alexdodd Posted May 17, 2020 Posted May 17, 2020 The "ES Energy Saving" profile on this old x8 boards seem to leave a lot to be desired. I have switched out all the fans with low RPM fans, and whilst the noise isn't bad, it just seems the fans either turn high or low with little inbetween. Given the board has a lot of temperature sensors and fan sensors and PWM one would think it could do better. Anyway I have come across these: https://www.ikus-soft.com/en/blog/2017-10-01-supermicro-x8-controle-ventilateur/ & https://gist.github.com/ikus060/26a33ce1e82092b4d2dbdf18c3610fde And this seems to suggest it will give greater control. I'm just a bit wary that I don't want to break anything underlying in unraid in my quest for a sensible fan profile. If i follow these instructions, what happens the next time i upgrade unraid? Presumably I can use the nerdpack to launch the script on this page, after i've installed and enabled whats needed? Strange I can't find much else written about this on the unraid forums, seems like the x8, and an old supermicro chassis are perfect for a cheap unraid box. At least it's a massive upgrade on my old dell t20, pretty happy with it so far! Quote
BadCo. Posted August 23, 2020 Posted August 23, 2020 Have you had any luck with this? I just got a X8STi-F and the fans sit at 7500rpm with no way to control them. Quote
BadCo. Posted October 17, 2020 Posted October 17, 2020 Bump, this is my project for the weekend. Fan speed contorl on my two x8 boards! Quote
Kesp Posted November 21, 2020 Posted November 21, 2020 On 10/16/2020 at 11:00 PM, BadCo. said: Bump, this is my project for the weekend. Fan speed contorl on my two x8 boards! Any luck?? Quote
Kesp Posted November 29, 2020 Posted November 29, 2020 On 5/17/2020 at 10:12 AM, alexdodd said: The "ES Energy Saving" profile on this old x8 boards seem to leave a lot to be desired. I have switched out all the fans with low RPM fans, and whilst the noise isn't bad, it just seems the fans either turn high or low with little inbetween. Given the board has a lot of temperature sensors and fan sensors and PWM one would think it could do better. Anyway I have come across these: https://www.ikus-soft.com/en/blog/2017-10-01-supermicro-x8-controle-ventilateur/ & https://gist.github.com/ikus060/26a33ce1e82092b4d2dbdf18c3610fde And this seems to suggest it will give greater control. I'm just a bit wary that I don't want to break anything underlying in unraid in my quest for a sensible fan profile. If i follow these instructions, what happens the next time i upgrade unraid? Presumably I can use the nerdpack to launch the script on this page, after i've installed and enabled whats needed? Strange I can't find much else written about this on the unraid forums, seems like the x8, and an old supermicro chassis are perfect for a cheap unraid box. At least it's a massive upgrade on my old dell t20, pretty happy with it so far! Any luck? Quote
alexdodd Posted December 22, 2020 Author Posted December 22, 2020 (edited) So i actually got around to this. I installed and loaded i2c-tools. Installed smbus2 with pypi, and loaded the python script (changing importing smbus2 instead but its a drop in replacement). The script throws no errors, gives no feedback, and now i need to work out how I need to tweak it, i'm pouring over the comments and a thread by the creator, but its mostly beyond my knowledge I think. Edited December 22, 2020 by alexdodd Quote
BadCo. Posted December 31, 2020 Posted December 31, 2020 On 11/22/2020 at 11:45 AM, Kesp said: Any luck?? I am afraid not Quote
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