Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 17:30:38 -0600 (CST) From: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> To: Andre Oppermann <oppermann@telehouse.ch> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Compaq DL380 too noisy Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012021718560.50643-100000@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us> In-Reply-To: <3A269CE3.4F8BC16B@telehouse.ch>
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On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Andre Oppermann wrote: > I'm running a Compaq DL380 under FreeBSD 4.2R. Now the fans all > run on full speed and create quite some noise. > > Is there any way of regulating them like with the Insight Manager > under Windoze? Are you sure that software is regulating them at all? I have a ML530 running FreeBSD 4.2, and upon initial power-on, the fans are running at full-speed and the thing sounds like a jet taking off. However, after a short period of time the fans drop to a much lower speed (still quite loud), and not under any kind of OS control, because it happens no matter where I am, wether its in the Compaq System Setup, in FreeBSD, or even on a DOS boot floppy. I have never run Windows NT on it, so I have no idea if Insight Manager or any other utility actually offers some kind of control for them. I actually don't like the fans in the ML530 as much as I do in the 3000's we have. The new ML530 is WAY too loud, and there is no vibration isolation between the hotplug fans and the chassis which would actually help decrease the noise. -- Chris Dillon - cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us - cdillon@inter-linc.net FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet. For IA32 and Alpha architectures. IA64 and PowerPC under development. http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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