Afterburner - Fan Control of Lightning editions in SLI/Crossfire

Hi guys,
Any chance that MSI will address the issue of not being able to control the middle yellow fan (fan2) anytime? It's been more than a year, they keep selling Lightning editions but not supporting the fan control when used in SLI/Crossfire. It's not like there is only one card out that has this issue or that they will be stopping the Lightning-line.
If anyone has a tool/workaround for this, please let me know.
Thanks!

I am not talking about the CPU fan. As I wrote above, the CPU fan control works.
Its about the case fans. They run @ 100% all the time, the board doesnt seem to control the speed here.

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MSI GTX 980 + Afterburner Fan Controll

Hio
i only have one simple question, will afterburner support fancontrol of both fans of the msi gtx 980 in the future??
thats the only thing preventing me to buy a msi gtx 980 because i dont want 2 seperate programms to have control of both fans... and i can only set custom fan curves for 1 fan with afterburner...
And as i heard with the msi fan control tool i can only set fixed speeds not fan curves.
the msi gtx 980 is already out now for over 6 month and still afterburner didnt support both fans... so i think it will not happend?
best regards
Knight

Quote from: Aod_Knight on 29-May-15, 04:53:51
on several other forums that is discussed, afterburner only controls the gpu fan the other one can be controlled with msi fan control tool.
and yea 960 and 970 didnt have seperate fan controls, they bind together.
Exactly right. MSI decided to use two controllers on the 980. AB will not change in order to control both per the programmer of AB. Tell MSI not to do this kind of thing in the future if this concerns you.

290x lightning bios for fan control?

Hi, would an updated bios fix my 290x Lightning not having manual fan control?
Serial Number: 602-v307-04sb1403020690
Here's a link to the bios:
https : //drive . google . com/file/d/0B0bFt35qm1QVeWNhMW55Nmk2Tk0/edit?usp=sharing
The forum wouldn't let me post a link, so it has six extra spaces. Apologies.
Two side questions:
1) Afterburner (even after a reset) says +63 on voltage. Is that a display error and though it says +63 it's actually at +0 extra, or is it actually just defaulting to +63 right off the bat? So, for example, if I set it to +100 would that actually be giving it +100 or just +37?
2) With Afterburner no longer being updated for new features, is there an alternative program that is continuing development?
Thanks!

For the vios:
Use the attached UEFI vbios versions to fix the fan issue.
TV307MH.101 is normal vbios, TV307MH.111 is LN2
Create a bootable usb stick (https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=165175.0).
Then unpack the previously provided archive (307_04s.rar) and put the included file (TV307MH.101 or TV307MH.111) on that stick.
Rename TV307MH.101 / TV307MH.111 to 101.rom / 111.rom. Put the atiflash.exe also included in the archive on the USB stick too. Now boot from the stick.
Type atiflash -p -f -noaper 0 101.rom (or 111.rom) [ENTER] and let it flash the vbios.
Quote from: BarkingHorse on 13-June-14, 01:00:54
1) Afterburner (even after a reset) says +63 on voltage. Is that a display error and though it says +63 it's actually at +0 extra, or is it actually just defaulting to +63 right off the bat? So, for example, if I set it to +100 would that actually be giving it +100 or just +37?
It is +63 by deafult (without changing values)? With Normal or LN2 vbios or both? Did anything change with new versions above?
Quote from: BarkingHorse on 13-June-14, 01:00:54
2) With Afterburner no longer being updated for new features, is there an alternative program that is continuing development?
I'm not aware of what you are talking as Afterburner is under development all the time. The latest version 3.0.0 final has just been released. >>How to use MSI Afterburner<<

290x Gaming 4G - NO FAN CONTROL AFTERBURNER

I am not the only person, why on earth does MSI PAY for Afterburner and not have proper control of their cards through it?
The stock fan control profiles SUCK and I'd be happy to have just plain ole, SIMPLE fan control. Afterburner doesnt work, MSI Gaming APP doesnt do (horrible program BTW devs) and CCC doesnt work either... YAY!
Someone tell me I am moron for not finding some hidden checkbox, otherwise I am pretty disappointed with my two new 290x Gaming 4G's.

Use the attached for both.
Create a bootable usb stick (https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=165175.0).
Then unpack the previously provided archive (TV308MH_161.rar) and put the included file (TV308MH.161) on that stick.
Rename TV308MH.161 to 161.rom. Put the atiflash.exe also included in the archive on the USB stick too. Now boot from the stick.
Type atiflash -p -f -noaper 0 161.rom [ENTER] and let it flash the vbios if flashing both cards one after another with one card removed. If you want to flash both in one system the syntax listed before will just flash one card. You'd need to type then atiflash -p -f -noaper 0 161.rom [ENTER] and atiflash -p -f -noaper 1 161.rom [ENTER].

MSI Afterburner Fan speed?

i have a MSI Radeon HD 5970 g.c. and i recently adjusted fan speed to cool off to about 35 degrees C when pc starts.
to do this i raised fan speed to about 60%.
normally, the fan comes on and while progressively cooling my g.c. it cycles down to a lower fan speed.
just recently though, the fan has stopped cycling down after startup or during gameplay that causes lots of heat, cycling up to account for the heat.
i have MSI afterburner v2.0.0 with latest graphics drivers and what not(im pretty sure, as of feb. 4,2011)
is this a common problem or is there something simple i can do to fix?

