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Date:      Fri, 27 Aug 2010 20:52:09 +0200
From:      Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl>
To:        Matias <msurdi@tuenti.com>
Cc:        Isamu Onoda <onoda11@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: fan control
Message-ID:  <20100827185209.GA79881@slackbox.erewhon.net>
In-Reply-To: <4C778D2A.7090405@gmail.com>
References:  <i55a8q$g6$1@dough.gmane.org> <20100826172000.GA46981@slackbox.erewhon.net> <AANLkTi=mgEbXqUVytdGbYFCBLwMbKTC3jFAyB93tDZiw@mail.gmail.com> <4C778D2A.7090405@gmail.com>

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On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 12:02:18PM +0200, Matias wrote:
> Thanks for replying!
>=20
> I've tried everything you mention here with no success:
>=20
> The BIOS is pretty basic, just allows to select boot order, set the=20
> date, and not much more than that. No sysctls also.=20

Some desktop machines have a knob that you can turn which controls the fan
speed.

In my experience only laptops come with a ACPI thermal subdevice.

> I guess that my only option to check if the hardware has the feature will=
 be
> to get windows on it and see what happens.

Reading the manual is also an option. :-)

Roland
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R.F.Smith                                   http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/
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