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Originally Posted by Ecky
I typically find computers get "slow" when they have a silent hard drive failure. For whatever reason, seek times get outrageous. Hard drive usage shows very high in task manager even though throughput is low.
Since you're seeing the CPU fan maxed, it might just be thermally throttling because the heatsink is packed with dust and hair. Either way, this are fixable issues.
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I have had an Intel X25M SSD in there for most of its life though, I thought those don't die silently? It's not anywhere near full and I never wrote much stuff to it, so garbage collection and wear leveling shouldn't be the problem. I don't think the CPU would consume large amounts of power if it's just waiting on the hard drive.
I also did clean out the fan. The older Thinkpads had 35W TDP processors and big heavy heatsinks compared to today's low voltage wimpy offerings. I don't really understand the obsession with thinness, it makes thermal management much more difficult, while not really providing any tangible benefit.