On Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:32:57 +0200, Olaf Mandel wrote: > Am 22.08.2010 16:13, schrieb Jean Delvare: > > On Sun, 22 Aug 2010 15:13:05 +0200, Olaf Mandel wrote: > -Snipp- > > > > The problem is that you compared the Vcore in BIOS, without CPU > > frequency scaling, with Vcore in sensors, with CPU frequency scaling > > enabled (as can be seen from the two outputs below.) This isn't fair! > > > Hi Jean, > > I have to agree, the previous compute line was wrong. > > > If you compare with Linux underload instead, you see Vcore (unscaled) > > at 1.12 V. This is definitely not 35% off compared to the BIOS's report > > of 1.224 V. To be honest, I would have expected both values to match > > exactly. I get to suspect that your Linux system is configured to > > prevent the CPU to enter the highest frequency states, you may want to > > check this. > > > That was indeed the case: thermal_throttle was limiting the clock speed. > I checked the voltage by setting the clock speed manually and it gets at > least closer. > > -Snipp- > > > > Your CPU cooling seems insufficient. A 56°C difference between idle and > > load is very, very much. I'd be worried. > > > It only gets hot if I run many instances of burnK7. If I just up the > clock speed, it doesn't get hot. > > -Snipp- > > When you have come up with a "final" configuration file, please send it > > over, and I'll put it on the wiki. > > > > Ok, it's attached to the mail. It remained nearly unchanged, except for > the compute lines and the limits you suggested. The two non-trivial > compute lines are taken from comparison of values (BIOS<->sensors) and > then searching the nearest simple voltage divider that would work. The > values are pure guesses! > > Thank you again for your help! You're welcome. Thanks for your contribution, I've added it to the wiki: http://www.lm-sensors.org/wiki/Configurations/MSI/X58-Pro-E -- Jean Delvare _______________________________________________ lm-sensors mailing list lm-sensors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors
