Technical Reference Guide

4.7.4.2Cooling for d325 Models

The fan control logic on the d325 model differs from the D315 system in that fans are controlled by the system board logic. The fans are driven by a constant positive 12 volts on one side and a negative voltage that is variable through the Fan Cntrl logic. A Hardware Monitor ASIC monitors the temperature of the processor and changes the duty cycle of the Fan PWM to increase or decrease fan speed based on the processor temperature. The Fan Clamp signal is initiated by the BIOS and produced by the GPIO at boot time to ensure that the fans start at boot time.

NOTE: A protection mechanism is provided where the processor threshold temperature programmed into the Hardware Monitor ASIC is temporarily set by the BIOS to a lower than normal level during the initial start up to protect against the possibility of an incorrectly installed heat sink. If during the boot period the processor’s temperature reaches 100° C the hardware Monitor will assert the Therm signal causing the I/O Controller to de-assert the PS On signal, which will shut down the power supply. If the processor does not reach 100° C during the boot sequence the BIOS then re-sets the thermal threshold to the run-time level of 125° C

LPC47B367

I/O

Controller

Therm

Hardware

Monitor

ASIC

 

+12 VDC

 

CPU Fan

+12 VDC

Chassis Fan

 

 

 

Header P70

 

Header P8

 

 

 

(-)

1

 

(-)

1

 

 

 

(+)

 

(+)

CPU

 

 

2

 

2

 

 

Sense

 

Sense

Fan Tach

Tach Logic

 

3

Tach Logic

3

Chassis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fan Tach

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PS On

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Header

Power Supply Assembly

 

 

 

 

P16

Fan

 

 

 

Fan Sink

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

PS Fan

Clamp

 

 

 

 

 

Fan

Fan

 

Speed

 

 

2

 

(-)

Fan PWM

Cntrl

C

 

Control

 

 

 

 

ATX Power

 

+5 VDC (+)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P1

PS On

PS

 

 

 

 

 

14

 

 

 

 

 

Circuits

 

Processor

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 4-13.d325 Model Fan Control Functional Block Diagram

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HP D315 manual Cooling for d325 Models, 13.d325 Model Fan Control Functional Block Diagram