Hi David, I found out: if the lower fan limit is too high, i do have this effect. when I lowered the _min value. it works correctly. .. still working on how to control fan 2 and 3 .... does not work yet christian Am Donnerstag, 2. November 2006 11:00 schrieb Christian Mahr: > ..2nd try > > Hi David > > I am still researching on the fans on the asus board. > > One problem I came across: > for fan5 the reading drops sharply from about 1325 rpm to zero when I lower > the voltage. Note the fan is definitely moving still, the fan physicall can > do much slower. > > fan5_div shows 4 and does not step up as with fan 1 and 4 where I can see > _div on 128. > > fans 1,4 and 5 seem all to be controlled by pwm4 on this board. > > to my understanding fan5 should behave as the others and step up the > divider when lowering the voltage, isn?t it? > > Best regards > ????????Christian > > Am Montag, 30. Oktober 2006 00:12 schrieb David Hubbard: > > Hi Christian, > > > > > Sorry, I should have explained. The CPU-Fan connector on the P5BDeluxe > > > Wifi is a 4-pin, but my CPU-Fan itself has only 3 pins. As I tried to > > > use the marked 3 pins(the 3-pin connector still fits into the 4 pin) I > > > could not control the speed via the Bios (this is probably the purpose > > > of the 4th pin on a 4 pin connector?) --> it stayed on a somewhat noisy > > > speed. > > > > > > So I decided to use one of the 3-pin-CHA1_FAN-connector (all other Fan > > > connectors do have 3 pins) for the CPU-fan and tried this one instead > > > --> it works. All calm cool and quiet now. > > > > Okay, your sensors.conf will be different from the "standard" one for > > this motherboard, because you map the CPU fan to a different fan > > number. > > > > > This is pretty neat as the Bios apparently cannot handle this > > > correctly. If the speed is below, say, 700 rpm or so, the Bios (when > > > the "FAN page" is opened) becomes very slow and behaves strange > > > sometimes. > > > > > > Is this a "auto-div" function of the chip or the driver? > > > > > > Does this mean you do not need to set it in the sensors.conf ? This > > > should be mentioned later specifically in the comments in sensors.conf, > > > isn?t it? > > > > You don't need to set the divs. In fact, I don't think you can. The > > driver does the div scaling. > > > > > Interestingly enough the "sys" is very close to "CPU" in temperature > > > wheras Bios shows 7 degrees more for the CPU (???). > > > > The "sys" temperature is measured inside the W83627DHG. You can test > > this, if you like, by chilling a large metal object and then holding > > it to the chip. But your chip may be integrated with the rest of the > > chipset. Your mileage may vary. > > > > > Question: > > > > > > Which CPU sensor is meant here? The Core2Duo has got 2 of them > > > internally (see coretemp driver) - is this a 3rd one? > > > > > > > The AUX temp may need to be configured correctly. Can you see any > > > > > > > > variation? It may also be that the pin on the chip is not connected > > > > to > > > > > > > > anything, and just floating. > > > > The AUX temperature input is a pin on the W83627DHG which measures the > > voltage from a thermal diode or thermistor. It is up to the > > motherboard manufacturer to decide whether to connect it to a sensor, > > or leave it floating. I don't know what it is measuring. The coretemp > > driver measures the temperature of your CPU using a completely > > different interface, and is not related to temperatures reported by > > the W83627DHG. > > > > David > > ___________________________________________________________ > Der fr?he Vogel f?ngt den Wurm. Hier gelangen Sie zum neuen Yahoo! Mail: > http://mail.yahoo.de > > > _______________________________________________ > lm-sensors mailing list > lm-sensors at lm-sensors.org > http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors ___________________________________________________________ Der fr?he Vogel f?ngt den Wurm. Hier gelangen Sie zum neuen Yahoo! Mail: http://mail.yahoo.de
