I have:- Asus M2N-E with amd64x2 Ubuntu 7.04 lm-sensors 1:2.10.1-2ubuntu2 When I upgraded to Ubuntu 7.04 I got kernel 2.6.20-15.14 This allowed me to monitor CPU temperatures with k8temp. When running Boinc (5.4.11-5) projects on both processors, CPU temperatures were reported as being around 53C. Idle temperature was around 28C. However, on 1 June the kernel was upgraded to 2.6.20-16.28 and the reported temperatures immediately dropped to around 38C, without any config changes on my part, or as far as I know a Boinc-manager/client upgrade. Idle temperature remained the same. On 9 June the kernel was upgraded again to 2.6.20-16.29 and the reported temperatures remained around 38C. Is k8temp reliable? Was there a significant change to it with the recent kernels? Which set of temperatures should I trust? If the higher, how should I go about getting the correct report? I have seen newsgroup comments from two other people both reporting different levels on similar machines ! The bios is set for optimal fan performance (varying with temp). The reported fan revs are consistent with the temperatures (i.e. lower revs with 38C) and the machine feels, subjectively, very cool (exhaust air feels cool to the hand, unlike previous machines I have owned). I should be grateful for any comments on this. I would not be overly worried with 53C at current ambient temperatures, but when the weather gets really hot I suspect it might rise quite a lot. Naturally, I'd be very happy with 38C. - Richard -- Richard Kimber http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/