Try downloading Afterburner 2.1.0 Beta 7 here and see if that changes anything.
The one you have is older and known to have issues.
Edit:
Here's a quote with from the changes they made:
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Fan control settings are now being forcibly reapplied after changing the clocks via unofficial overclocking path to bypass bug in AMD driver causin the fan control settings to be reset to defaults after programming PowerPlay table
So that might be the problem you have.
Good luck

MSI Lightning GTX 680 SLI issue

I have search and noticed someone had a similar issue but they had to remove their sound card to solve their issue. Unfortunately I don't have a sound card to remove.
Motherboard Z77-UP5-TH
i7-3770k (not OC)
32 GB Ram
1000w PSU
I have 2 MSI GTX 680 Ligtning's that I am trying to SLI. Both show up in Device manager and show in Nivida control panel but NO option to SLI the cards (See image below)
Let me start off with a bit cause I have tried alot and reverting to different fourms now.
Here is what I have done:
-Installed current, beta, and old drivers (fresh installs with driver sweeper)
-Tried 4 different SLI cables
-Plugged in Sata Power to the ATX4P slot on the Mother board
-Installed each card individually into each slot to see if they work (They do as single cards)
-Used a friends MSI GTX 680 lightning edition to try and SLI (still did not work)
-Did a CMOS reset
-Updated mobo Bios to F11
-Updated mobo Bios to 12e Beta
-Updated the GPU cards to the same current Bios (80.04.47.00.18)
-Installed one card, rebooted, shutdown, installed 2nd card, rebooted (still nothing)
-installed both at the same time ( nothing)
-installed one monitor to one card (top and bottom)
-installed 2 monitors (2 to 1 and 1 to 1)
-tried both cards on an ASRock Extreme 7 Gen 3 board
-reseated the reactors on both cards
-Set my BIOS to legacy
-disabled Internal graphics on my BIOS
-Set display to PEG
-Forced PCI GEN 3
-Forced PCI GEN 2
The only thing I can think of is that PCI-E slots are not running correctly (see GPUZ BUS INTERFACE) One is running at 8x and the other is running at 4x.
Bad board?
Pics below are GPU Z of both cards and a picture of NVIDIA control panel.

Quote from: flobelix on 14-March-13, 04:22:02
Click on the question mark next to bus Interface to check if cards are really running at X8/x8
Quote from: kromosto on 13-March-13, 18:00:14
you said both cards work single in each slot but do they run at correct pci-ex configuration 16x or 8x ?
All of these test were done today with the latest GPUz and running their render test.

User-developed Fan Control for the S10(e)

Hello and welcome.
When you've searched the internet and found this thread, it's possible that you are an owner of a Lenovo Ideapad S10 or S10e which has a little problem with the behaviour and/or the noise of the fan. In this post you will get all the informations you need to handle this problem for yourself. It should also be the same on every S9/S9e.
Just a few comments before we begin:
This is not an official support or solution by Lenovo.
We are just normal users as you are, but we get rid of the fan and wanted to find a way to handle it. So if you want to try anything of the methods described here you have to know that you'll do all this only at your own risk. We are not responsible for any damages of your device. You should only use these methods if you know what you are doing.
Please note that this thread is only for discussing, improving, trouble shooting and perhaps extending the fan control utilities. Any general complaints about the fan problem itself should be placed in the original thread right here: http://forums.lenovo.com/lnv/board/message?board.id=IdeaPad_Netbook&thread.id=795. It already has 80+ pages (the link goes to the first page) and it is better to exclude all the fan control stuff because there it's very difficult to keep an overview.
Here you may post all of your questions, ideas/brainstorming, concerns, thanks and so on and you are really invited to participate and be an active member.
In this first part of this post I'm going to summarize all information about using a fan control utility. For any newbie it will be enough to read this post to get all necessary information. The second part does the same for developement of fan control utilities as we still have no known or working fan control utility for Linux, Mac OS X and other OSs I've forgotten - for now.
For getting started you need a S10 or S10e with an up-to-date BIOS. For the S10 it's the 90 67, for the S10e the 66.
The battery issue
Under very specific circumstances - that we haven't figured out yet - it might happen that your Lenovo S9/10(e) no longer detects the battery while using S10FanControl or S10Fan. It might occur after 2 minutes, it might occur after 2 months, it might never occur. It does not occur using Notebook Hardware Control.
It can be solved by removing the battery, waiting 10 seconds and put it back in. Then the battery is re-initialized and the detection works again.
S10FanControl - Windows
The first utility is S10FanControl created by user dresslerc. The current version is 1.0.0.1, available here: http://www.mediafire.com/file/yd5xmnrnijf/S10FanCtrl1.0.0.1.zip. After you've downloaded it you just have to extract it and start the .EXE in the "Release" folder. Here are the notes and the description dresslerc posted right here:
Everyone,
I've uploaded a version which everyone can use to test with. Remember this is still a TEST version although I think it works for the most part. It should work both on the S10/S10e.
Please install the .NET Framework 2.0 or later first.
Then click here to download the exe: http://www.mediafire.com/?jlg2enkjdxn
Once downloaded, extract the files and hit hte S10FanCtrl.Exe. Once this program launches you should be able to control the fan. Keep in mind that if you lower the fan speed then it'll take upto 30 seconds before the S10 registers the change, so be patient.
I've only tested this on the latest BIOS 59. I am sure it will work on the 57 as well but the individual speeds might not work properly on that version. Please try it out and report back.
The only issue that I heard so far is that occasionally the fan will kick in regardless if in Manual/Smart Mode. Also the temp it shows may not be accurate. If you find any other issues please let me know what they are so I can attempt to fix them.
Once we have all the kinks worked out then I will release the source.
Heres a quick Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PKl70ZgmFg
REMEMBER: USE PROGRAM AT YOUR OWN RISK!!! I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES THIS PROGRAM MIGHT CAUSE.
Application Use:
BIOS Controlled - Fan is controlled by the BIOS
Smart Mode - Fan is controlled based on the conifguration in the options. You can set the threshold here at what temp you want the fan to kick in...
Manual - Fan is controlled manually by the slider.
If you want to have the program startup automatically, then place a shortcut of the app in the PROGRAM FILES -> STARTUP folder. Then you may want to go to the options and make the application minimize at startup.
Edit:
It seems there are some issues with the app and the S10e or previous BIOS versions. Will post a fix asap.
The source code for S10FanControl is available here: http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=7a3fb99d33817c08c2b435915e8821d7e04e75f6e8ebb871, written in Visual Basic .NET 2008.
S10Fan - Windows
The second utility is a tool written by user slash:
Hi guys,
Well it looks like Lenovo dropped this matter after all. Anyway, I have here another fan controller to add to the bunch. I have been using it for some time now without any problems. It is for both S10 and S10e.
What the program does is basically the same as others. The S10's fan speed is controlled according to the ACPI thermal zone temperature. By over writing the values which resides at offset 50h of the EC register at an appropriate timing, the ACPI thermal zone temperature is over ridden. The program is written in C and uses WinIo created by Sysinternals. The GUI version is available now.
It should be noted that the fan speed temperature thresholds differs with BIOS version. For 14CN67WW and 14CW90WW the fan changes speed at temperatures 60c, 65c, 70c, and 80c. Furthermore, the BIOS will automatically shutdown the S10 if the temperature reaches 90c.
The program has a fail safe mechanism that automatically disables itself if the actual ACPI thermal zone temperature goes above 85c. This allows the BIOS to regain control and the fan will work as intended by Lenovo. If the temperature drops below 85c the program will take over control again.
To run the program, you will need administrative privileges.
Known working BIOS versions: 14cn58ww, 14cn60ww, 14cn67ww, 14cn90ww
The program will work with any BIOS version as long as the BIOS uses the 50h EC register readouts to control the fan.
build 2009.05.24
Higher priorities for EC commands.
Usage: The program will run in the system tray. Double click or right click and use the menu to open the program. To determine the BIOS temperature thresholds, use the 'Setup' button. To run at boot time, place a short cut in the startup folder.
http://www.mediafire.com/file/njhz0icym2t/S10Fan.zip build 2009.05.23
Usage: S10Fan.exe
Added GUI.
build 2009.05.17
Usage: S10Fan.exe 60 65 70 80 70 75 80 85
S10Fan.exe test
The first 4 values are the BIOS temperature thresholds, the latter 4 are new thresholds that we want to over ride with. To determine the BIOS temperature thresholds, use the 'test' option.
build 2009.03.16
Usage: S10Fan.exe 70 75 80 85
-Slash
For updates and newer releases please check slash's post: http://forums.lenovo.com/lnv/board/message?board.id=IdeaPad_Netbook&view=by_date_ascending&message.i...
Notebook Hardware Control - Windows
The third utility is a profile for Notebook Hardware Control. I've adapted it from a profile for the Lenovo N500 which I've found here: http://nhc.yourcopy.de/overview/. With the manual for creating the profiles that can be found here: http://www.notebook-treff.de/board/database/hilfsprogramme-f%C3%BCr-nhc/92-how-to-create-an-acpi-fil... I was able to change the ACPI commands to work on the S10(e).
Installation and setup is divided in two steps. The program Notebook Hardware Control (NHC) is available at http://www.pbus-167.com/. Install the program, but do not start it for now. Then you need my NHCConfig utility, available here: http://forum.eeepcnews.de/download/file.php?id=1476. It detects your model number and BIOS-version via WMI and writes a proper S10(e) profile to the NHC acpi directory. The GUI is German if you have a German Windows and English if not. Additional languages can be added.
After you've extracted the ZIP-file you have to start the nhcc.exe (requires .NET Framework 2.0). At first a message appears that you use the program at your own risk. Then you can choose if you want to apply your own settings (experts) or if you just want the program to run with my defaults (newbies). In the settings window you can see your system details on the left, you can set up your thresholds in the middle and you can set the fan speed you want on the right. Then click on execute.
Now start NHC. Go to the "Settings" tab and click on "Show all NHC options and settings". Then a few more tabs appear. Go to the "ACPI" tab and check if the "ACPI Control System" is running (if everything works, the message "ACPI Control System running" will appear, otherwise it says "ACPI control system is not yet configured for this system"). Now click on "Show ACPI Control System details".
Here you can change the temperature values the fan control depends on (the settings from NHCC are the default values). On the bottom of the window you can see the "Current CPU temperature". That is the value you have to deal with. In general it has a value of around 60°C. In the middle you can see four user editable temperature values. You can leave the values as they are if everything works. The on/off values are responsible for the temperatures at which the fan starts running and stops again after cooling the device. The level values are responsible for the fan speed, for example you can set the off_level higher to let the fan run all the time at the lowest level, if the values do not fit for your device or whatever.
You can switch between NHC and BIOS control by disabling or enabling the "ACPI Control System" or by closing NHC.
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With every utility it is possible that it takes some time until you see an effect after you've started the program. Any failure of the programs should be no big problem because the only thing that should happen is that the BIOS controls the fan. Another issue that might occur due to the way the fan is controlled is that the fan may start running for a very short time and it looks like the fan control has lost control. The fan should stop immediately or at least after a few seconds.
Keep in mind that running the S10(e) with a fan control means that the S10(e) has to deal with higher temperatures. That could mean that the device will not last for 10 years but only 9 years (who uses a netbook so long...?). In every case you need a tool for monitoring your cpu temperature. We know that especially Core Temp 0.99.5 and Real Temp 3.00 do a very good job. That is important because the temperature values you need to set up the fan control are different from the values reported by the cpu sensor, they are between 15°C and 20°C higher. A normal temperature reported by the monitoring should be around 40°C, with the NHC default values the fan starts running at 52°C and stops at 38°C.
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END using fan control
BEGINNING developing fan control
Controlling the S10(e)'s fan is a litte bit difficult because it looks like there is no way to control it directly. But it is possible to manipulate the temperature the BIOS fan control depends on. As long as the built-in fan control thinks that the cpu is cool enough the fan stays off. And that is exactly the point where we can attack.
The fan control depends on a field called RTMP in the memory of the embedded controller. It can be accessed via "_SB.PCI0.LPCB.EC0.ERAM", the offset of RTMP is 0x50 (hex) or 80 (dec). It is a direct I/O read/write. The complete NHC command for reading the value is: ACPI.FIELD.ReadByOffset("_SB.PCI0.LPCB.EC0.ERAM", ref value, 0x50, 8) with "value" as the variable which gets the value.
What program logic do you need? You need a timer or something else that conducts an always-refresh cycle. It sounds very easy: You read the value, manipulate it and write it back. And it is that easy, you just have to keep some things in mind.
This refresh has to be done very often. The procedure must be very thin and quick. Also the bus that is used to communicate with the EC is a problem, but since the S10e BIOS 66 it became a minor problem for me because it looks like the built-in fan control now depends on some kind of average value over the last few seconds and it doesn't really matter if one write-cycle is failing.
The read-event must be placed before the write-event. Otherwise you just read your manipulated value. The field is filled by the system regularly, so you just have to test if the read_value is different from the written_value, then you know that the field was filled with a "fresh" value. Like "if read_temperatue <> written_temperature then real_cpu_temperature = read_temperature else do nothing".
About the values you have to write back... you will have to test and play a bit. My experience is that you can select three fan levels, starting at 59°, 62° and 70° - at least with the NHC profile and my S10e it's like that. It's some trial 'n' error. My fan stays off at < 59°, but you should select a very low value for fan_off like 30°. In my opinion it switches off much faster the lower the written value is. But it's just a feeling, I haven't measured it.
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Perhaps some users from countries with other languages than German and English can add tags for "fan", "control" and "noise".
Note from Moderator: Minor edits in title and disclaimer.
Message Edited by JaneL on 04-25-2009 02:32 PM

Great opening post Carsten!
The latest bios:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-71252 (BIOS 66)
The FSB can be reduced from 133MHz to 100MHz using SetFSB, this also reduces the heat:
http://www13.plala.or.jp/setfsb/
clockgen = SLG8SP513V
If you add a shortcut to the startup folder the program will start at startup. Under properties you can change the target to:
"C:\Program Files\SetFSB\setfsb.exe" -s100 -b1 -cg[SLG8SP513V] -w20
So it starts with a FSB of 100Mhz, in the background, with the right clock generator, after 20 seconds.
Message Edited by quazar on 04-25-2009 05:07 AM

Fan control in notebooks

Hi all,
I am using Arch Linux since a few months, right after purchasing my new laptop, a Dell Precision M3800. Anyway I am a linux user since many years. I like very much the control that arch give to the user in terms of configuration possibility. My question is relate to fan control in notebooks. Even though I noticed this issue in my laptop now, I think similar observation holds also for other notebooks and linux distros. For fan control I use the fancontrol utility. Once properly configured, there is a min temperature value below which the cpu fan is off (default is 20 °C, I increased up to 45 °C) and a max temperature value (default is 55 °C and I placed 65 °C) above which the fan is running at full speed. The reason for the temperature limit changes is to emulate windows behavior in terms of noise and thermal handling. With a room temperature in the order of 25 °C, I get right after login a cpu temperature of about 35 °C. Then the temperature increases even in idle conditions up to the limit of 45 °C and then it is stabilized by the cpu fan. Chaning the temperature between 35 °C and 45 °C simply changes the time interval I have to wait until the cpu fan switches on and cpu temperature stabilizes with low load. The point is the the stable thermal situation produces a continuous switching of the fan state, let's say the fan is on for a few seconds every minute. The reason is that the fan switches off right after the cpu temperature falls below the value for which it turns on. Wouldn't be better to define two different temperatures for switching on and off? Let's say, fan on when temperature reaches 45 °C and off when it falls below 40 °C. Is there a way to do that with fancontrol or same other tool?
Thank you in advance.
Bye,
Luca

OP, what you're describing is called (at least in HVAC circles) hysteresis. You may be able to find some fan control scripts that support it (googling fan control + hysteresis), or just write one yourself. You can also control this behavior to some extent by adjusting fancontrol's polling behavior (the "INTERVAL" setting), but that has risks.
I think implementing hysteresis is not a particularly useful endeavor because PC temperatures can change 30 degrees or more in a few seconds when under load, which is completely unlike, say, a home thermostat where temp changes are much more gradual over time. Realistically, you should expect to always be running at least the CPU fan at some speed, and set your "turn off" temperature for it to room temperature. You can set different temperature set points for different fans, so you can have the CPU fan turning off at a lower temp, but have other fans off until the temp gets much higher.
Last edited by mwillems (2015-05-31 16:35:48)

Re: Fan control that is able to overcome bios?

