CPU Temp under lm sensors

[Mike Chambers]

I was wondering if this temp reading was inline with what it was suppose
to be or how to find out?  My system is a P3 750 from Gateway.

[root@bart init.d]# sensors -fA
lm75-i2c-0-4e
temp:      +71.6F  (limit = +71.6F, hysteresis = +71.6F)

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Mike Chambers 
Madisonville, KY

2.4.22-1.2166.nptl #1 Fri Jan 30 13:48:31 EST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux 
22:53:47 up 4 min, 2 users, load average: 0.33, 0.39, 0.18

[Stephen Walton]

Mike Chambers wrote:
> I was wondering if this temp reading was inline with what it was suppose
> to be or how to find out?

There is a file, /etc/sensors.conf, which has algebraic formulas in it 
for converting the raw numbers which the i2c modules return to 
temperature, fan speed, and the like.  These formulas are specific to 
your motherboard manufacturer.

I was lucky.  Tyan has released official versions of /etc/sensors.conf 
for at least some of its motherboards.  Check with the manufacturer of 
yours, or do a Google search on "+your_motherboard_manufacturer 
+sensors.conf"

Stephen Walton
stephen.walton located at csun dot edu

[Troy Campano]

What's a safe temp for a CPU to run at? My inspiron 8500 laptop runs at
115 F -170 F.

Is this normal?

On Sat, 2004-01-31 at 00:04, Stephen Walton wrote:
> Mike Chambers wrote:
> > I was wondering if this temp reading was inline with what it was suppose
> > to be or how to find out?
>
> There is a file, /etc/sensors.conf, which has algebraic formulas in it 
> for converting the raw numbers which the i2c modules return to 
> temperature, fan speed, and the like.  These formulas are specific to 
> your motherboard manufacturer.
>
> I was lucky.  Tyan has released official versions of /etc/sensors.conf 
> for at least some of its motherboards.  Check with the manufacturer of 
> yours, or do a Google search on "+your_motherboard_manufacturer 
> +sensors.conf"
>
> Stephen Walton
> stephen.walton located at csun dot edu

[Stephen Walton]

On Sat, 2004-01-31 at 16:38, Troy Campano wrote:
> What's a safe temp for a CPU to run at? My inspiron 8500 laptop runs at
> 115 F -170 F.

This is roughly 45 to 75 C.  45C is fine, 75 is too hot.  Most
sensor.conf files I've seen alarm at 70C.

CPU Temp under lm sensors {Scanned}

[Randy Kelsoe]

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Stephen Walton wrote:
> On Sat, 2004-01-31 at 16:38, Troy Campano wrote:
> > What's a safe temp for a CPU to run at? My inspiron 8500 laptop runs at
> > 115 F -170 F.
>
> This is roughly 45 to 75 C.  45C is fine, 75 is too hot.  Most
> sensor.conf files I've seen alarm at 70C.

Could be your sensors.conf file needs some tweaking. If your bios has a
page to look at the temp, fan speeds, etc., you might look at the cpu
temp, then boot up and compare it to the sensors output.
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