Controlling Fanspeeds in Linux on PWM Motherboards, Thinkpads and ASUS Eee PC | Linux Today

Controlling Fanspeeds in Linux on PWM Motherboards, Thinkpads and ASUS Eee PC

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 1, 2008

“The following should work on most Linux distributions and with
most modern motherboards. For the record I did this on a Ubuntu
8.04 installation with a setup consisting of a ASUS P5W DH Deluxe
Digital Home Series motherboard, Gigabyte Triton GZ-XX1CA-SNS
casing and a Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4 GHz with a Noctua NH-U12P CPU
cooler, see (Hvilke elementer jeg valgte til min nye computer
[tjansson.dk]) for more details.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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