A working thermald configuration file for Thinkpad T430 with a trip point of 90C.

thermal-conf.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ThermalConfiguration>
<Platform>
        <Name>T430</Name>
        <ProductName>*</ProductName>
        <Preference>QUIET</Preference>
        <ThermalSensors>
		<ThermalSensor>
                        <Type>pkg-temp-0</Type>
                        <Path>/sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone0/temp</Path>
                        <AsyncCapable>1</AsyncCapable>
                </ThermalSensor>
        </ThermalSensors>
        <ThermalZones>
                <ThermalZone>
                        <Type>cpu package</Type>
                        <TripPoints>
                                <TripPoint>
                                        <SensorType>pkg-temp-0</SensorType>
                                        <Temperature>90000</Temperature>
                                        <type>max</type>
                                        <ControlType>PARALLEL</ControlType>
                                        <CoolingDevice>
                                                <index>1</index>
                                                <type>rapl_controller</type>
                                                <influence> 50 </influence>
                                                <SamplingPeriod> 10 </SamplingPeriod>
                                        </CoolingDevice>
                                        <CoolingDevice>
                                                <index>2</index>
                                                <type>intel_pstate</type>
                                                <influence> 40 </influence>
                                                <SamplingPeriod> 10 </SamplingPeriod>
                                        </CoolingDevice>
                                        <CoolingDevice>
                                                <index>3</index>
                                                <type>intel_powerclamp</type>
                                                <influence> 30 </influence>
                                                <SamplingPeriod> 10 </SamplingPeriod>
                                        </CoolingDevice>
                                        <CoolingDevice>
                                                <index>4</index>
                                                <type>cpufreq</type>
                                                <influence> 20 </influence>
                                                <SamplingPeriod> 10 </SamplingPeriod>
                                        </CoolingDevice>
                                        <CoolingDevice>
                                                <index>5</index>
                                                <type>Processor</type>
                                                <influence> 10 </influence>
                                                <SamplingPeriod> 10 </SamplingPeriod>
                                        </CoolingDevice>
                                </TripPoint>
                        </TripPoints>
                </ThermalZone>
        </ThermalZones>
</Platform>
</ThermalConfiguration>

Same is working great for T430s. The temperature stays below the set point and the fan is barely audible. Previously the fan would be very loud while the CPU reached 98°C.