How to turn on/off chassis fan programmatically?

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I need to be able to turn off/on case fans to set cpu temperature in a desired range. Is it possible to do that specially?

I really hope some virus won't turn my fan off permanently. – John Dvorak Jan 26 '13 at 19:08 — John Dvorak, Jan 26 '13 at 19:08
Call the `StopAndCatchFire()` function. – usr Jan 26 '13 at 21:36 — usr, Jan 26 '13 at 21:36

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:03

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There is a open source project called lm-sensors.

fancontrol is a shell script for use with lm_sensors. It reads its configuration from a file, then calculates fan speeds from temperatures and sets the corresponding PWM outputs to the computed values.

Also check out;

Set Fan Speed in C#

You should learn about Windows system management interface also.

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answered Jan 26 '13 at 18:59

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Note: This only works if the motherboards supports this feature. – jAC Jan 26 '13 at 19:05
@JanesAbouChleih Yes, or course. Beucase there is no direct way to control it IMO. – Soner Gönül Jan 26 '13 at 19:07
Just wanted to mention that, before people start complaining about it. ;) – jAC Jan 26 '13 at 19:13
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@JanesAbouChleih Good thought ;) – Soner Gönül Jan 26 '13 at 19:14

How to turn on/off chassis fan programmatically?

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