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post #141 of 349
4/12/04 at 12:48pm
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Great, I will contact you as soon I have something ready to test for 8890. Please PM me with any msn address or icq number so we can communicate in more realtime. I would like forum reader with other models to do the same so we can make it work.

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Originally Posted by ActuaryTm
While I do not have any model NP56xx, I do own an NP8890 and would be more than happy to offer any assistance I could in regard to your development of this utility.

Am posting the system bios and keyboard firmware revision, in case these are at all important in your endeavor :

Bios : V122 1.00.09-T1
KBC/EC Firmware Revision : 1.00.01
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post #142 of 349
4/12/04 at 2:26pm
Model 8790
KBC/EC Firmware Revision : 1.00.01
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post #143 of 349
4/12/04 at 6:04pm
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Here comes an update of the status on this little project. I have been disassembling and studied the keyboard bios for 8886/7 for some time now and it has been interesting as usual. This keyboard bios has a completely different layout than the others I went through. Unfortunately there seems to be no way to control the fans via the debug ports. The only thing you can do is to play around with all LEDs on your 'puter. I could write a small app for you to set every possible configuration softwarewise, but this is not as fun as fan controlling. Of course, if I had a 8887 myself I had modified the keyboard bios in order to enable fancontrolling but thats another story. So I'm sorry to say, thats a no-go for 8886/7. I am however confident in making it work for the 8890. I still have to go through the 4xxx and 8790's bioses but anyway it will most probably work for at least all 56xx and the 8890.
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post #144 of 349
4/12/04 at 7:37pm
I can confirm that this app works perfectly on a 5670.
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post #145 of 349
4/12/04 at 7:39pm
Now just to test an app that gives full manual control over fans. =P
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post #146 of 349
4/13/04 at 3:46am
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dread090
Now just to test an app that gives full manual control over fans. =P
It's coming ;-)
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post #147 of 349
4/13/04 at 4:38am
Sweeeeet

Did I ever tell u how awsome u are....
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post #148 of 349
4/13/04 at 4:46am
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dread090
Sweeeeet

Did I ever tell u how awsome u are....
No, feel free to do that anytime you want
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post #149 of 349
4/13/04 at 5:22am
When are we gonna see some proggies for the 47XX, more specifically, my 4780??

-Evil Juggalo
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post #150 of 349
4/13/04 at 5:33am
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Originally Posted by Evil Juggalo
When are we gonna see some proggies for the 47XX, more specifically, my 4780??

-Evil Juggalo
After I have finished the 8890 I will look into 4xxx series, do you volunteer to beta test?
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post #151 of 349
4/13/04 at 12:28pm
Henrik really is a bit of a GURU on this kind of stuff. Thanks for your efforts on this mate. People please keep in mind that he does this out of the goodness of his heart, demands like....

"When will we see this"
and
"Gees man get the friggin lead out and code this already"

Are not cool.
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post #152 of 349
4/13/04 at 12:36pm
Ya, no joke Bratag. It's not like he's doing this to make money. He's doing it because he want's to help.

Thanks for all your hard work and awsome programs Henrik. Set you own pace, don't let anyone rush you.

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Test Results for MaxFan

Sager 5680
Bios Version: 1.00.07 T3
Keybpard Firmware: 1.00.04

App launched fine, ran under "5680" setting, but when I ran the "Max" button I got a errorcode of "2111". When I ran "Auto" button I got a errorcode of "2011"

I'm going to try to find some different updates for the keyboard firmware and try it again.


Ps. Just for giggles, I tried the "5670" and "5660" setting and got errorcodes with thise aswell.
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post #153 of 349
4/13/04 at 3:15pm
Henrik you really are awesome. Someone mentioned this earlier, but I think you should post a paypal link - I know I would give you some dough for a working 8890 fan control (max/auto is good enough for me!) program. Maynot get you a new laptop but maybe some dvds or something
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post #154 of 349
4/13/04 at 4:47pm
If it's not too much trouble, are there any chances of getting the source code too?

Maybe I need to look at the other threads again, but I thought it was also decided that enabling PAT wasn't possible.

< wishes he knew assembly now too >
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post #155 of 349
4/13/04 at 5:05pm
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Originally Posted by mrmagoo
If it's not too much trouble, are there any chances of getting the source code too?

Maybe I need to look at the other threads again, but I thought it was also decided that enabling PAT wasn't possible.

< wishes he knew assembly now too >
Call me selfish if you want to, I keep the code for myself. And after all, I dont think it would be useul to you anyway. I've made some small changes to the app, if anyone with 5680 could try it out, it would be great.
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post #156 of 349
4/13/04 at 5:36pm
Bah! Selfish!
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post #157 of 349
4/13/04 at 11:34pm
Hiya henrik ;p


yea i wish there is a way to turn on the main fan in my 4780 but at low rpm so my system doesnt ping pong from 50 C to 60 C constantly
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post #158 of 349
4/14/04 at 1:01am
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Igg, I would like that also. I'm now putting this utility on hold until someone with a 5680 are willing to try it out and provide me with feedback. After all, I have better things to do than make this app for you people Its verified that it works on 5660 and 5670, I am myself confident that it works on the 5680, except for some very small details. I am also confident that it cant harm your computer in any way.

Download the app HERE
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post #159 of 349
4/14/04 at 1:59am

Maxfan for 8890?

Henrik,

Just downloaded your app and ran it. I cannot seect model 8890 and am getting the errorcodes reported by -)V(istic...
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post #160 of 349
4/14/04 at 3:12am
the max fan app, lets say I'm sitting here doing nothing(IRC, web browsing) will the fans be at the max? or bios defaults? is it selectable before you start? eg. I know I'm gonna do a long spade of gaming(Unreal Tournament 2004) I want the fans running at max.

can this be done?

I haven't installed it yet(Sager 5680)
uninstallation possible?
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