Jean Delvare wrote: >>I've just upgraded to 2.6.5 and saw that it has a driver for the >>Winbond W83627THF. Now I get some sensor values. Thanks. > > > You're welcome. > > >>My temperature and voltage readings look ok, and are a good match for >>the values reported by the BIOS. However, my fan values are all 0 >>whereas the BIOS reports them generally in the range 1000-2500 rpm. > > > http://www2.lm-sensors.nu/~lm78/cvs/lm_sensors2/doc/lm_sensors-FAQ.html#Section%204.1 > > "4.1.1 Fans sometimes/always read 0!! > > You may need to increase the 'fan divisor'. See doc/fan-divisors in our > package for further information." > > Set divisors to 4 or even 8 and you should get the readings. This is > done by adding lines of the form "set fan1_div 4" in the "w83627thf-*" > section of /etc/sensors.conf, and running "sensors -s" to apply the > changes. > Thanks, that fixed it. I actually did look at the FAQ beforehand, and saw that entry there. But I only tried the values 1,2 and 4 - seems I need a value of at least 8.
