Monitoring CPU temperature: mbmon shows 201 degrees C

[Manolis Kiagias]

Achilleas Mantzios wrote:
> Στις Tuesday 22 July 2008 14:27:28 ο/η Manolis Kiagias έγραψε:
>   
>> Achilleas Mantzios wrote:
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>>>>> While experimenting, i noticed the 1st and 3rd temperatures from mbmon to be updated in a fashion that seems
>>>>> natural. 
>>>>> [achix at panix ~]% mbmon
>>>>> Temp.= 41.0, 201.0, 42.0; Rot.= 3443,    0,    0
>>>>> Vcore = 1.50, 1.81; Volt. = 3.30, 5.08, 11.43, -11.74, -1.69
>>>>>   
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>>>> What chipset is the mobo based on? mbmon runs fine on my 865G and a 3Ghz 
>>>> P4 CPU. You are probably correct, the middle temp may represent a sensor 
>>>> that is not recognized, but the other readings seem normal.
>>>>
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>>> i'll let you know next time i open the case. Is there any reading from dmesg or sysctl that can reveal
>>> that info?
>>>
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>> Sure. There are various places to get this info. Sometimes the BIOS 
>> startup messages contain a hint on the chipset (like 865, 915 and so on).
>> My dmesg also shows:
>>
>> agp0: <Intel 82865 host to AGP bridge> on hostb0
>>
>> And you can also use pciconf -v -l
>>
>> hdr=0x00
>>     vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>>     device     = '82865G/PE/P, 82848P DRAM Controller / Host-Hub Interface'
>>     class      = bridge
>>     subclass   = HOST-PCI
>>
>> Considering that you are running an older P4, probably socket 478, 
>> chances are you are using an 845 or 848 or 865 chipset.
>>
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>
> Then by all evidence, 
> % dmesg | grep -i agp
> agp0: <SiS 651 host to AGP bridge> on hostb0
>
> hostb0 at pci0:0:0:0:      class=0x060000 card=0x1801147b chip=0x06511039 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
>     vendor     = 'Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS)'
>     device     = 'SiS651 Host-to-PCI Bridge'
>     class      = bridge
>     subclass   = HOST-PCI
>
> it must be the SiS 651 chipset
> http://www.sis.com/products/sis651.htm
>
>   

Right.
SIS chipsets are not exactly my favorites, but they seem to be working 
with FreeBSD, so I won't complain.
I got one at school loaded with 7.0 and have no problems. Arguably it is 
not as stressed as yours.