Help: Machine says it's running hot

[Tony Nelson]

At 9:46 PM -0500 10/25/06, Arthur Pemberton wrote:
>On 10/25/06, Mike McCarty <Mike.McCarty at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> Tony Nelson wrote:

>> > man sensors, man sensors.conf, less /etc/sensors.conf, man sensors-detect.
>> >
>> > sensors-detect and hope for the best?
>>
>> I already suggested these to him, and he seems to have ignored
>> me. /etc/sensors.conf has some really nice commentary.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>
>Sorry, I did take your advice at the time, and went through the
>massive file that is /etc/sensors.conf. When I asked the question the
>second time, I was hoping for a link to a useful HOWTO, I already know
>how to access most of the man pages.

I haven't found one that goes into detail.  The ones I've seen boiled down
to "run sensors-detect and do what it says".

Reading /etc/sensors.conf is best done with the motherboard manual in hand,
with possibly the cover off the computer to be sure what's in it.
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