T8100. The processor is not compatible to the motherboard. The reason is that your motherboard has been designed to receive processor temperature data from an analogue thermal sensor, but the Penryn processor uses a digital thermal sensor to measure temperatures. Your motherboard is the correct replacement part for your notebook.

 

You can solve the problem by replacing the processor with a Merom processor. The processor that was in your notebook when it came from the factory, a Core 2 Duo T7250, is such a processor. If you want a more powerful Merom, you could use a T7300. Other processors listed in the T61 Hardware Maintenance Manual are T7500, T7700, and T7800.

 

If you want to keep the T8100 processor that you use now, i suppose you could replace the motherboard. You would need the version that was designed to use Penryn processors, FRU 42W7875.

 

Users have reported that it's possible to make the notebook boot despite the error message by pressing the ESC key when the error message is displayed. I have no idea whether the notebook's thermal management will be functional if you do that, and i don't know whether doing it might cause hardware failure. I can't recommend such a workaround.

Paper Tape
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Re: Lenovo T61 - Thermal Sensing Error?

Hi!

http://cgi.ebay.com.sg/IBM-Lenovo-T61-T61P-CPU-Upgrade-Thermal-Sensing-Error-/230463631233

 

I have a similar problem. I found this. I am Hungarian unfortunately I cannot order.
I one 9500 penryn I would have put it into it.

 

mumi74

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Re: Lenovo T61 - Thermal Sensing Error?

you would need to use the modified bios to overcome this error message, which will allow you to use the Penryn CPU.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/lenovo-ibm/474396-fn-ctrl-swap-all-lenovo-laptops-solved.html
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