> -----Original Message----- > From: Guenter Roeck [mailto:linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2013 11:41 PM > To: Tomas Larsson; LM Sensors > Subject: Re: Whats wrong with LM-Sensors > > On 09/08/2013 02:27 PM, Tomas Larsson wrote: > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Guenter Roeck [mailto:linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > >> Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2013 11:20 PM > >> To: Tomas Larsson > >> Cc: 'Jean Delvare'; lm-sensors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> Subject: Re: Whats wrong with LM-Sensors > >> > >> On 09/08/2013 01:01 PM, Tomas Larsson wrote: > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: Jean Delvare [mailto:khali@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > >>>> Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2013 9:10 PM > >>>> To: Guenter Roeck > >>>> Cc: Tomas Larsson; lm-sensors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>> Subject: Re: Whats wrong with LM-Sensors > >>>> > >>>> On Sun, 08 Sep 2013 11:58:39 -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote: > >>>>> Different driver. Centos 6.4 uses the coretemp driver which gets > >>>>> the temperature from the CPU directly. Unfortunately, Centos 6.4 > >>>>> is quite old when it comes to kernel version, and so is its > >>>>> coretemp > > driver. > >>>>> The displayed temperatures in your version are all wrong; the > >>>>> maximum > >>>> temperature for Atom 330 is 125 degrees C, not 90 degrees C. > >>>>> You'll have to add 35 degrees C to the displayed temperature. > >>>>> > >>>>> You could either update the coretemp driver to a later version to > >>>>> fix this, or add the offset to /etc/sensors3.conf. > >>>>> > >>>>> Note that CPU temperatures are notoriously unreliable. > >>>> > >>>> "Inaccurate in the low temperature range" is a better way to > >>>> describe the situation IMHO. The coretemp values are reliably > >>>> telling the user when the temperature gets too close to the high limit. > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Jean Delvare > >>> > >>> Well, I'm aware of that, what I want to know is when the fan fails, > >>> these 40mm fans are not that reliable, unfortunately. > >> > >> Not sure if you can use the cpu temperature to predict if the fans > >> are > > working > >> or not. The CPU can get pretty hot under load, even with the fans working. > >> > >> Your initial e-mail showed the fan speeds as 0. Are they broken or > >> turned > > off > >> or not connected to the fan speed sensors ? > >> > >> Guenter > > > > Haven't got a clue why it says that they are 0, they definitely work > > now (changed the fans today), They are 3-pins and connected to the > > correct header. > > > > Do you get a non-zero speed reported after replacing the fans ? If the > reported speed is still 0, I am not sure I understand what is going on. > > Guenter Yes. Haven't checked what BIOS reports though, if it reports any fan-speeds. Tomas Larsson. _______________________________________________ lm-sensors mailing list lm-sensors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors
