[parisc-linux] 712 Software Temperature

[Ralf Hildebrandt]

On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 11:51:46AM +0000, Jbit wrote:
> Hi,
> looking inside my 712, I noticed that it has a thermocouple or somthing to 
> dectect the temperature in the case.
> Tracing back the wires finds that they connect to the mainboard, and on the 
> same connector, theres 2 wires that goto the power supply.
> I'd assume this is for a secondry fan?

According to the manual, the fan shifts ito higher gear, once the
temperature exceeds 30 deg. celsius.

> Anyway, since it goes to the mainboard, does this mean its posible to find 
> out the temperature in software?

THAT would be interesting.

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