Hello everyone, I hope someone will help me in my attempt.
I have a Toshiba protege z830, and what I am trying to accomplish is to have a better control over the fan speed.
_My motivations are the following:_
Intel implemented a new Thermal Daemon for Linux -https://01.org/linux-thermal-daemon
which is able to play with the processor and enable advanced cooling methods that can drastically decrease the temperature.
This means that this daemon is able to force the processor under a certain temperature (at the expenses of the speed of course).
In my tests I was able to keep the temperature below 70 degrees in any circumstances (also high cpu load!) !!
_Here is where the problems start:_
The BIOS of the laptop starts the fan and sets a high speed after a while that the cpu stays at that temperature (69+).
Which means that after 2 minutes that the processor stays at 69/70 (AND DOES NOT INCREASE - due to thermal daemon), the fan kicks in at high speed
The result is quite useless, as the temperature decreases of 2 degrees only, and the fan keeps running uselessly.
Moreover that temperature is not harmful at all, and as soon as the CPU works less, the temperature decrease to 62!
_This is the problem:_
The fan does not decrease the speed (stays at HIGH SPEED) until the temperature reaches back 57/58 degrees for a certain period of time.
Which is totally useless, as the only way to achieve that is to close all the applications and wait.
But the temperature that I have with normal usage is around 64! (always using thermal daemon).
So my operational ranges are between 62 and 70 degrees, which is not harmful for the cpu, and the fan should stay on at LOW speed, instead of being at HIGH speed.
What I want to accomplish is that the fan stays at LOW speed when the temperature touches 70 degrees!
Because when it touches 70 degrees the fan runs at HIGH speed all the time, until it goes back to 58/59 degrees, and it is very unlikely to go below 62 with normal usage.
Message was edited by: shadowed

WHAT I TRIED:
- I found the tool toshset ( http://schwieters.org/toshset/ ) that with the modified toshiba_acpi (in the same page) is able to control the fan!! Hurray!!
It is possible to increase, decrease and turn the fan of. So apparently the problem seems solved.
No! Basically the tool works only IF the fan didn't start automatically before! In fact, if the fan is started automatically by the BIOS (as described above, 70 degrees, HIGH SPEED)
it is not possible to decrease the fan speed anymore!! the command "toshset -fan 0" will not stop or decrease the fan!!
So, my question is, if there is the possibility to overwrite the BIOS settings of the ranges when the fan starts/stop,
or if it is possible to have the control of the fan (with toshset) even when the bios starts it.
WHAT ELSE I TRIED:
- I also tried to read the DSDT table and find some values that are related to fan control, in order to modify them, but I am not experienced with that and can not find anything.
I hope I made myself clear and someone is able to help me in some way
Thank you in advance!
ps. If you think this is not the right forum/section or there are other places where i can ask this question please let me know
Message was edited by: shadowed

Fan Control fails after resume from pm-suspend

Hi,
i recently upgraded to 2.6.37 (on a hp nx6325 laptop) and noticed the following behaviour after a resume from pm-suspend:
The fan control stops working until cpu reaches a temperature of 60°. As soon as the temperatur passes this threshold the fan starts rotating at max. speed. Below 60°, the fan is turned off immediately.
pm-suspend.log:
disabled, not active
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/01laptop-mode resume suspend: success.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/01grub resume suspend:
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/01grub resume suspend: success.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/00powersave resume suspend:
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/00powersave resume suspend: success.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/00logging resume suspend:
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/00logging resume suspend: success.
Don Feb 3 09:16:21 CET 2011: Finished.
Any ideas where to look for the problem?

I have the same problem with 2.6.37.1-1: suspend do not work.
The sceen goes blank then returns to X. The log shows the followings:
Feb 21 15:50:33 localhost kernel: Suspending console(s) (use no_console_suspend to debug)
Feb 21 15:50:33 localhost kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Synchronizing SCSI cache
Feb 21 15:50:33 localhost kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Stopping disk
Feb 21 15:50:33 localhost kernel: tpm_tis 00:03: Operation Timed out
Feb 21 15:50:33 localhost kernel: legacy_suspend(): pnp_bus_suspend+0x0/0xa0 returns -62
Feb 21 15:50:33 localhost kernel: PM: Device 00:03 failed to suspend: error -62
Feb 21 15:50:33 localhost kernel: PM: Some devices failed to suspend
Feb 21 15:50:33 localhost kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Starting disk
Feb 21 15:50:33 localhost kernel: b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 478.104 (2008-07-01 00:50:23)
Feb 21 15:50:33 localhost kernel: ------------[ cut here ]------------
Feb 21 15:50:33 localhost kernel: WARNING: at drivers/base/power/main.c:106 device_pm_add+0xb6/0xc0()
Feb 21 15:50:33 localhost kernel: Hardware name: HP Compaq 6715b (GB835EA#AKC)
Feb 21 15:50:33 localhost kernel: Device: misc
Feb 21 15:50:33 localhost kernel: Parentless device registered during a PM transaction
Feb 21 15:50:33 localhost kernel: Modules linked in: fuse ipv6 vboxnetflt vboxdrv snd_seq_dummy snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi_event loop snd_seq arc4 ecb radeon b43 ttm drm_kms_helper mac80211 snd_pcm_oss drm snd_mixer_oss joydev snd_hda_codec_analog ssb tpm_infineon i2c_algo_bit cfg80211 hp_wmi mmc_core sparse_keymap tg3 ppdev rfkill snd_hda_intel parport_pc libphy pcmcia snd_hda_codec snd_usb_audio snd_pcm ohci_hcd yenta_socket pcmcia_rsrc pcmcia_core firewire_ohci snd_hwdep tpm_tis snd_usbmidi_lib hp_accel lis3lv02d i2c_piix4 video tpm snd_timer firewire_core evdev ehci_hcd snd_rawmidi crc_itu_t serio_raw snd_page_alloc tpm_bios output wmi input_polldev thermal battery lp sg ac container usbcore i2c_core button fan snd_seq_device shpchp parport edac_core edac_mce_amd snd pci_hotplug psmouse soundcore k8temp cpufreq_ondemand powernow_k8 freq_table processor mperf ext4 mbcache jbd2 crc16 sd_mod sr_mod cdrom ahci libahci pata_atiixp pata_acpi libata scsi_mod
Feb 21 15:50:33 localhost kernel: Pid: 12986, comm: pm-suspend Not tainted 2.6.37-ARCH #1
Feb 21 15:50:33 localhost kernel: Call Trace:
Feb 21 15:50:33 localhost kernel: [<ffffffff81056a1a>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7a/0xb0
Feb 21 15:50:33 localhost kernel: [<ffffffff81056af1>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x41/0x50
Feb 21 15:50:33 localhost kernel: [<ffffffff812b8596>] device_pm_add+0xb6/0xc0
Feb 21 15:50:33 localhost kernel: [<ffffffff812aea8e>] device_add+0x4ae/0x5c0
Feb 21 15:50:33 localhost kernel: [<ffffffff812aebb9>] device_register+0x19/0x20
Feb 21 15:50:33 localhost kernel: [<ffffffff812aed53>] device_create_vargs+0x193/0x1b0
Feb 21 15:50:33 localhost kernel: [<ffffffff812aed9c>] device_create+0x2c/0x30
Feb 21 15:50:33 localhost kernel: [<ffffffff813a5fc1>] ? mutex_lock+0x11/0x30
Feb 21 15:50:33 localhost kernel: [<ffffffff8129a3fa>] misc_register+0x8a/0x140
Feb 21 15:50:33 localhost kernel: [<ffffffff8129d36f>] hwrng_register+0xdf/0x170
Feb 21 15:50:33 localhost kernel: [<ffffffffa0426ab0>] b43_wireless_core_init+0xdb0/0x11a0 [b43]
Feb 21 15:50:33 localhost kernel: [<ffffffffa02d89e0>] ? wiphy_resume+0x0/0x90 [cfg80211]
Feb 21 15:50:33 localhost kernel: [<ffffffffa0427068>] b43_op_start+0x1c8/0x1e0 [b43]
Feb 21 15:50:33 localhost kernel: [<ffffffffa02d89e0>] ? wiphy_resume+0x0/0x90 [cfg80211]
Feb 21 15:50:33 localhost kernel: [<ffffffffa0477a15>] ieee80211_reconfig+0x335/0x400 [mac80211]
Feb 21 15:50:33 localhost kernel: [<ffffffffa02d89e0>] ? wiphy_resume+0x0/0x90 [cfg80211]
Feb 21 15:50:33 localhost kernel: [<ffffffffa046d8b8>] ieee80211_resume+0x28/0x70 [mac80211]
Feb 21 15:50:33 localhost kernel: [<ffffffffa02d8a55>] wiphy_resume+0x75/0x90 [cfg80211]
Feb 21 15:50:33 localhost kernel: [<ffffffff812b7ebe>] legacy_resume+0x3e/0x80
Feb 21 15:50:33 localhost kernel: [<ffffffff812b8025>] device_resume+0x125/0x130
Feb 21 15:50:33 localhost kernel: [<ffffffff812b8192>] dpm_resume_end+0x102/0x3a0
Feb 21 15:50:33 localhost kernel: [<ffffffff81096350>] suspend_devices_and_enter+0x90/0x1f0
Feb 21 15:50:33 localhost kernel: [<ffffffff810965d0>] enter_state+0x120/0x150
Feb 21 15:50:33 localhost kernel: [<ffffffff81095b16>] state_store+0xc6/0x100
Feb 21 15:50:33 localhost kernel: [<ffffffff811f3c27>] kobj_attr_store+0x17/0x20
Feb 21 15:50:33 localhost kernel: [<ffffffff8119f37f>] sysfs_write_file+0xcf/0x150
Feb 21 15:50:33 localhost kernel: [<ffffffff81135ac6>] vfs_write+0xc6/0x190
Feb 21 15:50:33 localhost kernel: [<ffffffff81135ddc>] sys_write+0x4c/0x80
Feb 21 15:50:33 localhost kernel: [<ffffffff8100bed2>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
Feb 21 15:50:33 localhost kernel: ---[ end trace 19e4cbd37086936d ]---
Feb 21 15:50:33 localhost kernel: PM: resume of devices complete after 1300.325 msecs
Feb 21 15:50:33 localhost kernel: PM: Finishing wakeup.
Feb 21 15:50:33 localhost kernel: Restarting tasks ... done.
Feb 21 15:50:33 localhost kernel: video LNXVIDEO:00: Restoring backlight state
And the solution on linux.kernel: http://groups.google.com/group/linux.ke … 616cfdb4a9
Revert or wait!
Or rmmod tpm_tis.
Last edited by daroczig (2011-02-21 21:55:10)

Dell Vostro 3560 CPU Fan Control Tips

I'm in the process of configuring my brand new Vostro 3560 and one of the things I noticed was that the CPU fan was blasting full speed all the time even when the machine was idle. After some researching I came up with the following solution using i8kmon and I'll post it here for others:
Disclaimer 1: In this configuration, you will be setting up thresholds on what fan speeds are used at a specific temperature. If you use this config, this assumes that your machine is a) reporting the correct temperature and b) the fan speed setting works for your specs. Always monitor your laptop and change the configuration if your laptop feels too hot.
Disclaimer 2: I've only had this laptop for a couple of days now, so no long-term stress testing has been performed in this configuration.
This is a link that helped me a lot. It's Ubuntu specific, so be aware of the differences: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s … ion/204193.
Please post any thoughts or feel free to correct me where applicable:
Install the following packages:
i8kmon
i8kutils
Create/modify the following config files:
/etc/modules-load.d/i8k.conf
# Load Dell Fan Speed Control (i8k) at boot
i8k
/etc/conf.d/i8kmon. Please note that there are conflicting values reported when you Google this. In my case, the following worked:
# Arguments to be passed to the i8kmon daemon
I8KMON_ARGS="--nouserconfig --daemon"
/etc/rc.conf. Add i8kmon to your DAEMONS:
DAEMONS=(hwclock ... i8kmon ...)
/etc/i8kutils/i8kmon.conf
This is the file where you set the temperature thresholds and fan speeds in the "set config" values. Your specific laptop configuration could be different, so Google around.
Lines changed:
set config(daemon) 1
set config(auto) 1
set config(timeout) 2
set config(0) {{- 0} -1 55 -1 55}
set config(1) {{- 1} 45 60 45 60}
set config(2) {{- 2} 55 125 55 125}
set config(3) {{- 2} 70 128 70 128}
Entire listing:
# Sample i8kmon configuration file (/etc/i8kmon, ~/.i8kmon).
# Kernel I8K status file
set config(proc_i8k) /proc/i8k
# Kernel APM status file
set config(proc_apm) /proc/apm
# Kernel ACPI status file
set config(proc_acpi) /proc/acpi/ac_adapter/0/status
# External program to control the fans
set config(i8kfan) /usr/bin/i8kfan
# Applet geometry, override with --geometry option
set config(geometry) {}
# Run as daemon, override with --daemon option
set config(daemon) 1
# Automatic fan control, override with --auto option
set config(auto) 1
# Report status on stdout, override with --verbose option
set config(verbose) 0
# Status check timeout (seconds), override with --timeout option
set config(timeout) 2
# Temperature display unit (C/F), override with --unit option
set config(unit) C
# Temperature threshold at which the temperature is displayed in red
set config(t_high) 80
# Minimum expected fan speed
set config(min_speed) 1800
# Temperature thresholds: {fan_speeds low_ac high_ac low_batt high_batt}
# These were tested on the I8000. If you have a different Dell laptop model
# you should check the BIOS temperature monitoring and set the appropriate
# thresholds here. In doubt start with low values and gradually rise them
# until the fans are not always on when the cpu is idle.
set config(0) {{- 0} -1 55 -1 55}
set config(1) {{- 1} 45 60 45 60}
set config(2) {{- 2} 55 125 55 125}
set config(3) {{- 2} 70 128 70 128}
edit: changed temperature thresholds - I think the key temps are: 55: turn on fan at level 1 until cooled down to 45. Above 60, start blasting the fan at full speed
Last edited by twelveeighty (2012-09-02 21:35:50)

If you're using systemd, to run i8kmon you should edit i8kmon.service file
/usr/lib/systemd/system/i8kmon.service
from
[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/i8kmon -nd
to
[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/i8kmon --daemon --nouserconfig

Dell Vostro 3560 no automatic fan control

Hello,
I own this laptop and i am able to set the fan speed via
This shuts down the fan.
i8kfan -1 0
This make the fan go on full blow.
i8kfan -1 2
Sensors detect everything they should:
[andre@andre ~]$ sensors
i8k-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
Right Fan: 144000 RPM
CPU: +66.0°C
coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Physical id 0: +69.0°C (high = +87.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)
Core 0: +65.0°C (high = +87.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)
Core 1: +69.0°C (high = +87.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)
Core 2: +61.0°C (high = +87.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)
Core 3: +64.0°C (high = +87.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)
/etc/i8kutils/i8kmon.conf:
# Sample i8kmon configuration file (/etc/i8kmon, ~/.i8kmon).
# Kernel I8K status file
set config(proc_i8k) /proc/i8k
# Kernel APM status file
set config(proc_apm) /proc/apm
# Kernel ACPI status file
set config(proc_acpi) /proc/acpi/ac_adapter/0/status
# External program to control the fans
set config(i8kfan) /usr/bin/i8kfan
# Applet geometry, override with --geometry option
set config(geometry) {}
# Run as daemon, override with --daemon option
set config(daemon) 0
# Automatic fan control, override with --auto option
set config(auto) 0
# Report status on stdout, override with --verbose option
set config(verbose) 0
# Status check timeout (seconds), override with --timeout option
set config(timeout) 5
# Temperature display unit (C/F), override with --unit option
set config(unit) C
# Temperature threshold at which the temperature is displayed in red
set config(t_high) 80
# Minimum expected fan speed
set config(min_speed) 1800
# Temperature thresholds: {fan_speeds low_ac high_ac low_batt high_batt}
# These were tested on the I8000. If you have a different Dell laptop model
# you should check the BIOS temperature monitoring and set the appropriate
# thresholds here. In doubt start with low values and gradually rise them
# until the fans are not always on when the cpu is idle.
set config(0) {{- 0} -1 60 -1 65}
set config(1) {{- 1} 55 70 55 75}
set config(2) {{- 2} 60 80 65 85}
set config(3) {{- 2} 70 128 75 128}
# end of file
This:
i8kmon --daemon
Keeps running, but the fan is on full blow no matter what.
I have added this service to systemd and it gets loaded okay,
but it runs the i8kmon --daemon, which does nothing.
Any hints?
Thanks
Last edited by AndreeeCZ (2013-08-14 16:33:55)

