r/spectrex360

I have a complicated USB C PD system coming up and I'm looking for the simplest combination of dongles to get for a flight rig.

Does anyone know how much power output I could get out of the Thunderbolt 4 connector on the Spectre?

In theory Thunderbolt 4 should support PD3.0 which is 20V at 5A=100W. But is that the case here?

And just to weed out the obvious, I know that my charger is 100W going into the laptop, what I want to know is how much I can get out.

HP Spectre x360 model: 15-ch011dx

My original fans were failing so I bought replacements as well as 32GB RAM modules and installed them in August 2025.

At first the fans ran quietly and the unit was cool, but lately the fans seem to run all the time and the unit is very warm (hot) to the touch.

The vents are clear and both fans are running as air is coming out of both sides.

I downloaded a Core Temp app and it has recently started giving me critical heat warnings.

Anyone run into this before? Could it be the fans only lasted a year and are degrading?

I looked at the settings before, but nothing has been changed since.