On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:38:57 +0100, Tomas Johansson wrote: > > Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:05:42 +0100 > > From: khali@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:00:09 +0100, Tomas Johansson wrote: > > > Because, these are idle values: > > > > > > BIOS: > > > SYS 34 C > > > CPU 32 C > > > > Most likely the above are NOT idle values. The BIOS is not idle - at > > least never as idle as Linux can be with CPU frequency and voltage > > scaling and low C states. > > > > > lm-sensors: > > > temp1: +34.0 C (low = +127.0 C, high = +127.0 C) sensor = thermistor > > > temp2: +31.0 C (low = +127.0 C, high = +127.0 C) sensor = thermistor > > > temp3: +25.0 C (low = +127.0 C, high = +127.0 C) sensor = thermistor > > > > > > > > > And when i for example compile firefox temp3 will rise to around 45-50 C, while temp2 stays at 31 C. > > > > This is correct reasoning though. temp3 is CPU temp. But you're > > comparing Linux idle with BIOS not idle, no surprise the values don't > > match. > > Calm down. :) > You seem a litte bit hostile Jean, i am sorry if i do not live up to your standards. Am I? This is curious, as I am generally regarded as a reasonable, friendly and polite person. > However, i do not agree with you, no, BIOS is not IDLE but it is not FULL LOAD either. How do you know? Did you disassemble the BIOS code? Do you know what exactly it is doing when waiting for you to press a key? You said that temp3 could climb to 45 or even 50°C under heavy load. With 25°C being the idle temperature, it doesn't seem unreasonable for the BIOS to be putting a medium load on the CPU leading to a temperature of 32°C. > I have never seen a so big difference between BIOS and Linux idle, usually they are 1-2 degrees. I have seen this in the past, many, many times. I'm in this "business" (and I'm using quotes because it's mostly done on my spare time) for 8 years so I have some experience about it all. Let's just take the machine I'm working on right now as an example. It's a Celeron 2.4 GHz on an Asus P4P800-VM board, using a Winbond W83627THF for monitoring. The BIOS displays a CPU temperature of 39.5°C. Linux displays a CPU temperature of 32.5°C. This is a 6°C difference, close to what you're seeing on your system. This machine happens to be plugged on a powermeter, so I can see that it consumes 84 W in the BIOS, and only 62 W under Linux. So the temperature difference is easily explained. As a matter of fact, if I put some load on the CPU (md5sum -b /dev/zero) the temperature climbs to 40°C, so roughly the same as what the BIOS prints. I am not claiming that there is no bug in our IT8728F support. Without a datasheet, odds are there are bugs. I am not even claiming that no adjustments must be made for "sensors" to report the right CPU temperature on your specific system. I am claiming that you did not provide factual data that would make me regard this possibility as likely. If you want to make sure, then get your hands on a powermeter, or external thermometer, or ideally both. Then compare their measurements under the BIOS and under Linux. If these measurements are the same and the CPU temperature values reported by the BIOS and "sensors" differ significantly, then OK, I'll admit some more investigation, and possible a fix, are needed. -- Jean Delvare http://khali.linux-fr.org/wishlist.html _______________________________________________ lm-sensors mailing list lm-sensors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors
