Lenovo T430 - Reduce fan noise

For some reason on some T430 laptops, the fan is always on even if the CPU has a 0% load. If you are running Windows here are a few suggestions how you can fix this issue:

Update Bios

Make sure your laptop has the newest Bios installed - maybe Lenovo figured out how to resolve the Fan control at the hardware level.

1. Run Lenovo - Update and Drivers
2. Update Bios

Official Fan Speed Control Driver

1. Download the driver from http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/downloads/detail.page?DocID=DS001691
2. Install the driver
3. Restart the computer
4. Open the Task manager and check if "FanSpeedControl.exe" is running (if not, de-install the driver again

TPFanControl

Apparently "troubadix" from the German Uni-Marburg created a small program to control the ThinkPad Fan.  Caution: As you are actively manipulating the fan speed, your hardware could overheat and be damaged which could not be

1. Go to: http://www.staff.uni-marburg.de/~schmitzr/donate.html (yes - the webpage is in ComicSans)
2. Scroll down to "download area" and select the "latest common Version" (or check if the special version is better suited for your laptop)
3. Install and restart
4. As a default, the fan is being controlled in the "Smart"-mode, based on the temperature of the CPU.  I did not have to change any settings, usually, the CPU runs at around 42 degrees Celsius. If your CPU heats up faster you may want to use a more aggressive cooling strategy provided by the program.
5. To minimize the window to the "Notification Area" Right-click on the TPFanControl icon in the Notification Area and disable "Show Window"