Monitoring CPU temperature: mbmon shows 201 degrees C

[Achilleas Mantzios]

Στις Monday 21 July 2008 14:59:09 ο/η Kemian Dang έγραψε:
> Achilleas Mantzios wrote:
> > Hi, i have had various crashes and segfaults in the last hot days (room temp about 30 deg C).
> > I tried to monitor CPU temp with mbmon, which shows a very big value in COU temperature:
> > doroot at panix:~# mbmon -c 1
> >
> > Temp.= 42.0, 201.0, 39.0; Rot.= 3245,    0,    0
> > Vcore = 1.50, 1.81; Volt. = 3.30, 5.08, 11.31, -11.74, -1.66
> >
> > Also, healthdc shows:
> > localhost       186.0    0.0     0.0    5314    17307   0000    1.49    2.49    1.62    5.42   0.00     -10.84  0.00
> > and lmmon -i shows:
> >  Motherboard Temp               Voltages
> >
> >  186C / 366F / 459K        Vcore1:   +1.469V
> >                            Vcore2:   +1.766V
> >     Fan Speeds             + 3.3V:   +3.219V
> >                            + 5.0V:   +4.932V
> >     1: 10629rpm            +12.0V:  +11.750V
> >     2: 33750rpm            -12.0V:  -13.188V
> >     3: 16071rpm            - 5.0V:   -1.800V
> >
> > So i dont have any idea how to assess the real CPU temperature.
> > I am thinking of tuning down the BIOS to fail-safe settings, just as an extra measure.
> > Apart from that, i have no clue how to solve the random crashes/segfaults problem.
> > I also opened the case in order to get ventilated with fresh air from the room.
> > Any hints would be welcome.
> > P.S.
> > Please include me in the reply, i am not subscribed to -questions.
> >   
> I use
> sysctl -a |grep tepmerature
> to get the temperature, tough to say the truth, I am not sure about 
> their exactly meaning...
Yes thx, the problem is that 
hw.acpi.thermal.tz0.temperature always return 40.0C, and i read about others
noticing that.
> 
> Best wishes,
> Kemian
> 



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Achilleas Mantzios