Hi Jean, > Ämne: Re: extreme fan rpms with atk0110 > > Anders, > > On Sat, 12 Mar 2011 22:39:42 +0100, Anders Kullenberg wrote: > > Thanks for the quick reply. > > Please don't top-post. Sorry for that, now I know how to do it. > > > I checked the BIOS readings. They are normal, even below 800rpm. I > have the > > asus q-fan enabled in the bios that should control fan speeds. I > tried to > > disable it, didn't change anything. > > It is possible to select ACPI 1.0, 2.0 or 3.0 in the bios, any > > recommendations on that? > > I'd go for ACPI 2.0 as the best compromise between recentness and > support level, but in the end it really depends on what the BIOS adds > in each case, and whether Linux properly supports that yet or not. But > anyway it probably doesn't matter for the problem at hand. I switched the setting to ACPI 2.0 > > > The fans are not any special stuff as far as I'm aware. They are > connected > > to the motherboard directly, no potentiometers used in the > installation. > > OK. Maybe you should send your board's DSDT to Luca for analysis then. Done. > > > I found no chip "atk0110-*" section in /etc/sensors3.conf, what > config is > > used then, where should I put the compute statements? > > The ATK0110 usually doesn't need any configuration, as the driver knows > all the scaling factors and labels. But you are free to add a new > configuration section for it if you really have to. > > I'm a little surprised as the M2V isn't a recent board, so it should be > already supported, or more users would have reported by now. Did you > look for a BIOS update for your board? Have the latest bios available from asus homepage. > > -- > Jean Delvare Some more info. Don't know if it is of use but I have configured munin to read the sensor output. Over the last ~24hour both the fan RPM readings has decreased with ~4000 rpm in a very stable decrease over time. During the same period the temp readings have been very stable on the same level. Thanks Anders _______________________________________________ lm-sensors mailing list lm-sensors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors
