Dell Inspiron 8000 fan - Revision history

Paulm at 00:37, 20 October 2013

2013-10-20T00:37:10Z

Aradan at 00:50, 13 June 2013

2013-06-13T00:50:33Z

Aradan at 00:34, 13 June 2013

2013-06-13T00:34:21Z

Levi: May not be necessary in all bios revisions

2010-07-18T06:11:26Z

May not be necessary in all bios revisions

Levi at 22:59, 21 April 2010

2010-04-21T22:59:13Z

Levi at 22:56, 21 April 2010

2010-04-21T22:56:41Z

Levi at 22:55, 21 April 2010

2010-04-21T22:55:51Z

Levi: Fixed

2010-04-21T22:55:25Z

Fixed

Levi at 00:27, 21 April 2010

2010-04-21T00:27:26Z

Levi: doesnt work right

2010-04-21T00:25:13Z

doesnt work right

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 In ubuntu the fan will '''never''' turn on on some Inspiron 8500s and possibly other 8000 series laptops as well.  This problem may not be present in all bios revisions.
 I got most of this information from [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=74578 here] and [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1325507 here]
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 In ubuntu the fan will '''never''' turn on on some Inspiron 8500s and possibly other 8000 series laptops as well.  This problem may not be present in all bios revisions.
 I got most of this information from [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=74578 here] and [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1325507 here]
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 [[Category:Tech support]]

← Older revision		Revision as of 00:34, 13 June 2013
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	In ubuntu the fan will '''never''' turn on on some Inspiron 8500s and possibly other 8000 series laptops as well. This problem may not be present in all bios revisions.		In ubuntu the fan will '''never''' turn on on some Inspiron 8500s and possibly other 8000 series laptops as well. This problem may not be present in all bios revisions.
	I got most of this information from [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=74578 here] and [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1325507 here]		I got most of this information from [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=74578 here] and [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1325507 here]

← Older revision		Revision as of 06:11, 18 July 2010
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−	In ubuntu the fan will '''never''' turn on on ~~the~~ Inspiron ~~8500~~ and possibly other 8000 series laptops as well.	+	In ubuntu the fan will '''never''' turn on on some Inspiron 8500s and possibly other 8000 series laptops as well. This problem may not be present in all bios revisions.
	I got most of this information from [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=74578 here] and [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1325507 here]		I got most of this information from [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=74578 here] and [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1325507 here]

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 In ubuntu the fan will '''never''' turn on on the Inspiron 8500 and possibly other 8000 series laptops as well.
-I got most of this information from [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=74578 here].
+I got most of this information from [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=74578 here] and [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1325507 here]
 *It will help to have [[CPU_Temperature|lm-sensors]] set up as well.

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   i8kctl
-.0 A17 B5W123K 52 0 '''2''' 8040 6420 1 2
+.0 A17 B5W123K 52 '''2 2''' 8040 6420 1 2
-the fan is running on high speed
+the fans are running on high speed
-.0 A17 B5W123K 52 0 '''0''' 8040 6420 1 2
+.0 A17 B5W123K 52 '''0 0''' 8040 6420 1 2
-the fan is not running at all
+the fans are not running at all
 *Listen to that baby purr.

← Older revision		Revision as of 22:55, 21 April 2010
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−	~~'''This doesn't work yet. I can't seem to get the fan to go on high.'''~~
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	In ubuntu the fan will '''never''' turn on on the Inspiron 8500 and possibly other 8000 series laptops as well.		In ubuntu the fan will '''never''' turn on on the Inspiron 8500 and possibly other 8000 series laptops as well.
	I got most of this information from [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=74578 here].		I got most of this information from [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=74578 here].

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 I got most of this information from [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=74578 here].
 *It will help to have [[CPU_Temperature|lm-sensors]] set up as well.
 *Install the package i8kutils.
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 *Add i8k to /etc/modules so that it loads every boot.
   sudo nano /etc/modules
   i8k
-*Enable the i8kmon daemon.
+*Configure the i8kmon daemon to turn the fan on at certain speeds depending on the cpu temp. Look at the i8kmon man page for some more information on how to configure it.
   sudo nano /etc/i8kmon
-  set config(0) {{0 -} -1 50 -1 50}
-  set config(1) {{1 -} 50 65 50 65}
+ set config(daemon) 1
-  set config(2) {{2 -} 65 128 65 128}
+ set config(auto) 1
-*I'm not sure if this next bit is strictly necessary.
+ #turn the fans to high always
-*Edit the init script for i8kmon
+ #set config(0)	{{2 2} -1 128 -1 128}
   sudo nano /etc/init.d/i8kmon
-change this
   NAME=i8kmon
-  DAEMON=/usr/bin/i8kmon
+  DAEMON=/usr/bin/$NAME
   PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
-  ENABLED=0
+  SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$NAME
-to this
-  NAME=i8kmon
+ # Gracefully exit if the package has been removed.
-  DAEMON=/usr/bin/i8kmon
+ test -x $DAEMON || exit 0
-  PROC_I8K=/proc/i8k
-  DESC="Dell Inspiron fan/cpu-temperature monitor"
+ # Read config file if it is present.
-  I8KMON_ARGS="--daemon --nouserconfig --auto"
+  #if [ -r /etc/default/$NAME ]
-  PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
+ #then
-  ENABLED=1
+  #       . /etc/default/$NAME
+ #fi
-*Restart the i8kmon daemon.
-  sudo invoke-rc.d i8kmon restart
+  . /lib/lsb/init-functions
 *Run stress test and verify that the fan is running. Be careful with stress-test, if the fan isn't running properly you could overheat the laptop.
   stress-test
-  oem@freekbox:~$i8kctl
 .0 A17 B5W123K 52 0 '''2''' 8040 6420 1 2
 the fan is running on high speed

← Older revision		Revision as of 00:25, 21 April 2010
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		+	'''This doesn't work yet. I can't seem to get the fan to go on high'''
	In ubuntu the fan will '''never''' turn on on the Inspiron 8500 and possibly other 8000 series laptops as well.		In ubuntu the fan will '''never''' turn on on the Inspiron 8500 and possibly other 8000 series laptops as well.
	I got most of this information from [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=74578 here].		I got most of this information from [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=74578 here].