Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 09:59:19 +0200 From: Matias <matiassurdi@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fan control Message-ID: <i5afkn$uvk$1@dough.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <20100828074018.GA1543@slackbox.erewhon.net> References: <i55a8q$g6$1@dough.gmane.org> <20100826172000.GA46981@slackbox.erewhon.net> <AANLkTi=mgEbXqUVytdGbYFCBLwMbKTC3jFAyB93tDZiw@mail.gmail.com> <4C778D2A.7090405@gmail.com> <20100827185209.GA79881@slackbox.erewhon.net> <4C78B652.10701@stillbilde.net> <20100828074018.GA1543@slackbox.erewhon.net>
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El 28/08/10 09:40, Roland Smith escribió: > On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 09:10:10AM +0200, Svein Skogen (Listmail account) wrote: >> On 27.08.2010 20:52, Roland Smith wrote: >>> On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 12:02:18PM +0200, Matias wrote: >>>> Thanks for replying! >>>> >>>> I've tried everything you mention here with no success: >>>> >>>> The BIOS is pretty basic, just allows to select boot order, set the >>>> date, and not much more than that. No sysctls also. >>> >>> 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. >> >> Then, I guess that you've not used to Asus mainboards? > > As a matter of fact I'm running a P5KPL-VM right now. No acpi_thermal sysctls > to be found. Of course I am running powerd. > >>>> 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. :-) >> >> Have you ever seen a manual for "consumer gear" that includes the word >> "FreeBSD" except (maybe) in the copyright notices? > > It doesn't have to. Even if it just says "Use the windoze program foo to > control the fan speed", you know that it's possible. > > Roland Well, the manual is almost useless. There is a bios update, but it scares me a bit the fact that the readme.txt included is a bit crappy and mentions something about a realtek networking card....probably they included the wrong readme. http://tecsrv.pcasl.com/driver/Giada_Slim-i2X_manual.rar Thanks!!
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