Thinkpad x300 and speedfan

[Tommy the cat]

Hello boys and girls,

Next to TPfancontrol I want to test Speedfan. However in order to get any information or regulation possibilities from this program, it needs some system information.

Therefor, as far as I know, you have to go to the tab INFO > click GET CONFIG > click on the website to get the Ticket code. At this website you will need to find your motherboard. So, first I need to know what motherboard I have:

This is what CPU-Z says about the motherboard (tab MAINBOARD section MOTHERBOARD):
Manufacturer: LENOVO
Model: 647814G
Chipset: INTEL GM965
Southbridge: INTEL 82801HBM (ICH8-M)

I'm not sure what to look for, but neither 'Lenovo 647814G' nor 'INTEL GM965' is listed. So I've sent an e-mail to addthisplease [at] almico . com and asked to add the motherboard, but I didn't get any reaction (yet..).

But surely there should be somebody who already succesfully used Speedfan. So I wondered if anybody can give me the correct Ticket number, or tell me how to get this program working.

Thanks in advance.

[visionviper]

It seems the motherboard uses Intel's 965 express chipset - which has been out for awhile and should already be supported by Speedfan.

[Tommy the cat]

By my knowlegde, when it's supported, it should be listed here. Unfortunately it isn't. But maybe I'm missing something.

[visionviper]

For what it's worth I believe the chipset itself is supported but the motherboard does not support software control of the fan - and if the hardware doesn't support it there isn't really anything that can be done.


I installed SpeedFan on my desktop (also has a 965 express chipset like the X300) and Speedfan was able to pick up the fans I have connected to the motherboard. This is why I think the X300 motherboard just simply doesn't support software monitoring/control of the fan.

And if you look on ThinkWiki the X20xx and X30x models are not listed with all the other Thinkpads that do support software fan control.

[Tommy the cat]

Thanks for the info. I understand Speedfan detected your fans by default, so without any configuration import. That indeed would be an indication the X300 motherboard simply doesn't support it.

Ok, I'll keep searching for a solution, but will be realistic when it comes to the change of succes.