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July 2nd, 2009, 08:04 PM
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Controlling hardware (fans etc)
Hello there,
Is there a way to write a program to control some of my laptop's hardware, especially fans? I need to be able to write something like 'I8KFanGUI', either to provide a front end to control or write some device driver to provide an interface myself. Can some one help to figure out what library, if it exists already, to write one? TIA. Conco
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July 4th, 2009, 05:39 PM
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ACPI perhaps? Via WMI?
You find that support varies between machine models. You probably can't just dial down the fan, but you might be able to reduce noise levels by lower processor speed. Take a look in your device manager. If you see it there, there's a good bet you can have some control over it; how much will be dependent on manufacturer support.
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July 9th, 2009, 05:33 PM
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It is possible to do using coding and by developing some hardware. You can make use of serial port communications.
By means of certain hardware, convert serial data to the parallel. You can use 8 flags. Each can be connected to electrical relays and which can be used to turn on/off fans according to the bit pattern supplied to the serial port using your application.
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