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From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl>
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On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 10:56:57AM +0200, Matias wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
> I've just bought a Giada i20 mini-pc for my home server. I've managed to=
=20
> slow down the cpu speed with powerd, but the fan keeps running at a=20
> (what seems to me) too high speed.
<snip>
> Do you know if there is anything I can do on freebsd to reduce its=20
> speed/noise?

Are there any sysctls for the fan? Try 'sysctl -a|grep fan'
Also check in the BIOS if there are relevant settings.

> p/d: The hardware is this:=20
> http://www.giadatech.com/chanpinzhongxin/minipc/slim%20series/2010-01-19/=
17.html

Looks nice for a desktop as well.

Roland
--=20
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