robi62 Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 I've got this fully working on an Dell Inspiron 9300 under Leopard. A slight fix was needed to get the kext source to compile but once that was done it works exactly like it should. If there is any interest in this still i'll post the kext. hi if you do not want to post modified kexts can you tell us how to patch original with source diff????? Thank you Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/50152-drivers-for-fan-control-on-dell-laptops/page/2/#findComment-855245 Share on other sites More sharing options...
totallybonkers Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Hello, I have an i9300 and am interested in your fix. Could you please get in touch with me and let me know how I can get it. Did you manage to get speed step working??? I would really like to get speed step working on my i9300. If anyone can send me a how to that would be great. Thanks, Daniel I've solved all the issues with this driver. Problems fixed: - Compiles in 10.5 - Automatically starts on load (Now an IOKit extension) - GUI starts hidden - No dock icon for GUI - Outputs text on load (so you actually know its working) Thanks to Kabyl and Sam for their help in fixing this. I'll send the diffs to the author and hopefully he can provide an updated version. If I don't get a reply back from him i'll post the source code diffs. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/50152-drivers-for-fan-control-on-dell-laptops/page/2/#findComment-910567 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipolas Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 Yes, could you post you fix please? Thanks, Nicolas Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/50152-drivers-for-fan-control-on-dell-laptops/page/2/#findComment-918247 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve R Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 I'd be interested in getting this working too, thanks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/50152-drivers-for-fan-control-on-dell-laptops/page/2/#findComment-927487 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipolas Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 Up, Please Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/50152-drivers-for-fan-control-on-dell-laptops/page/2/#findComment-936759 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedEyz Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 hey Dense... so i patched the source files, and i compiled them with xcode - where did that I8kfanDaemon come from, and where do i put it? /Libraray/LaunchDaemons just seems too easy after all that. managed to learn a lot about 'patch', 'diff' and how to compile an extension. been at this Hackintosh thing 2 weeks - i'm kickin ass and takin names. i have currently put the Daemon exec in /Lib/LD but i don't see it doing much during a verbose boot. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/50152-drivers-for-fan-control-on-dell-laptops/page/2/#findComment-940693 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindrive Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 I went ahead and compiled the kext, gui and daemon. works flawlessly on my inspiron 6400. Not sure if i should post the binaries here or what. i know people are interested in them so if you want them send me a pm and i'll try and get them to you. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/50152-drivers-for-fan-control-on-dell-laptops/page/2/#findComment-1023023 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindrive Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Ok so it appears the original author (PotatoSalad) has pretty much abandoned this project. And in my free time I have been working on it for my own use. I have seen many of you guys requesting the compiled binaries so here they are. I8Kfanstuff.zip Just so you know the daemon that it comes with is useless. PotatoSalad scrapped the idea and the kext works with the gui. So far the only changes I have made is applied the patch to the kext and gui source that Dense wrote. Oh yeah and I enabled automatic fan control by default because the Gui does not save settings. Update 12-28-2012 ------------------------- The drives on my colo box that hosted the link above failed a while ago and that box is no longer active. I didn't perform any backups because that server was just a place for my personal emails and some random files i didn't care about very much. The link is dead at this point but if anybody has the original files and could send them to me that would be great. If received I will put them back up for use. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/50152-drivers-for-fan-control-on-dell-laptops/page/2/#findComment-1037629 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boombeng Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Ok so it appears the original author (PotatoSalad) has pretty much abandoned this project. And in my free time I have been working on it for my own use. I have seen many of you guys requesting the compiled binaries so here they are. I8Kfanstuff.zipJust so you know the daemon that it comes with is useless. PotatoSalad scrapped the idea and the kext works with the gui. So far the only changes I have made is applied the patch to the kext and gui source that Dense wrote. Oh yeah and I enabled automatic fan control by default because the Gui does not save settings. Well thank you! It works well on a Dell Studio 1535 laptop Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/50152-drivers-for-fan-control-on-dell-laptops/page/2/#findComment-1037879 Share on other sites More sharing options...
