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Dell Inspiron/Latitude/Precision fan control utility


Disclaimer:
By using this software you are changing the thermal management of your DELL notebook. This program is not supported by DELL, so any damage caused by this program is not covered by your system's warranty nor by me. YOU'RE USING THIS PROGRAM AT YOUR OWN RISK !

Dell and the Dell logo are trademarks of Dell Computer Corporation. The author of these pages is not affiliated with Dell in any way.


News

I8kfanGUI version 3.1 is out (16. February 2007).

The following changes were made to version 3.0:

  1. application and fanio driver ported to Windows x64 (AMD64 / EM64T)
  2. display the temperature of each core on multi core systems with DTS capability
  3. new CPU load detection algorithm for compatibility with future Windows versions
  4. possible access violation fixed when opening the About box
  5. possible access violation during hd access fixed
  6. updated the CPU detection: added several new feature flags

Please read the manual to learn about the program's features and how it's working. If you have a question, then please look at the FAQ first.

I am not answering questions that are already covered in the FAQ or the manual !


Download

For donations for future developments and for hosting efforts click here:

I8kfanGUI V3.1 for 32 bit systems (1.61 MB)

    Primary download site (Germany)

I8kfanGUI V3.1 for Windows x64 systems (1.88 MB)

    Primary download site (Germany)

The previous version 3.0 can still be downloaded from here.


General info

I8kfanGUI is a graphical Windows application to show the internal temperatures and to control the fan operation on the Dell Inspiron/Latitude/Precision notebook series. It's running under Windows 2000 and above operating system versions (Windows 2000/XP/Server2003/Vista). For the original DOS command line utility look here.

This program is licensed under the terms and conditions of the GNU general public license.


Compatibility list

Inspiron series

Notebook Fan control Read CPU temp Read fan speed Read fan status Temp control Remarks
Inspiron E1705 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Inspiron E1505 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Inspiron E1405 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Inspiron 9400 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Inspiron 9300 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Inspiron 9200 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Inspiron 9100/XPS Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Inspiron 8600 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Inspiron 8500 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Inspiron 8200 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Inspiron 8100 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Inspiron 8000 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Inspiron 7500 No No No No No incompatible system
Inspiron 710m Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Inspiron 700m Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Inspiron 7000 No No No No No incompatible system
Inspiron 640m Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Inspiron 6400 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Inspiron 630m Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Inspiron 600m Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Inspiron 6000 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Inspiron 5160 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Inspiron 5150 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Inspiron 5100 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes compatible with BIOS A29+
Inspiron 500m Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Inspiron 5000 No No No No No incompatible system
Inspiron 4150 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Inspiron 4100 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Inspiron 4000 Yes Yes No Yes Yes ---
Inspiron 3800 Yes Yes No Yes Yes ---
Inspiron 3700 Yes Yes No Yes Yes ---
Inspiron 3500 No No No No No incompatible system
Inspiron 3200 No No No No No incompatible system
Inspiron 300m Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Inspiron 3000 No No No No No incompatible system
Inspiron 2650 Yes No ? ? No ---
Inspiron 2600 Yes ? ? ? ? ---
Inspiron 2500 ? ? ? ? ? ---
Inspiron 2200 ? ? ? ? ? ---
Inspiron 2100 ? ? ? ? ? ---
Inspiron B130 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Inspiron 1300 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Inspiron B120 ? ? ? ? ? ---
Inspiron 1200 ? ? ? ? ? ---
Inspiron 1150 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Inspiron 1100 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Inspiron 1000 ? ? ? ? ? ---
XPS M170 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
XPS M140 ? ? ? ? ? ---

Latitude series

Notebook Fan control Read CPU temp Read fan speed Read fan status Temp control Remarks
Latitude D820 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Latitude D810 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Latitude D800 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Latitude D620 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Latitude D610 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Latitude D600 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Latitude D520 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Latitude D510 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Latitude D505 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Latitude D500 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Latitude D410 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Latitude D400 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Latitude C840 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Latitude C810 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Latitude C800 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Latitude C640 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Latitude C610 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Latitude C600 Yes Yes No Yes Yes ---
Latitude C540 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Latitude C510 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Latitude C500 Yes Yes No Yes Yes ---
Latitude C400 Yes Yes No Yes Yes ---
Latitude CSx Yes Yes No Yes Yes ---
Latitude CPx Yes Yes No Yes Yes ---
Latitude CPt Yes Yes No Yes Yes ---
Latitude CPi Yes (several types) No No No No ---
Latitude 120L ? ? ? ? ? ---
Latitude 110L ? ? ? ? ? ---
Latitude 100L ? ? ? ? ? ---
Latitude L400 No No No No No incompatible system
Latitude X300 Yes Yes ? ? ? ---
Latitude X200 ? ? ? ? ? ---
Latitude XPi ? ? ? ? ? ---

Precision series

Notebook Fan control Read CPU temp Read fan speed Read fan status Temp control Remarks
Precision M90 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Precision M70 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Precision M65 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Precision M60 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Precision M50 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Precision M40 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Precision M20 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---

Smartstep series

Notebook Fan control Read CPU temp Read fan speed Read fan status Temp control Remarks
Smartstep 250N No No No No No incompatible system
Smartstep 200N No No No No No incompatible system

If the program runs on other notebook systems let me know !

If you've still problems with it, then please ask me only if you have problems using it on an Inspiron 8000/8100/8200 (my testing environment). If you have different hardware try asking on the I8kfanGUI forum or in the appropriate Dell Inspiron/Latitude Forum.


Fan control for other operating systems

  1. A FreeBSD/NetBSD/OpenBSD version of the original DOS i8kfan command line tool ported to *BSD by Damir Lampa (unfortunately the link is dead)
  2. Since Linux kernel 2.4.15 there's also a kernel module written by Massimo Dal Zotto to get access to the important SMM functions under Linux. The tools to access that driver are here:

    http://www.debian.org/~dz/i8k/

  3. Here's a daemon called dellfand specifically for the linux 2.6 kernel series:

    http://dellfand.dinglisch.net/


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