From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Francesco Turco Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2012 10:35:05 +0000 Subject: Re: [lm-sensors] Some doubts with fancontrol Message-Id: <504487D9.20701@fastmail.fm> List-Id: References: <504241C4.30701@fastmail.fm> In-Reply-To: <504241C4.30701@fastmail.fm> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: lm-sensors@vger.kernel.org > FWIW, the driver recommends using mode 2 (auto mode). That means you don't > really need fancontrol to start with. If supported, auto mode is preferred > since it works outside the OS: it will keep working even if the OS hangs. > > So the real question here is why you try to use fancontrol to start with. I tried fancontrol because during previous weeks outside temperature was hotter and CPU reached more than 70 degrees when busy and not using fancontrol. I was worried I could damage my hardware. But if you say that it's better to not use fancontrol, I'll follow your advice. _______________________________________________ lm-sensors mailing list lm-sensors@lm-sensors.org http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors