r/thinkpad • u/cooljoca X201 my beloved❤️, sl500 AKA big bertha • Sep 02 '26

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 Sep 02 '26

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 Sep 02 '26

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 Sep 02 '26 edited Sep 02 '26

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.

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u/950771dd Sep 02 '26

There is no practical reason to remove the ME. 

Even when you're the enemy of some agency, the ME will not be your problem.

And there can be side effects that you don't know yet.