rem0o/fancontrol.dellplugin

Plugin for https://github.com/Rem0o/FanControl.Releases that provides support for Dell laptops using https://github.com/AaronKelley/DellFanManagement.

FanControl.DellPlugin

Plugin for FanControl that provides support for Dell laptops using DellFanManagement.

To install

Either

• Download the latest binaries from AppVeyor
• Download the latest release
• Compile the solution.

and copy FanControl.DellPlugin.dll into FanControl's "plugins" folder. You might need to "unlock" the dll in its properties.

Special note

Setting this registry key might be required on your machine, with a reboot, see

• http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/dellfanmanagement-dellfankeepalive-%E2%80%93-tools-for-managing-the-fan-speed-in-dell-laptops.833340/
• https://www.geoffchappell.com/notes/security/whqlsettings/index.htm

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CI\Policy]
"UpgradedSystem"=dword:00000000

fancontrol.dellplugin's Issues

Exception when loading assembly

I've got the exception as per the log file here, but the thing that puzzles me is why it thinks it's loading from a network address. Maybe there's a build misconfiguration?

Does this support Alienware desktop R13?

I've been attempting to integrate the plugin with FanControl.Releases, but it appears that the system is unable to detect any sensors. Does this support Alienware desktop R13? Thanks!

Does this support all Dell laptops?

I own a Dell G15 gaming laptop and I didn't like Alienware command center, so I'd like to know if this will work here. Thank you

The effect of UpgradedSystem

I have some questions

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CI\Policy]
"UpgradedSystem"=dword:00000000

I don't know what does this do, can you tell me ? And I've read that link, but didn't understand what's in it,
I've used DellFanCmd to control my fan ,It does not require modifying the regedit,

And my English is poor , Please excuse me
Thanks a lot

two intake fans dont show up dell precision t3600 tower

mine is a dell tower precision t3600. the fans are kinda like on and off its 634rpm until 67% where it ramps up to maximum... and i can only control my cpu gpu and "1st intake fan from the top" i cannot control the bottom two intake fans.
the fans aren't proportional like i said they're kinda like on and off... help please, i installed this mainly for my cpu and i need proportional fan adjustment and the bottom two intake fans if possibble.

[Idea] PWM-style fan management?

Would it be possible to take inspiration from PWM? Alternation between Off and Low for 0-50% fan, and alternation between Low and High for 50-100% fan? Or would such a suggestion need to be made to the DellFanManagement library directly?

Fans only ever seem to kick in at >=40%

My fan curve is set to be a minimum of 20%, but the fans only seem to kick in when 40% is reached on the curve. This is substantial, as it means it'll go from 0% to 40% with no ramp-up, which not only makes it very irritating from a noise perspective, but makes the spikes in temperature very frequent

AppVeyor

Сan you please update the artifact, last time was 3 months ago.
Thanks a lot

2 of my 3 fans are shown

one is missing :) Precision T3610

FanControl does not start when using the FanControl.DellPlugin.dll

This is the log

https://pastebin.com/1DYXrLWu

I tried unblocking every file present in FanControl's folders but the issue did not resolve

Must Be An Idiot

I assume there would be an .exe file but none exist.

How and the heck do I get this going to use on my Dell Inspiron?

Failed to load plugin FanControl.DellPlugin.dll

I keep getting these errors and the Dell Plugin will not load for the Fan Control:

5/13/2022 4:51:09 PM: Failed to load plugin FanControl.DellPlugin.dll.
5/13/2022 4:51:09 PM: System.IO.FileLoadException: Could not load file or assembly 'file:///D:\Program Files\FanControl\Plugins\FanControl.DellPlugin.dll' or one of its dependencies. Operation is not supported. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131515)
File name: 'file:///D:\Program Files\FanControl\Plugins\FanControl.DellPlugin.dll' ---> System.NotSupportedException: An attempt was made to load an assembly from a network location which would have caused the assembly to be sandboxed in previous versions of the .NET Framework. This release of the .NET Framework does not enable CAS policy by default, so this load may be dangerous. If this load is not intended to sandbox the assembly, please enable the loadFromRemoteSources switch. See http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=155569 for more information.
at System.Reflection.RuntimeAssembly._nLoad(AssemblyName fileName, String codeBase, Evidence assemblySecurity, RuntimeAssembly locationHint, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, IntPtr pPrivHostBinder, Boolean throwOnFileNotFound, Boolean forIntrospection, Boolean suppressSecurityChecks)
at System.Reflection.RuntimeAssembly.InternalLoadAssemblyName(AssemblyName assemblyRef, Evidence assemblySecurity, RuntimeAssembly reqAssembly, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, IntPtr pPrivHostBinder, Boolean throwOnFileNotFound, Boolean forIntrospection, Boolean suppressSecurityChecks)
at System.Reflection.RuntimeAssembly.InternalLoadFrom(String assemblyFile, Evidence securityEvidence, Byte[] hashValue, AssemblyHashAlgorithm hashAlgorithm, Boolean forIntrospection, Boolean suppressSecurityChecks, StackCrawlMark& stackMark)
at System.Reflection.Assembly.LoadFrom(String assemblyFile)
at FanControl.Domain.PluginService.LoadAssembly(FileInfo dll)

Move the artifacts from Appveyor?

Appveyor only keeps artifacts for 30 days so I can't download them as the last run was 2 months ago.

Can you please consider moving them off someplace where we can pull them?

Thanks!
-RX

[Bug] Loading the dell driver doesn't check for existing running instances of the dell driver

I don't know what causes it, but for some reason, on system startup, the dell driver gets loaded before fan control, which causes the dell plugin to fail to start because it tries to start the dell driver (which is already running). This then results in an inability to use the plugin because the sys file is locked by a process that I don't have access to

Plugin cannot open 'bzh_[...].sys' despite having full access to it

12/24/2022 01:16:34: Dell plugin could not initialize. See the error log for more details. 12/24/2022 01:18:01: System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path 'D:\FC1\bzh_dell_smm_io_x64.sys' is denied. at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath) at System.IO.File.InternalDelete(String path, Boolean checkHost) at FanControl.DellPlugin.DellPlugin.DeleteExisting() at FanControl.DellPlugin.DellPlugin.Initialize() at FanControl.Domain.BackendProviders.Plugin.PluginBackendProvider.Open() 12/24/2022 01:18:01: Dell plugin could not initialize. See the error log for more details.
I'm genuinely unsure on what I do wrong with this plugin every time I use it, because it's happened across three separate machines.

Link in Redme not available anymore

dead link: http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/dellfanmanagement-dellfankeepalive-%E2%80%93-tools-for-managing-the-fan-speed-in-dell-laptops.833340/