haft Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Ok so it appears the original author (PotatoSalad) has pretty much abandoned this project. And in my free time I have been working on it for my own use. I have seen many of you guys requesting the compiled binaries so here they are. I8Kfanstuff.zipJust so you know the daemon that it comes with is useless. PotatoSalad scrapped the idea and the kext works with the gui. So far the only changes I have made is applied the patch to the kext and gui source that Dense wrote. Oh yeah and I enabled automatic fan control by default because the Gui does not save settings. I installed the .kext file, rebooted and started i8kfangui, the temp sensors work, but I can't control the fans. Inspiron 1525, Kalyway updated to 10.5.5, VoodooPower also running, and some other things around power control if that affects anything. Any clues, how to find out why it isn't working? Tried gui v02 PotatoeSalad's site, but no luck with that one, either... If I click on the Off/Low/High buttons under Status, the button changes its status immediately. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/50152-drivers-for-fan-control-on-dell-laptops/page/2/#findComment-1067387 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindrive Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 I installed the .kext file, rebooted and started i8kfangui, the temp sensors work, but I can't control the fans. Inspiron 1525, Kalyway updated to 10.5.5, VoodooPower also running, and some other things around power control if that affects anything. Any clues, how to find out why it isn't working? Tried gui v02 PotatoeSalad's site, but no luck with that one, either... If I click on the Off/Low/High buttons under Status, the button changes its status immediately. Yeah to be honest that part of it does not work very well just yet. I recently purchased a new MBP and have been playing with that for the past couple of weeks. I will have a look at it when I get home and see if I cant put up a fix for it. I installed the .kext file, rebooted and started i8kfangui, the temp sensors work, but I can't control the fans. Inspiron 1525, Kalyway updated to 10.5.5, VoodooPower also running, and some other things around power control if that affects anything. Any clues, how to find out why it isn't working? Tried gui v02 PotatoeSalad's site, but no luck with that one, either... If I click on the Off/Low/High buttons under Status, the button changes its status immediately. Yeah to be honest that part of it does not work very well just yet. I recently purchased a new MBP and have been playing with that for the past couple of weeks. I will have a look at it when I get home and see if I cant put up a fix for it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/50152-drivers-for-fan-control-on-dell-laptops/page/2/#findComment-1069250 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zachfersure Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 ok so i have installed the kext, but its showing some ridiculous number like -176489499. how do i fix this? and also, now my fan is running all the time. how can i stop it? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/50152-drivers-for-fan-control-on-dell-laptops/page/2/#findComment-1099834 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slice Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Snow Leo 10.6.6 compilation I8kfan.kext.zip I8kfanGUI.app.zip Tested with Dell Inspiron 1525 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/50152-drivers-for-fan-control-on-dell-laptops/page/2/#findComment-1641506 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ccc Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Update (May 13, 2007 09:24:21 EDT): I completely rewrote the driver in C and renamed it from IOI8KFan.kext to simply I8kfan.kext. It uses the BSD sysctl to communicate with other things because I'm lazy and this route was the easiest I could figure out. I also wrote a small app with the unoriginal name of I8kfanGUI. Using the application to monitor the CPU temperature, my Inspiron 5100 went from running at 60�C to hovering between 38�C to 43�C. Read more about the driver and the application here. If anyone has any experience on writing low-level drivers for Mac OS X, please lemme know. PotatoSalad, could you add x86_64 arch into your driver? I tried the driver from code.google and it does not support 64 bit mode. here are the outputs, bash-3.2# kextload -v I8kfan.kext Requesting load of /Users/zxzhaohui/Desktop/fancontrol/I8kfan.kext. /Users/zxzhaohui/Desktop/fancontrol/I8kfan.kext failed to load - (libkern/kext) requested architecture/executable not found; check the system/kernel logs for errors or try kextutil(8). bash-3.2# kextutil I8kfan.kext Warnings: Executable does not contain code for architecture: x86_64 Can't load I8kfan.kext - no code for running kernel's architecture. Failed to load I8kfan.kext - (libkern/kext) requested architecture/executable not found. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/50152-drivers-for-fan-control-on-dell-laptops/page/2/#findComment-1656842 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zprood Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Hi guys, I just solve this issue. Now no more cool boot problem. The link address is here: http://www.projectosx.com/forum/index.php?...ost&p=15865 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/50152-drivers-for-fan-control-on-dell-laptops/page/2/#findComment-1745453 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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