On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 11:16:08PM +0100, Jean Delvare wrote: > 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. > Inspiron 530 manual (downloadable) says that the processor fan has a 4-pin connector and the chassis fan has a 3-pin connector. Guenter _______________________________________________ lm-sensors mailing list lm-sensors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors
