On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 07:49:46AM -0400, Scott Ondercin wrote: > So, once upon a time, my computer worked fine. I have a Dell Inspiron 1420, > which has a good ventilation system and usually runs quite cool. A few months > ago my fan broke and I had to have it replaced. The new one, however, runs all > the time and is very loud. > > My lm-sensors is screwed up, and scanning various threads I can't seem to find > a problem like mine. So, here is what running sensors gets me: > > sgo542@NostalgiaforInfinity:~$ sensors > acpitz-virtual-0 > Adapter: Virtual device > temp1: +32.5 C (crit = +87.0 C) > > coretemp-isa-0000 > Adapter: ISA adapter > Core 0: +30.0 C (high = +85.0 C, crit = +85.0 C) > Core 1: +33.0 C (high = +85.0 C, crit = +85.0 C) > > nouveau-pci-0100 > Adapter: PCI adapter > temp1: +97.0 C (high = +100.0 C, crit = +110.0 C) > Scott, That temperature reading is from your graphics adapter. No idea how it comes that it reports such a high temperature. Does it have a fan, and are you sure it is working ? Copying the driver maintainer and the drm mailing list. Maybe someone there has an idea. Guenter > I've been casually browsing FireFox for a half hour and that is what it gives > me. Now, I can sit this computer comfortably in my lap. That 97C temperature > is clearly off, almost like it's reading in Farenheit but forgetting to convert > it to Celsius. Normally it just makes my fan run all the time, but now that > spring has come, it gets hotter faster. A few days ago I could only run it for > 20-30 minutes before the reading hit 105C and the automatic emergency shut-down > kicked in. Obviously, this needs to be fixed before sumer strikes. > > For reference, this is what I get from sensors-detect: > > sgo542@NostalgiaforInfinity:~$ sudo sensors-detect > # sensors-detect revision 5946 (2011-03-23 11:54:44 +0100) > # System: Dell Inc. Inspiron 1420 (laptop) > # Board: Dell Inc. 0JX269 > > This program will help you determine which kernel modules you need > to load to use lm_sensors most effectively. It is generally safe > and recommended to accept the default answers to all questions, > unless you know what you're doing. > > Some south bridges, CPUs or memory controllers contain embedded sensors. > Do you want to scan for them? This is totally safe. (YES/no): y > Module cpuid loaded successfully. > Silicon Integrated Systems SIS5595... No > VIA VT82C686 Integrated Sensors... No > VIA VT8231 Integrated Sensors... No > AMD K8 thermal sensors... No > AMD Family 10h thermal sensors... No > AMD Family 11h thermal sensors... No > AMD Family 12h and 14h thermal sensors... No > Intel digital thermal sensor... Success! > (driver `coretemp') > Intel AMB FB-DIMM thermal sensor... No > VIA C7 thermal sensor... No > VIA Nano thermal sensor... No > > Some Super I/O chips contain embedded sensors. We have to write to > standard I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe. > Do you want to scan for Super I/O sensors? (YES/no): y > Probing for Super-I/O at 0x2e/0x2f > Trying family `National Semiconductor'... No > Trying family `SMSC'... Yes > Found unknown chip with ID 0x3201 > Probing for Super-I/O at 0x4e/0x4f > Trying family `National Semiconductor'... No > Trying family `SMSC'... No > Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Nuvoton/Fintek'... No > Trying family `ITE'... No > > Some hardware monitoring chips are accessible through the ISA I/O ports. > We have to write to arbitrary I/O ports to probe them. This is usually > safe though. Yes, you do have ISA I/O ports even if you do not have any > ISA slots! Do you want to scan the ISA I/O ports? (YES/no): y > Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78' at 0x290... No > Probing for `National Semiconductor LM79' at 0x290... No > Probing for `Winbond W83781D' at 0x290... No > Probing for `Winbond W83782D' at 0x290... No > > Lastly, we can probe the I2C/SMBus adapters for connected hardware > monitoring devices. This is the most risky part, and while it works > reasonably well on most systems, it has been reported to cause trouble > on some systems. > Do you want to probe the I2C/SMBus adapters now? (YES/no): y > Using driver `i2c-i801' for device 0000:00:1f.3: Intel 82801H ICH8 > Module i2c-dev loaded successfully. > > Next adapter: nouveau-0000:01:00.0-2 (i2c-0) > Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): y > Client found at address 0x50 > Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1033'... No > Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1034'... No > Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... No > Probing for `EDID EEPROM'... Yes > (confidence 8, not a hardware monitoring