Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 09:05:58 +0100 (MET) From: sos@FreeBSD.org To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Cc: spork@super-g.com, kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de, freebsd-hackers@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: CPU fan detection... Message-ID: <199701030806.JAA21106@deepcore.cybercity.dk> In-Reply-To: <199701030118.LAA18076@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from Michael Smith at "Jan 3, 97 11:48:26 am"
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In reply to Michael Smith who wrote:
> Just to change the subject slightly...
>
> spork stands accused of saying:
> > it's going to extend the drive life immeasurably. Now I just have to find
> > a way to detect when the CPU fan dies...
>
> The Intel CPUs with integrated fans do indeed have a fan sensor of some
> sort. Anyone know how to read it? It'd make for a good idle-loop
> check...
Hmm, I have one of those P5 ODP for a 486 socket, and it has a built
in fan. I'm pretty sure I've read somewhere that the status can be
gotten from one of the MSR's.
It's lousy peace of shit though, it is much better to go with one
of the 100-133 Mhz AMD 486's, and it will only run for an hour
then it dies, but the fan runs :)
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Søren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team
Even more code to hack -- will it ever end
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