Q1. Same "alarms" on my KX133 EPoX board - nothing to worry about. If you
look in /etc/sensors.conf, you'll see the lm_sensors team made some "rough"
estimates in converting the VIA output into human readable. You can set a
higher limit to prevent alarms.
Q2. "SYS" is case temp 1 and "SBr" is case temp 2 (there are two mobo
sensors on VIA686A boards). SYS is almost always higher because it's near
the northbridge and near the processor (heat from fans).
Q3. look through /etc/sensors.conf - the temp samples from lm are almost
right on (verified by BIOS figures).
Cheers
Dustin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Arunava Sen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 2:43 PM
Subject: [SLUG] Lm_sensors on the Abit KT7-raid motherboard.
> Hi,
>
> A little while ago I got an Abit KT7-raid... I've got lm_sensors working
> on it, but I dont think its working properly (or at least reporting the
> data). I'm attaching the output of the 'sensors' program that comes with
> lm_sensors.
>
> Question 1:
> Note how there is an "alarm" about my cpu core voltage. I would have
> worried about it if it was over, but because its below the limit, I
> didnt do anything about it. The system has been up for 27 days and still
> going... no stability problems so far. Can anyone shed some light on why
> 'sensors' is chucking a fit about the voltage?
>
> Question2:
> If you take a look at my temperatures... there seems to be 3 of them.
> This is weird because I have looked in the manual and on the motherboard
> and (as far as I can tell) there should only be 2... the "cpu" and the
> "system" temperature. Is it at all possible that lm_sensors is inventing
> this 3rd sensor (the "SBr" temperature)? Anyone here have a KT7 and know
> what the third sensor is supposed to be monitoring?
>
> Question3:
> Does anyone have any idea as to how lm_sensors detemines these labels..
> like "cpu temp" etc? I seriously doubt that the numbers are incorrect,
> but I think that it might be scrambling the labels around. For
> example... notice that my System temperature is reported as being the
> 2nd highest. Doesn't logic dictate that the system temperature should be
> the *lowest* ? And if this "SBr" is a chip, that warrants the use of
> temperature monitoring, there is no way in hell that it will have a
> temperature lower than the system temp! (yet it seems to). Leads me to
> believe that 'sensors' has wrongly assigned the labels. Any ideas?
>
> This is not really a vital matter... I'm just happy to have lm_sensors
> actually working. But it's just getting annoying gradually. If you can
> help me out... then please do.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Arun
>
> ---------------------------------------
> Output from 'sensors'
> ---------------------------------------
> via686a-isa-6000
> Adapter: ISA adapter
> Algorithm: ISA algorithm
> CPU core: +1.58 V (min = +1.79 V, max = +2.18 V) ALARM
> I/O: +3.24 V (min = +3.03 V, max = +3.36 V)
> +5V: +4.92 V (min = +4.60 V, max = +5.07 V)
> +12V: +11.45 V (min = +11.03 V, max = +12.16 V)
> CPU Fan: 4821 RPM (min = 0 RPM, div = 2)
> P/S Fan: 0 RPM (min = 3000 RPM, div = 2)
> SYS Temp: +27.4 C (limit = +60 C, hysteresis = +50 C)
> CPU Temp: +36.9 C (limit = +60 C, hysteresis = +50 C)
> SBr Temp: +21.7 C (limit = +60 C, hysteresis = +50 C)
> ---------------------------------------
>
>
>
>
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