[PLUG] Sensors

[Dale Snell]

On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:04:51 -0700 (PDT) 
Robert Kopp <iconoklastic at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I decided to install the lm_sensors program on my OpenSuSE 10.3
> installation, which uses an A8V (amd64) mobo. I'm not sure what all
> this means, or whether it's reliable, but it concerns me a little:
> 
> k8temp-pci-00c3
> Adapter: PCI adapter
> Core0 Temp:
>              +74?C
> 
> w83697hf-isa-0290
> Adapter: ISA adapter
> VCore:     +1.52 V  (min =  +0.05 V, max =  +0.02 V)       ALARM
> +3.3V:     +3.22 V  (min =  +2.83 V, max =  +1.86 V)       ALARM
> +5V:       +4.92 V  (min =  +0.05 V, max =  +0.46 V)       ALARM
> +12V:     +11.13 V  (min = +10.09 V, max =  +8.82 V)       ALARM
> -12V:      -0.35 V  (min =  -0.44 V, max =  +0.88 V)
> -5V:       +5.10 V  (min =  +3.04 V, max =  -4.39 V)       ALARM
> V5SB:      +5.46 V  (min =  +0.67 V, max =  +1.80 V)       ALARM
> VBat:      +0.00 V  (min =  +0.10 V, max =  +0.22 V)       ALARM
> fan1:        0 RPM  (min =   82 RPM, div = 128)              ALARM
> fan2:     3947 RPM  (min = 3994 RPM, div = 2)              ALARM
> temp1:       +40?C  (high =   +32?C, hyst = +22?C)   sensor = thermistor ALARM
> temp2:     +66.5?C  (high =   +80?C, hyst = +75?C)   sensor = thermistor
> alarms:   Chassis intrusion detection  ALARM
> beep_enable: Sound alarm enabled
> 
> Sometimes fans that are not 3-wire give a spurious reading of 0RPM.
> Other than that, 74C is pretty hot. I understand that sometimes this
> program gives spurious results with amd64 architecture, but should I
> be concerned with these results?
> 
> 
>  Robert "Tim" Kopp 
> http://analytic.tripod.com/

Okay, a disclaimer right off the bat.  I don't know squat about that
particular motherboard, so this is all speculation on my part.  Take
my advice with a grain of salt, or perhaps the entire salt cellar.  :-)

Are you sure you've got the right driver for that motherboard?  The
limits shown look really screwy.  If the power supply was actually
putting out what the limits imply, then your computer wouldn't work at
all. The actual readings don't look too far off, except maybe the
negative supply voltages.  Try rebooting, and checking to see what the
BIOS sees.  (Most of the BIOS programs that I've seen display the sensor
readings somewhere or another.)  That will tell you what the readings
really are.  Then you can compare with what lm-sensors is telling you.  

Okay, I've just googled lm-sensors av8 abit and found this page:
  <http://www.lm-sensors.org/wiki/Configurations/Abit/AV8>
It's an example configuration file for the AV8 mobo.  Maybe that will help?

Dale