Cooling system with a variable maximum operation level
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1. A cooling system for an electronic system having at least one heat-generating component, the cooling system comprising:
- one or more fans, said one or more fans being configured to blow air through the electronic system to thereby dissipate heat generated by the at least one heat-generating component; and
an operation level setting mechanism, said mechanism being configured to set a maximum operation level of the one or more fans, wherein the maximum operation level is based on at least one of a number and a type of the at least one heat-generating component contained in the electronic system.
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Abstract
A cooling system for an electronic system having at least one heat-generating component includes at least one fan and an operation level setting mechanism. The at least one fan is configured to blow air through the electronic system to thereby dissipate heat generated by the heat-generating component. The operation level setting mechanism is configured to set maximum operation level of the at least one fan, wherein the maximum operation level is based on one or more characteristics of the at least one heat-generating component.
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36 Claims
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1. A cooling system for an electronic system having at least one heat-generating component, the cooling system comprising:
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one or more fans, said one or more fans being configured to blow air through the electronic system to thereby dissipate heat generated by the at least one heat-generating component; and an operation level setting mechanism, said mechanism being configured to set a maximum operation level of the one or more fans, wherein the maximum operation level is based on at least one of a number and a type of the at least one heat-generating component contained in the electronic system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An electronic system, said electronic system comprising:
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at least one heat-generating component; and a cooling system comprising; one or more fans, said one or more fans being configured to blow air through the electronic system to thereby dissipate heat generated by the at least one beat-generating component, and an operation level setting mechanism, said mechanism being configured to set maximum operation levels of the one or more fans, wherein the maximum operation levels are based on at least one of a number and a type of heat-generating components contained in the electronic system, and wherein the maximum operation levels of the one or more fans is less than a maximum possible operation of the one or more fans. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A method of controlling a cooling system to dissipate heat generated by at least one heat-generating component in an electronic system, said method comprising:
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determining at least one of a number and a type of the at least one heat-generating component contained in the electronic system; setting a maximum operation level of a cooling system comprising one or more fans based on the determined at least one of the number and the type of the at least one heat-generating component; and operating the one or more fans at operation levels less than or equal to the maximum operation level. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A system for controlling a cooling system to dissipate heat generated by at least one beat-generating component in an electronic system, said system comprising:
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means for determining at least one of a number and a type of the at least one heat-generating component contained in the electronic system; means for setting a maximum operation level of a cooling system comprising one or more fans based on the determined at least one of the number and the type of the at least one heat-generating component, wherein the maximum operation level of the one or more fans is less than a maximum possible operation of the one or more fans; and means for operating the one or more fans at an operation level less than or equal to the maximum operation level. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A computer readable storage medium on which is embedded one or more computer programs, said one or more computer programs implementing a method for controlling a cooling system to dissipate heat generated by at least one heat-generating component in an electronic system, said one or more computer programs comprising a set of instructions for:
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determining at least one of a number and a type of the at least one heat-generating component in the electronic system; setting a maximum operation level of a cooling system comprising one or more fans based on the determined at least one of the number and the type of the at least one heat-generating component, wherein the maximum operation level of the one or more fans is less than a maximum possible operation of the one or more fans; and operating the one or more fans at operation levels less than or equal to the maximum operation level.
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