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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles J. Stancil, Tomball, TX (US);
Jeffrey C. Stevens, Spring, TX (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/00 ; G06F 1/28 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/00 ; G06F 1/28 ;
Abstract
A fan speed controller for a computer system that calculates an internal central processing unit temperature and, in response to target fan speeds communicated over a system management bus, slowly adjusts the computer system fan speed such that audible noise associated with the fan speed change is not as perceptible as would be an immediate change in fan speed.