On 12/05/05, Anthony Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is it possible to control the speed at which the fans are running on > > OpenBSD? > > > > I know that my motherboard has the chip that allows for such control > > (the settings are available in BIOS, but the options in BIOS are too > > limited, in fact it's just Enabled/Disabled, so not much choice). I > > also know that programmes that allow such control exist in win32 > > (<URL:http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php>), but I don't run win32 on > > my servers. :-) > > Some motherboards handle it without OS intervention. Honestly, I would > be worried about a userspace application handling the fans.
This is somewhat true, but what options do I have if one of my boxes only has "Enable/Disable" setting for fan-control, and the other does not have even that. Surely, using Zalman FANMATE 2 is an option, but it does not come for free. :-) Cheers, Constantine.
