CPC G06F 1/206 (2013.01) | 17 Claims |
1. A method, comprising:
supplying power to a cooling device of a computing system, the cooling device comprising a rotatable component, an encoding circuit, and a tachometer signal line for reporting information associated with the speed of rotation of the rotatable component;
receiving an encoded signal from the cooling device via the tachometer signal line, during a preset broadcasting phase, wherein the encoded signal includes cooling device identification information;
receiving a signal of the speed of rotation of the rotatable component from the tachometer signal line during a reporting phase following the broadcasting phase; and
obtaining cooling device identification information based on the received encoded signal.
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