Inaccurate temperature readings in MSI KT4AV Socket A (Soc..

[Ant]

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Currently, my temperatures read in Linux with lm_sensors:

$ sensors -f
w83697hf-isa-0290
Adapter: ISA adapter
VCore: +1.65 V (min = +1.71 V, max = +1.89 V)
+3.3V: +3.28 V (min = +3.14 V, max = +3.47 V)
+5V: +5.08 V (min = +4.76 V, max = +5.24 V)
+12V: +11.61 V (min = +10.82 V, max = +13.19 V)
-12V: -11.78 V (min = -13.18 V, max = -10.80 V)
-5V: -5.05 V (min = -5.25 V, max = -4.75 V)
V5SB: +5.54 V (min = +4.76 V, max = +5.24 V)
VBat: +3.63 V (min = +2.40 V, max = +3.60 V)
fan1: 0 RPM (min = 10546 RPM, div = 2)
fan2: 0 RPM (min = 3426 RPM, div = 2)

temp1: +122°F (high = +39°F, hyst = -198°F) sensor =
thermistor
temp2: +144.5°F (high = +176°F, hyst = +167°F) sensor = thermistor
temp1: +50°C (high = +4°C, hyst = -128°C) sensor =
thermistor
temp2: +62.5°C (high = +80°C, hyst = +75°C) sensor = thermistor

I put both F and C temperatures FYI. temp2 should be CPU, and temp1
is motherboard. The numbers are identical in CMOS' readings. Aren't
these numbers a bit high? I don't have a lot of experiences with MSI
motherboards. My last ASUS A7V333 showed much lower readings in this
same PC case.

Full specifications: AMD Athlon XP 2200+ (Actual Clock Speed = 1800 Mhz)
CPU (Socket A; Thoroughbred-A) with a Thermaltake Volcano 9 (heatsink
and CPU fan), refurbished MSI KT4AV Socket A (Socket 462) VIA KT400A
motherboard, one Kingston DDR DRAM PC2100/DDR 266 (512 MB) + one
Kingston DDR DRAM PC2700/DDR CAS 2.5 (512 MB) = 1 GB of RAM, ATX
Mid-tower Tower Case; Enlight Power Supply (EN-8341934; Model:
PC-340-101; 340 watts), Leadtek WinFast A250 LE TD (MyVIVO Edition;
NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti4200; 128 MB of RAM), onboard RealTek ALC650 6-channel
audio, Maxtor 53073U6 7200 RPM 30 GB ATA/EIDE, 6.4 GB Quantum Fireball
EIDE (6.4EX-A) HDD, Toshiba DVD-ROM Drive SD-M1912/TMAG 16X/48X, 3.5"
Teac disk drive, and an Intel InBusiness 10/100 (82559) NIC. Running
Debian OS (Kernel 2.6.11-K7).

Thank you in advance.
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07 Jun 2005 08:13 UTC, Ant typed:
> Currently, my temperatures read in Linux with lm_sensors:
> temp1: +122°F (high = +39°F, hyst = -198°F) sensor = thermistor
> temp2: +144.5°F (high = +176°F, hyst = +167°F) sensor = thermistor
> temp1: +50°C (high = +4°C, hyst = -128°C) sensor = thermistor
> temp2: +62.5°C (high = +80°C, hyst = +75°C) sensor = thermistor

I think your CPU sensor should be a transistor (/etc/sensors.conf)

The temps can be given names of your choice via the above config file.
e.g.
label temp1 "M/B Temp"
label temp2 "CPU Temp"

The older version of lm_sensors gave incorrect readings compared with the
BIOS health screen, but the current version appears to be bang on (v2.9.1)

FWIW this KM4 + 2500XP gives the following temps via sensors:
M/B Temp: +20 C (high = +40 C, hyst = +39 C) sensor = thermistor
CPU Temp: +32.5 C (high = +56 C, hyst = +51 C) sensor = transistor (beep)
or
M/B Temp: +68 F (high = +104 F, hyst = +102 F) sensor = thermistor
CPU Temp: +90.5 F (high = +133 F, hyst = +124 F) sensor = transistor (beep)

Athcool is running. CPU 45C without it.

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On 6/7/2005 2:54 PM PT, Chiefy wrote:

>>Currently, my temperatures read in Linux with lm_sensors:
>>temp1: +122°F (high = +39°F, hyst = -198°F) sensor = thermistor
>>temp2: +144.5°F (high = +176°F, hyst = +167°F) sensor = thermistor
>>temp1: +50°C (high = +4°C, hyst = -128°C) sensor = thermistor
>>temp2: +62.5°C (high = +80°C, hyst = +75°C) sensor = thermistor
>
>
> I think your CPU sensor should be a transistor (/etc/sensors.conf)
>
> The temps can be given names of your choice via the above config file.
> e.g.
> label temp1 "M/B Temp"
> label temp2 "CPU Temp"
>
> The older version of lm_sensors gave incorrect readings compared with the
> BIOS health screen, but the current version appears to be bang on (v2.9.1)
>
> FWIW this KM4 + 2500XP gives the following temps via sensors:
> M/B Temp: +20 C (high = +40 C, hyst = +39 C) sensor = thermistor
> CPU Temp: +32.5 C (high = +56 C, hyst = +51 C) sensor = transistor (beep)
> or
> M/B Temp: +68 F (high = +104 F, hyst = +102 F) sensor = thermistor
> CPU Temp: +90.5 F (high = +133 F, hyst = +124 F) sensor = transistor (beep)
>
> Athcool is running. CPU 45C without it.

OK, but why is CMOS/BIOS reporting the similiar values?
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07 Jun 2005 21:54 UTC, Chiefy typed:
> FWIW this KM4 + 2500XP gives the following temps via sensors:
> M/B Temp: +20 C (high = +40 C, hyst = +39 C) sensor = thermistor
> CPU Temp: +32.5 C (high = +56 C, hyst = +51 C) sensor = transistor (beep)

Forgot to add that this board uses the same sensor. w83697hf-isa-0290

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