The internal small fan of the Eee PC can be quite loud, even if the Eee PC doesn't get too hot. Now there's EeeControl a small tool to adjust the fan speed (or to turn it off)
Release notes EEECONTROL 0.2.1 by bexbier
This Program can control the internal Fan & FSB & view the current status of it, its a GUI for the eee.ko modul (from Andrew Tipton) a compiled version of eee.ko 0.2 is included in this deb.
INSTALLATION :
Just type in console "sudo dpkg -i /path/to/the/debfile"
NOTE: If you installed under easydesktop (simplegui) then restart PC.
FUNCTION :
After Install you can find a shortcut which called "eeecontrol 0.2" on LAUNCH->APPLICATIONS->UTILITITY
On easymode you can find a shortcut at SETTINGS
The Program starts on Systemtray, with LEFT KLICK on the icon the mainwindow would be show/hide. With RIGHT KLICK on icon the Programm exits.
Under MANUAL CONTROL you can set the fan,fsb and vmod manually, just select on the left the speed and then klick on "set ...".
So if you want to overclock, note that you change the speed make it in some little steps, else the PC would crash. If you would make high overclocking set VMOD on, else the system cannot run stable and may crash.
Under AUTOCONTROL you can set some parameters for autocontroled fan: (for example:)
starttemp = 57 ( temperature to start the fan ) startfan = 100 ( fan would be set at 100% ) stoptemp = 55 ( temperature to stop the fan ) stopfan = 0 ( fan would be set at 0% )
So .... with these options the fan starts with 100% if the temperature is 57°C and "stops/runs slow" if the temperature is 55°C. NOTE: the stop parameters must be smaller then the start parameters.
RUN AUTOCONTROL AT STARTUP = autocontrol starts at PROGRAMM STARTUP RUN EEECONTROL AT STARTUP = eeecontrol starts at PC STARTUP
CHANGES ON THESE MENU WOULD ONLY BE SET IF YOU CLICKED ON "SET CONFIG" ! AUTOCONTROL RUNS ONLY IF THE PROGRAM IS AKTIV ( ICON IN SYSTEMTRAY) !
DEINSTALLATION :
Just type in Console "dpkg -r eeecontrol" If eeecontrol is running, close it bevor deinstalling.
NOTE : This Pakage use his own eee.ko so if you have installed an ee.ko then deinstall it first.
ATTENTION !! IF EEECONTROL IS RUNNING AND YOU SHUTDOWN OR RESTART, THE FAN WOULD RUN WITH THE LAST PARAMETER, SO IF YOU DO NOT SET THAT EEECONTROL AND AUTOCONTROL RUNS AT STARTUP YOU SHOULD EXIT EEECONTROL BEFORE SHOUTDOWN OR RESTART.
AT LEAST : THE WRITER GIVES NO WARRENTY OF DAMAGED HARD OR SOFTWARE, WITH THESE PROGRAMM YOU CAN DESTROY YOU MASCHINE SO TAKE CARE WITH IT !!
