From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Dec 4 3: 5:10 2000 From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 4 03:05:07 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mailtoaster1.pipeline.ch (mailtoaster1.pipeline.ch [62.48.0.70]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5504437B402 for ; Mon, 4 Dec 2000 03:05:06 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 52143 invoked from network); 4 Dec 2000 11:02:59 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO telehouse.ch) ([62.48.0.139]) (envelope-sender ) by mailtoaster1.pipeline.ch (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 4 Dec 2000 11:02:59 -0000 Message-ID: <3A2B7A3D.E595EAD8@telehouse.ch> Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 12:04:29 +0100 From: Andre Oppermann X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.74 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chris Dillon Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Compaq DL380 too noisy References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Chris Dillon wrote: > > 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? Yes, I am unfortunatly. > 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. The DL380 simply stays horribly loud. I've got another DL380 next to it running NT and that box almost quiet. > 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. -- Andre To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message