Intelligent Cooling

The Intelligent Cooling feature helps you adjust power consumption, fan speed, computer temperature, and performance.

Note: In balanced mode or best performance mode, avoid keeping your hands, your lap, or any other part of your body in contact with a hot section of the computer for 10 seconds or longer.

Mode	Recommended scenario
Best power efficiency	You want the computer to be quieter and cooler. You want to maximize the battery life.
Balanced	You plan to frequently switch between different computer tasks over a period time. You prefer to balance device performance with temperature and fan noise.
Best performance	You want the computer to achieve the best performance. Louder fan noise and higher temperature are acceptable to you.

Switch among modes

You can press F8 or do the following to switch among preferred modes:

Step 1

Right-click the battery icon in the quick settings area

on the right side of the taskbar.

Step 2

Click Power and sleep settings.

Step 3

Locate the Power mode section and select a preferred mode.

Install the Intelligent Thermal Solution (ITS) drivers

Follow the instructions to install the Intelligent Thermal Solution (ITS) drivers.

If you reinstall a Windows operating system, the default intelligent cooling settings might be various. It is recommended that you download and install the latest Intelligent Thermal Solution (ITS) driver. To download the ITS driver, do the following:

Step 1

Go to https://pcsupport.lenovo.com.

Step 2

Type Intelligent Thermal Solution driver in the search box and then press Enter.

Step 3

Select the latest driver and then follow the on-screen instructions to download driver.

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