Re: Dell Inspiron 530 Chassis Fan Control?

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On Sat, 16 Mar 2013 17:01:12 -0400, Adam Rosi-Kessel wrote:
> On 3/16/2013 4:00 PM, Jean Delvare wrote:
> >> Sorry -- typo above. It should say I can control *CPU* fans, but can't
> >> find any documentation as to how to control the *chassis* fan.
> > On my motherboard, all fan headers have 4 pins, but there is a jumper
> > to tell the board to treat the case fan headers as 3-pin. This is
> > rather rare though, most motherboards have it hard-wired
> Thanks. I will check this. Before I open up my case, is there anywhere I 
> can/should look in log files or /sys to see if the chassis fan is 
> controllable? Would this be found in a different place than the CPU fans?

No, it can't be seen from the logs nor /sys. Only hardware inspection
can tell you, and not even in all cases.

-- 
Jean Delvare

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