Hi Jon, On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:15:12 +0000, Jon Hewer wrote: > I've just tried running two "md5sum /dev/zero" commands in parallel. > After about 30 seconds or so temp2 increased from 25 to 31 and temp3 > from 19 to 28. I suppose this along with your comment about thermal > diode measurement type suggests temp3 is my CPU temp. Indeed. And temp2 isn't fake as I first thought, which is good news. > My CPU isn't water cooled, however it is an Athlon X2 4450e which is > meant to run pretty cool, and I've also upgraded to a better heatsink > than the retail one. > > After building my server I did check the temperatures in the BIOS, > which returned a temperature of about 26 degrees or so for the CPU. I > don't have a monitor hooked up to my server at the moment, but might > do so to check the BIOS again now that I have the lm-sensors output > for comparison. > > As requested, here is the contents of /proc/cpuinfo > > $ cat /proc/cpuinfo > processor : 0 > vendor_id : AuthenticAMD > cpu family : 15 > model : 107 > model name : AMD Processor model unknown > stepping : 2 > cpu MHz : 2305.229 > cache size : 512 KB > physical id : 0 > siblings : 2 > core id : 0 > cpu cores : 2 > apicid : 0 > initial apicid : 0 > fpu : yes > fpu_exception : yes > cpuid level : 1 > wp : yes > flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov > pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt > rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow rep_good pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm > extapic cr8_legacy 3dnowprefetch > bogomips : 4614.17 > TLB size : 1024 4K pages > clflush size : 64 > cache_alignment : 64 > address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual > power management: ts fid vid ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps > > processor : 1 > vendor_id : AuthenticAMD > cpu family : 15 > model : 107 > model name : AMD Processor model unknown > stepping : 2 > cpu MHz : 2305.229 > cache size : 512 KB > physical id : 0 > siblings : 2 > core id : 1 > cpu cores : 2 > apicid : 1 > initial apicid : 1 > fpu : yes > fpu_exception : yes > cpuid level : 1 > wp : yes > flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov > pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt > rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow rep_good pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm > extapic cr8_legacy 3dnowprefetch > bogomips : 4610.51 > TLB size : 1024 4K pages > clflush size : 64 > cache_alignment : 64 > address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual > power management: ts fid vid ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps Thanks, I've added this data point to my collection. -- Jean Delvare