chip) > Client found at address 0x51 > Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1033'... No > Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1034'... No > Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... No > Client found at address 0x52 > Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1033'... No > Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1034'... No > Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... No > Client found at address 0x53 > Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1033'... No > Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1034'... No > Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... No > > Next adapter: nouveau-0000:01:00.0-0 (i2c-1) > Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): y > > Next adapter: SMBus I801 adapter at 10c0 (i2c-2) > Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): y > Client found at address 0x50 > Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1033'... No > Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1034'... No > Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... Yes > (confidence 8, not a hardware monitoring chip) > Probing for `EDID EEPROM'... No > Client found at address 0x52 > Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1033'... No > Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1034'... No > Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... Yes > (confidence 8, not a hardware monitoring chip) > > Now follows a summary of the probes I have just done. > Just press ENTER to continue: > > Driver `coretemp': > * Chip `Intel digital thermal sensor' (confidence: 9) > > To load everything that is needed, add this to /etc/modules: > #----cut here---- > # Chip drivers > coretemp > #----cut here---- > If you have some drivers built into your kernel, the list above will > contain too many modules. Skip the appropriate ones! > > Do you want to add these lines automatically to /etc/modules? (yes/NO)y > Successful! > > Monitoring programs won't work until the needed modules are > loaded. You may want to run 'service module-init-tools start' > to load them. > > Unloading i2c-dev... OK > Unloading cpuid... OK > > sgo542@NostalgiaforInfinity:~$ sudo service module-init-tools start > module-init-tools stop/waiting > sgo542@NostalgiaforInfinity:~$ sensors > acpitz-virtual-0 > Adapter: Virtual device > temp1: +32.5 C (crit = +87.0 C) > > coretemp-isa-0000 > Adapter: ISA adapter > Core 0: +31.0 C (high = +85.0 C, crit = +85.0 C) > Core 1: +33.0 C (high = +85.0 C, crit = +85.0 C) > > nouveau-pci-0100 > Adapter: PCI adapter > temp1: +97.0 C (high = +100.0 C, crit = +110.0 C) > > sgo542@NostalgiaforInfinity:~$ sudo modprobe coretemp > sgo542@NostalgiaforInfinity:~$ sensors > acpitz-virtual-0 > Adapter: Virtual device > temp1: +32.5 C (crit = +87.0 C) > > coretemp-isa-0000 > Adapter: ISA adapter > Core 0: +30.0 C (high = +85.0 C, crit = +85.0 C) > Core 1: +33.0 C (high = +85.0 C, crit = +85.0 C) > > nouveau-pci-0100 > Adapter: PCI adapter > temp1: +97.0 C (high = +100.0 C, crit = +110.0 C) > > sgo542@NostalgiaforInfinity:~$ sensors > acpitz-virtual-0 > Adapter: Virtual device > temp1: +33.5 C (crit = +87.0 C) > > coretemp-isa-0000 > Adapter: ISA adapter > Core 0: +31.0 C (high = +85.0 C, crit = +85.0 C) > Core 1: +33.0 C (high = +85.0 C, crit = +85.0 C) > > nouveau-pci-0100 > Adapter: PCI adapter > temp1: +97.0 C (high = +100.0 C, crit = +110.0 C) > > sgo542@NostalgiaforInfinity:~$ sensors-detect > You need to be root to run this script. > sgo542@NostalgiaforInfinity:~$ sudo sensors-detect > # sensors-detect revision 5946 (2011-03-23 11:54:44 +0100) > # System: Dell Inc. Inspiron 1420 (laptop) > # Board: Dell Inc. 0JX269 > > This program will help you determine which kernel modules you need > to load to use lm_sensors most effectively. It is generally safe > and recommended to accept the default answers to all questions, > unless you know what you're doing. > > Some south bridges, CPUs or memory controllers contain embedded sensors. > Do you want to scan for them? This is totally safe. (YES/no): y > Module cpuid loaded successfully. > Silicon Integrated Systems SIS5595... No > VIA VT82C686 Integrated Sensors... No > VIA VT8231 Integrated Sensors... No > AMD K8 thermal sensors... No > AMD Family 10h thermal sensors... No > AMD Family 11h thermal sensors... No > AMD Family 12h and 14h thermal sensors... No > Intel digital thermal sensor... Success! > (driver `coretemp') > Intel AMB FB-DIMM thermal sensor... No > VIA C7 thermal sensor... No > VIA Nano thermal sensor... No > > Some Super I/O chips contain embedded sensors. We have to write to > standard I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe. > Do