From owner-freebsd-mobile Wed Dec 5 19:43:17 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from reason.levels.unisa.edu.au (reason.levels.unisa.edu.au [130.220.33.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBA6E37B41A for ; Wed, 5 Dec 2001 19:43:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from reason.levels.unisa.edu.au (cis202068.levels.unisa.edu.au [130.220.37.202]) by reason.levels.unisa.edu.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA10744; Thu, 6 Dec 2001 14:13:10 +1030 (CST) Message-ID: <3C0EF6D5.EF61929B@reason.levels.unisa.edu.au> Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2001 15:10:53 +1030 From: Benjamin Close X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.2-2 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Max Flatulence Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dual fan inspiron, only one fan used References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Max Flatulence wrote: > > Hi, > > I have a Dell Inspiron 8000 and it has two cpu fans. Under MS Windows both > fans are used to cool the cpu. Under freebsd only one fan turns on. This > laptop typically runs freebsd 8 to 13 hours per day. The fan that runs > under freebsd recently died and Dell had to do an entire motherboard swap to > replace the fans. Watching someone you have never seen before render your > laptop into a pile of components can be unnerving! > > My question is this: Does anyone know of a way that I can utilize both fans > in the proper manner (both fans used, variable speeds)? > Have a look at http://delltalk.dell.com Under the Inspiron->BIOS section, there is a message with a URL to a freebsd controller for the fans. Cheers, BC -- 3D Research Associate +61 8 8302 3669 School of Computer and Information Science Room D1-07, Levels Campus University of South Australia Mawson Lakes Blvd. Benjamin.Close@cs.unisa.edu.au South Australia, 5095 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message