Re: case fan control

2010-10-11 Thread green
green wrote at 2010-10-10 22:08 -0600: > Mark Allums wrote at 2010-10-10 21:04 -0600: > > On 10/10/2010 2:53 PM, Klistvud wrote: > > >Dne, 10. 10. 2010 18:24:01 je Camaleón napisal(a): > > > > > >> > > >>I maybe wrong but AFAIK, 3-pin fans cannot be controller by ACPI (only > > >>PWM, that is, 4-pi

Re: case fan control

2010-10-11 Thread Zoran Kolic
Howdy! > All right. So it depends on the MB. What about OP's MB? http://downloadmirror.intel.com/16960/eng/D945GCLF2D_ProductGuide02_English.pdf I'm a bit late with answer, but had to go to work. The case is el cheapo and had slim fan without any control. I got new, but that one was "fat" and I

Re: case fan control

2010-10-11 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 11. 10. 2010 11:34:04 je Camaleón napisal(a): lm_sensors provides that ability _but_ I think you still need 4-pin fans or you can get undesired results: http://www.lm-sensors.org/wiki/man/fancontrol What I use is a "fixed" regulator (external) for controlling the micro fan speed. Dunno

Re: case fan control

2010-10-11 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 10 Oct 2010 21:53:18 +0200, Klistvud wrote: > Dne, 10. 10. 2010 18:24:01 je Camaleón napisal(a): > > >> I maybe wrong but AFAIK, 3-pin fans cannot be controller by ACPI (only >> PWM, that is, 4-pin fans can). Anyway, you can use an external fan >> regulator which allows you to put the fa

Re: case fan control

2010-10-11 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 11. 10. 2010 06:28:18 je Mark Allums napisal(a): All right. So it depends on the MB. What about OP's MB? I guess that's for him to find out? Reading the user -- or service & maintenance -- guide would be a good first step IMHO. Unless some list member has hands-on experience with

Re: case fan control

2010-10-10 Thread Mark Allums
On 10/10/2010 11:08 PM, green wrote: Mark Allums wrote at 2010-10-10 21:04 -0600: On 10/10/2010 2:53 PM, Klistvud wrote: Dne, 10. 10. 2010 18:24:01 je Camaleón napisal(a): I maybe wrong but AFAIK, 3-pin fans cannot be controller by ACPI (only PWM, that is, 4-pin fans can). Anyway, you can us

Re: case fan control

2010-10-10 Thread green
Mark Allums wrote at 2010-10-10 21:04 -0600: > On 10/10/2010 2:53 PM, Klistvud wrote: > >Dne, 10. 10. 2010 18:24:01 je Camaleón napisal(a): > > > >> > >>I maybe wrong but AFAIK, 3-pin fans cannot be controller by ACPI (only > >>PWM, that is, 4-pin fans can). Anyway, you can use an external fan > >>

Re: case fan control

2010-10-10 Thread Mark Allums
On 10/10/2010 2:53 PM, Klistvud wrote: Dne, 10. 10. 2010 18:24:01 je Camaleón napisal(a): I maybe wrong but AFAIK, 3-pin fans cannot be controller by ACPI (only PWM, that is, 4-pin fans can). Anyway, you can use an external fan regulator which allows you to put the fan rpm at fixed speed or yo

Re: case fan control

2010-10-10 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 10. 10. 2010 18:24:01 je Camaleón napisal(a): I maybe wrong but AFAIK, 3-pin fans cannot be controller by ACPI (only PWM, that is, 4-pin fans can). Anyway, you can use an external fan regulator which allows you to put the fan rpm at fixed speed or you can buy a silent (low speed) fan.

Re: case fan control

2010-10-10 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 10 Oct 2010 17:13:06 +0200, Zoran Kolic wrote: > I have a small atom based stream server with 5.0.3. Version depends on > stable version of squeezeserver, for which it was built. Mini-itx mobo > was put inside small case with no-control case fan. I removed that fan > and put another one wi

case fan control

2010-10-10 Thread Zoran Kolic
Howdy! I have a small atom based stream server with 5.0.3. Version depends on stable version of squeezeserver, for which it was built. Mini-itx mobo was put inside small case with no-control case fan. I removed that fan and put another one with conector to mobo 3 pin adapter. As node works pretty f