Solved! Lenovo Legion 5 left fan weird activity.

dragonfur

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Hello, my 5 months old Lenovo L5 15ACH6H left fan remains idle (barely air getting out) on stress (eg. running demanding games) and doesn’t kick in even when card gets 80C while the right fan runs at max.

The left fan only kicks in randomly then stop while gaming/laptop startup/waking from sleep.

I resorted to using recently released fan control third party app LegionFanControl and set fans to max in order for the left one to ramp but I’m afraid that will cause the fans to wear out in the long run. I noticed this behavior recently, both fans used to work smoothly.

I’m on latest Win11/Bios/Nvidia drivers.

Update: I removed cover, disconnected battery and fans, cleaned them thoroughly, reconnected and now they are working flawlessly.
 
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