you want to scan for Super I/O sensors? (YES/no): y > Probing for Super-I/O at 0x2e/0x2f > Trying family `National Semiconductor'... No > Trying family `SMSC'... Yes > Found unknown chip with ID 0x3201 > Probing for Super-I/O at 0x4e/0x4f > Trying family `National Semiconductor'... No > Trying family `SMSC'... No > Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Nuvoton/Fintek'... No > Trying family `ITE'... No > > Some hardware monitoring chips are accessible through the ISA I/O ports. > We have to write to arbitrary I/O ports to probe them. This is usually > safe though. Yes, you do have ISA I/O ports even if you do not have any > ISA slots! Do you want to scan the ISA I/O ports? (YES/no): y > Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78' at 0x290... No > Probing for `National Semiconductor LM79' at 0x290... No > Probing for `Winbond W83781D' at 0x290... No > Probing for `Winbond W83782D' at 0x290... No > > Lastly, we can probe the I2C/SMBus adapters for connected hardware > monitoring devices. This is the most risky part, and while it works > reasonably well on most systems, it has been reported to cause trouble > on some systems. > Do you want to probe the I2C/SMBus adapters now? (YES/no): y > Using driver `i2c-i801' for device 0000:00:1f.3: Intel 82801H ICH8 > Module i2c-dev loaded successfully. > > Next adapter: nouveau-0000:01:00.0-2 (i2c-0) > Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): y > Client found at address 0x50 > Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1033'... No > Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1034'... No > Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... No > Probing for `EDID EEPROM'... Yes > (confidence 8, not a hardware monitoring chip) > Client found at address 0x51 > Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1033'... No > Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1034'... No > Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... No > Client found at address 0x52 > Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1033'... No > Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1034'... No > Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... No > Client found at address 0x53 > Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1033'... No > Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1034'... No > Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... No > > Next adapter: nouveau-0000:01:00.0-0 (i2c-1) > Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): y > > Next adapter: SMBus I801 adapter at 10c0 (i2c-2) > Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): y > Client found at address 0x50 > Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1033'... No > Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1034'... No > Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... Yes > (confidence 8, not a hardware monitoring chip) > Probing for `EDID EEPROM'... No > Client found at address 0x52 > Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1033'... No > Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1034'... No > Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... Yes > (confidence 8, not a hardware monitoring chip) > > Now follows a summary of the probes I have just done. > Just press ENTER to continue: > > Driver `coretemp': > * Chip `Intel digital thermal sensor' (confidence: 9) > > To load everything that is needed, add this to /etc/modules: > #----cut here---- > # Chip drivers > coretemp > #----cut here---- > If you have some drivers built into your kernel, the list above will > contain too many modules. Skip the appropriate ones! > > Do you want to add these lines automatically to /etc/modules? (yes/NO)y > Successful! > > Monitoring programs won't work until the needed modules are > loaded. You may want to run 'service module-init-tools start' > to load them. > > Unloading i2c-dev... OK > Unloading cpuid... OK > > And when I try to run module-init-tools, I get: > > sgo542@NostalgiaforInfinity:~$ sudo service module-init-tools start > module-init-tools stop/waiting > > I've heard I might be able to fix this by tweaking the /etc/sensors.conf file, > but I'm unsure how to even start with that. I am moderately experiences with > Linux, but by no means an expert. Any help would be appreciated, before it > gets hot outside and my computer becomes completely unusable. > _______________________________________________ > lm-sensors mailing list > lm-sensors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors _______________________________________________ lm-sensors mailing list lm-sensors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors
