Hi Ajit,
Some motherboard BIOS' are able to display the current status of the
fan(s) and voltages. Is yours one of those?
Regards,
-- Raju
>>>>> "Ajit" == Ajit Ranade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Ajit> at home my linux box is tucked away below the table, and
Ajit> recently i sensed it as much too hot near the power supply
Ajit> (at top, rear, left). of course the room is not a/c. i had
Ajit> been leaving the machine on "always" (as much as power cuts
Ajit> will allow), but now i don't.
Ajit> i suspect that the cpu fan is not working. is there any way
Ajit> to find out, without actually opening the box? i remember
Ajit> that in novell netware there used to be a command to check
Ajit> cpu fan status. is there something similar for linux?
Ajit> maybe in the next kernel (3.0?) there should be a command
Ajit> "temp" or "celsius" to get the temperature of the cpu. that
Ajit> would be real "cool"!
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