On Tuesday 18 December 2001 11:02, Constant Brouerius van Nidek wrote:
Having installed sensors on my SuSe 7.2 desktop with gkrellm as monitoring device I wonder how good the readings are that sensors shows. On sensors there is a reading for VCore1 and Vcore2. The reading for vcore1 lies in between the min max, but the reading for the vcore2 is with 1.5 volts lower as the 1.80 given as minimum. As I have no idea, first what this means :-) and second how good and trustworty this reading is, I would like to lknow if I should be getting nervous ;-). Another info which I do not like that much is that my minus 5 Volt (min -4.5 and max -5.48) lies with -5.72 out of specs. Alarming or ...? Your input/thoughts to above are highly appreciated.
If you are using the default /etc/sensors.conf file for sensors, there is no guarantee that the limits it gives as min/max are correct for your specific hardware. Quote from the FAQ about Sensors: http://www2.lm-sensors.nu/~lm78/cvs/lm_sensors2/doc/FAQ ------------------------------------------------- 3.4A The labels for the voltage and temperature readings in 'sensors' are incorrect! Every motherboard is different. You can customize the labels in the file /etc/sensors.conf. That's why it exists! The default labelling (in lib/chips.c and /etc/sensors.conf) is just a template. 3.4B The min and max for the readings in 'sensors' are incorrect! You can customize them in the file /etc/sensors.conf. See above. -------------------------------------------------- So... dig up your Motherboard manual, or go to the mfg site and look up the specs of your MB. Edit the sensors.conf file and set the min/max values to the ones spec'ed by your MB mfgr. The values that are reported should be fairly accurate. The program polls the output of the hardware health chip, and reports that back in your Terminal window or in gkrellm. Vcor1 is reporting back the CPU voltage. Vcor2 is linked to the +2.5V reading. You are getting something like 0.32V for Vcor2?? This is what I get, but I am not sure what this value is... definitely not a 2.5V output. I have never bothered to go look this up to find out what it is. C.