Support for Dell notebook computers

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Most Dell notebooks doesn't have standard motherboard sensors. Even if CPU 
temp can be read thru MSR register, other specific data, like fan speed 
and memory temp is not available.
The only projet able to display that data is I8KFan (which is open 
source), but that one is not supported anymore and doesn't work on 64 bit 
systems.
Having Dell support in Open Hardware Monitor can make it simply the best 
monitoring tool available.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by [email protected] on 9 May 2010 at 11:23

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More information / documentation on how one can get hardware monitoring data on 
Dell notebooks is required to start implementing.

Original comment by moel.mich on 3 Oct 2010 at 5:42

• Changed state: NeedsInfo
• Added labels: Type-Enhancement
• Removed labels: Type-Defect

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Dug up my old Dell XPS M1530, hope this helps.

Original comment by [email protected] on 3 Oct 2010 at 11:43

Attachments:

• HWiNFO.jpg
• HWmon.jpg
• hwm_smbus.txt
• HWMonitor.txt
• OpenHardwareMonitor.Report.txt
• CPUID.html
• CPUID.txt

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I've attached two files (most relevant ones) from I8kFan source code. Dell 
monitoring seems related to ports 0xB2 and 0x84 which are bound to SMBios. Not 
so many other infos there.

Original comment by [email protected] on 5 Oct 2010 at 6:58

Attachments:

• fanio.c
• lowlevel.asm

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Hello,

This what HWINFO32 shows on my brand new Dell Vostro 3300 laptop.
But do we really need all of this?

IMHO, on a laptop, the most important stuff is temperature!
The rest is "comfort" information or "geek" information.

Unlike a desktop system, on a laptop it is nearly impossible to influence fan 
speed or voltages, unless you are a BIOS modding expert. All modern laptops 
have thermal controlled fans anyhow.

And if ever anything goes wrong with the fan, the machine will become too hot 
and the temperature alert will wake you up! (See enhancement request #35).

Original comment by [email protected] on 3 Nov 2010 at 7:04

Attachments:

• [Vostro 3300 sensors.jpg](https://storage.googleapis.com/google-code-attachments/open-hardware-monitor/issue-56/comment-4/Vostro 3300 sensors.jpg)

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Hi there. Inspiron 1564 here. Is there anything I could contribute to this 
issue?

Original comment by [email protected] on 15 Feb 2011 at 8:08

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Dell D600 here, I too would like to see Dell supported, can see all the temps 
in hwinfo32, but I prefer the much more clean interface of ohm

Original comment by [email protected] on 22 Jul 2011 at 11:08

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Hey, anything needed at all? Please let us know!

Original comment by [email protected] on 18 Jan 2012 at 6:57

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Latitude E6420, no fan speeds, only temps. Would like to see Dell full support 
you! Thank you.

Original comment by [email protected] on 10 Aug 2013 at 8:05

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Dell E6540 no fan speeds.... fan speeds please?

Original comment by [email protected] on 23 Jul 2014 at 10:42