I have a dell vostro 1710, no fan running at all!
I have opened it, and saw it spinning for a while on notebook power on, so it looks like it works
Do not remember if this is happening a long time ago, or maybe after a Syu... but now temp is on 62 doing stuff, 74 watching a video..... it will be more than 80 in summer? lol
Will install and configure i8kutils I guess....

Dell Vostro fan control mystery

When I first installed Arch on my Vostro laptop back in October '12, I had to run the i8kmon and i8kutils to get the fan control to work. Without it, the fan was blasting at full speed all the time, no matter what the CPU temperature was.
However, this week I started noticing odd behavior in my fan control, in that the i8kmon service would start, but fail silently and the fan would remain off, no matter the temperature (not good). Here's the mystery: I disabled the i8kmon.service and since then my fan control is now BETTER then ever! The fan speed gradually increases and decreases based on system load, it's perfect.
Does anyone know what may be going on here? Perhaps the 3.8 kernel now supports this fan without special drivers? Of course, it could have been from earlier than 3.8, but I always had i8kmon running...?
Last edited by twelveeighty (2013-04-06 00:48:31)

Use the special key combo - It works on most Dell systems
Shift + FN + 1 5 3 2 4 from a VGA tty console - three lights will flash and one remain flashing. This enables a special Thermal management settings screen. Press FN + R to access it, you can change the fan speed, adjust the throttling and so on.
I need to set the fan speeds to 6000 and 5000 RPM, after which i8kfan 2 2 will reach max speed. Don't use this mode from within X, the system suspends everything else when in that mode and it goes into a VGA console, so things can screw up with the Wifi and the video adapter sometimes.

Fan control on Tecra 8000

Hello,
I'm worried about the working of the cooling fan, it starts to blow at the start of the system for a moment and when recharging the battery after that it only starts to blow at 82 degrees celcius!!! I would be more confident if it starts to blow at 50 degrees, is there a way to manage this?
I installed the latest bios 9.30 trad en tried serveral operating systems, like win 98se, win 2000 en win xp, none of them made a difference for the working of the coolingfan. I also tried the power utilities given by Toshiba, they even made the cpu mad by working at 100% cpu power.
Thanks for support, Rick
Message was edited by: slumpie

I found the sollution after a few days searching on the internet, I found i program made by someone for the Toshiba machines running linux, but he made also a fan control program for Windows. It needs the TVALD software from Toshiba to get installed.
My machine is running at a max of 50 degrees celsius right now and i'm very confident, I even can put the laptop on my legs ;)
http://www.buzzard.me.uk/toshiba/windows.html for those who want to know more about it.

Z87 Gaming Boards - Questions regarding fan control / soundblaster cinema...

Hello everyone,
I'm thinking about switching to MSI Z87-G45 Gaming (currently using Asus Gene-Z V), however there are three issues that I've been unable to find information on:
1) Fan Control
The new msi boards seem to have new bios fan control which enables you to set a low temperature and corresponding fan speed, aswell as high temperature which marks the temp when the fan will reach 100% speed. However I've read that this is only available for the CPU_FAN1 header and not CASE_FANX or even CPU_FAN2 (if available). Is that true?
2)Audio Solution
The middle boards seem to feature Realtek 1150 in combination with the software solution Soundblaster Cinema (Xpower as X-Fi MB3). Now the soundblaster cinema really confuses me, is it better than the X-FI MB2 (thats the software solution of the asus Z77 rog boards)? Does it have the "soundblaster console" in addition to thx true studio pro or is it just the thx utility etc.?
3) VGA Boost in combination with msi graphics cards
What exactly does this do? It says that it automatically increases the power target, but is that useful if you also use msi afterburner?
Thanks.

Thanks for info, I ordered a G45-Gaming today and let's see how it works out.
Quote from: Joiis on 20-June-13, 02:51:13
Can you control 3 pin fans with this board?
BTW first post here :-)
I can update you on this issue once I get everyone up and running, however generally msi had the following setup:
CPU_FAN headers -> pwm control (and sometimes voltage too)
CASE_FAN headers -> voltage control only (= 3 PIN fan)
The "old" case fan control sucked though since you could only set a range from 60% to 100% on the fans whereas for cpu fans you could set 0 to 100%. Also the minimum temperatur for case fans was 40° which in makes case (case temp never rose above 35°) made case fan control pretty much useless.

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