Hi Ian, On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 12:20:23AM -0500, Ian Dobson wrote: > Hi Guenter, > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Guenter Roeck" <guenter.roeck@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 6:06 AM > To: "Robert Kaiser" <kairo@xxxxxxxx> > Cc: <lm-sensors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: RFC: nct6776f support in the w83627ehf and fan > RPMsignal de-bounce > > > Hi again, > > > > On Wed, Mar 09, 2011 at 10:45:30PM -0500, Guenter Roeck wrote: > > [ ... ] > >> > fan1: 0 RPM (min = 0 RPM, div = 64) > >> > fan2: 1110 RPM (min = 0 RPM, div = 32) ALARM > >> > fan3: 0 RPM (min = 0 RPM, div = 64) > >> > fan4: 0 RPM (div = 64) > >> > > > [ ... ] > >> Looks reasonable. There is one problem which I had wondered about - the > >> ALARM > >> which tends to show up for running fans. > >> > >> I finally tracked that down. Turns out the chip has a "maximum RPM" > >> register. > >> Apparently that register is not set, which causes the alarm. > >> > > Actually, I am not sure if I got that right. Can you set the minimum speed > > of fan2 > > to something larger than 1110 rpm and check if that causes ALARM to go off > > ? > > > > I suspect I might have misinterpreted the meaning of "Fan Count Limit". I > > thought > > it is the low limit, but it might well be the high limit. > > > > Thanks, > > Guenter > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > lm-sensors mailing list > > lm-sensors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors > > Are you sure, on my nct6776f the fan alarming appears to work correctly:- > HD: 532 RPM (min = 200 RPM) > CPU: 1043 RPM (min = 500 RPM) > Case Back: 990 RPM (min = 500 RPM) > Case Front: 765 RPM (min = 500 RPM) > fan5: 0 RPM (min = 0 RPM) ALARM > > note those are exactly the minimum values I've entered into sensors3.conf > and when the fan speed drops below these values I see an alarm. > Obviously not ;). But there must be a reason for those ALARM responses. You point me into the direction, though: Robert's output includes div, meaning it looks like he does not have an nct6776f after all. So first question is what chip he has. Thanks, Guenter _______________________________________________ lm-sensors mailing list lm-sensors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors
