Hi Jens, On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 1:44 PM, Jens Gottstein <ruena at web.de> wrote: > Hi there, > > since many years I use fancontrol on many systems - its a great software - thanks a lot. > > On my new system it does not stop my CPU-fan - just slows the fan down. > > I have a ASUS p5k-v with a w83627ehf, Ubuntu 8.10 (and 8.04) with a intel boxed fan (4-pins on the cable to the fan), > > uname -a : > Linux 2.6.27-9-generic SMP Thu Nov 20 21:57:00 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux > > I did: > cd /sys/devices/platform/w83627ehf.656/ > echo 255 > pwm2 > The fan is at full speed (cat fan2_input yields 2556) > > echo 0 > pwm2 > The fan does NOT stop, it just goes slow (cat fan2_input yields 1010) > > pwmconfig and fancontrol have the same problem. > > How can I stop the fan completely? > > I also tried the "Thermal Cruise mode", but this does not stop the fan, too. > > > The content of the files in /sys/devices/platform/w83627ehf.656/ > > cat pwm2: 0 > cat pwm2_enable: 1 > cat pwm2_min_output: 1 > cat pwm2_mode: 1 > cat pwm2_stop_time: 1000 > cat pwm2_target: 60000 > cat pwm2_tolerance: 10000 > > I am looking forward to your answers > > Thanks in advance > > ruena You probably can't stop the fan completely. Can the BIOS stop the fan completely? With a 4 pin fan, the fan does not depend on the output of the sensors chip and can have a fixed minimum speed. David
