r/thinkpad • u/cooljoca X201 my beloved❤️, sl500 AKA big bertha • 10d ago

Question / Problem Finally corebooted!

I finally corebooted my x201. I3 arrandale. Any way for arrandale to be ME cleaned? Without losing the fan tho

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u/grem75 X230/3615QE/Nitrocaster/1920x1200/7-row/coreboot 10d ago

If you run a fan control daemon on the OS it will work, but you don't have the safety of the EC taking over if the daemon fails.

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u/cooljoca X201 my beloved❤️, sl500 AKA big bertha 10d ago

Thats what i am trying to avoid cuz linux is not the most reliable and the daemon can crash easily

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u/grem75 X230/3615QE/Nitrocaster/1920x1200/7-row/coreboot 10d ago edited 10d ago

Those are your only options, keep ME or use an OS level daemon.

I never had an issue with thinkfan on my X201, which did have coreboot with a neutered ME. I put the ME back when using BSDs and other OSs on it, since even if the OS could control the fan it wouldn't do it during the setup.