try playing with the fan control settings as described in doc/chips/it87 Luke Munholand wrote: > Hi, > > First off, I'd like to say thanks to you for writing such a great program. > Works great on my i810 chipset on the other computer. This computer is a > different story though.... > > I'm hoping for a couple hints that will help me get my darned fans to turn off > (turn slower)! I have used the windows program "speedfan" which detects and > controls my fan1 (CPU) properly. From Speed Fan: ITE 8712F super IO. ISA bus > $0290 linked ISA bus @ $0D00 ... IT8712F/IT8705F at $D00 > > I have an Asus A7N8x-VM/400 motherboard that lm_sensors "sensors-detect" > correctly detects has a IT8712F chip on the ISA bus. > > link to motherboard: > http://www.asus.com/prog/spec.asp?m=A7N8X-VM/400&langs=01 > > > SUMMARY OF PROBLEM > 1. I patched 2.9.0.1 and compiled i2c for my 2.4.29 kernel (stock slackware > 10.1) > 2. I tried to compile lm_sensors-2.9.0 but got errors (even after doing ldconfig > -v) *weird* > 3. I downloaded the most recent "daily" cvs snapshot which compiled and it > compiled and installed properly. > 4. "sensors-detect" correctly identified the IT87 chip. > 5. lm_sensors2/prog/pwm/pwmconfig cant seem to stop the fan1? it says: > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Warning!!! This program will stop your fans, one at a time, > for approximately 5 seconds each!!! > This may cause your processor temperature to rise!!! > If you do not want to do this hit control-C now!!! > Hit return to continue: > > Testing pwm control it8712-isa-0d00/pwm1 ... > it8712-isa-0d00/fan1 ... speed was 4166 now 4166 > no correlation >
