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ericjosepi
01-30-2007, 03:38 AM
Hey

Does anyone know if there is some app (windows or linux) that can control the fans on a Toshiba notebook (specifically a p30)? If this exists you are my official god an savior for finding it for me.

Cheers
Eric
tokenuser
01-30-2007, 12:31 PM
Hey

Does anyone know if there is some app (windows or linux) that can control the fans on a Toshiba notebook (specifically a p30)? If this exists you are my official god an savior for finding it for me.

Cheers
Ericthe fans go on/off as required for those machines. Turning their speed down really could harm your machine. Check out MBM (Motherboard Monitor) ... depending on the sensor chips used in the Toshiba laptops, it should give you the information you need. If the fan speed IS detected, then there are apps out there that can generally control them.
synack
01-30-2007, 09:43 PM
Hey

Does anyone know if there is some app (windows or linux) that can control the fans on a Toshiba notebook (specifically a p30)? If this exists you are my official god an savior for finding it for me.

Cheers
Eric

sup,

AFAIK the fan-speed may be controlled through the bios,

I suppose if you use assembly and either APM or ACPI and power

management you could address the issue, of course, this is from a FreeBSD

point of view.

much love and respect.

synack
ericjosepi
01-31-2007, 02:59 AM
See... i'm not talking about turning down the RPMS i'm talking about turning them up! I know that they get loud then but it's the only way to keep it cool enough that the computer stays stable (and powered on for that matter). The p30 as far as I know is notorious for it's shitty cooling and heat issues (not to mention the shit ass fans).

Cheers,
Eric
_sorrow_
01-31-2007, 05:29 AM
I'm with TokenUser on this one; Motherboard Monitor (http://mbm.livewiredev.com/) is supposed to do a pretty good job of this.

Regretfully, i can't use this (or any other one as far as i know) because i have a Dell Inspiron :(

Edit: i'm not sure that this lets you turn it down.. you could also check out notebook fans (http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?DEPA=0&type=&Description=notebook+cooler&Submit=ENE&N=0&Ntk=all&Go.x=0&Go.y=0), which could solve the problem too..