From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 21 12:24:15 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 350B4106566B for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:24:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd.kdang@googlemail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.174]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A04E68FC08 for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:24:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd.kdang@googlemail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id q2so269723uge.37 for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:24:13 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:user-agent :mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:from; bh=MXcftAxd4kvCW9XHwAvSfl+x9aI2dgnopFxm6f5KTgw=; b=E3CfuSWSoeXh6ZR+WUt+eyMrnaGScTh00FqCseEklXXLk+mpe4XRslQPxljzda2Osd i9MtbC7fofW5+VYLawAH1U9t1+7BHGm2JdrdjvvSOM3+tQuB2k1LW6txzXSbtYHVSwCC hLrtPhbOgMnH24kv2/l+6TMU3wfBYsFyxzFuQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:from; b=mlYpUrEBWf8kQ+LkNP3MB0l842hBa73zl5o2fTsZM4uCYTlscQYFSoet7KY8D9vIwQ KmSPxHqb9XVOe9LixFxckyFN7ACY4w881897vLUHwoqVmxY+jh+Cz0sZz1ifdVODY0d7 E0eAERZ5hxZEprhq4YYbvO8fY3Qc/XPvaxCLs= Received: by 10.67.115.12 with SMTP id s12mr1556242ugm.51.1216641583067; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:59:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kemian.inf.ed.ac.uk ( [129.215.49.17]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id k1sm477290ugf.21.2008.07.21.04.59.41 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:59:42 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <48847A0D.6070907@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:59:09 +0100 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080623) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Achilleas Mantzios References: <200807211426.03832.achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com> In-Reply-To: <200807211426.03832.achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Kemian Dang Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Monitoring CPU temperature: mbmon shows 201 degrees C X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:24:15 -0000 Achilleas Mantzios wrote: > Hi, i have had various crashes and segfaults in the last hot days (room temp about 30 deg C). > I tried to monitor CPU temp with mbmon, which shows a very big value in COU temperature: > doroot@panix:~# mbmon -c 1 > > Temp.= 42.0, 201.0, 39.0; Rot.= 3245, 0, 0 > Vcore = 1.50, 1.81; Volt. = 3.30, 5.08, 11.31, -11.74, -1.66 > > Also, healthdc shows: > localhost 186.0 0.0 0.0 5314 17307 0000 1.49 2.49 1.62 5.42 0.00 -10.84 0.00 > and lmmon -i shows: > Motherboard Temp Voltages > > 186C / 366F / 459K Vcore1: +1.469V > Vcore2: +1.766V > Fan Speeds + 3.3V: +3.219V > + 5.0V: +4.932V > 1: 10629rpm +12.0V: +11.750V > 2: 33750rpm -12.0V: -13.188V > 3: 16071rpm - 5.0V: -1.800V > > So i dont have any idea how to assess the real CPU temperature. > I am thinking of tuning down the BIOS to fail-safe settings, just as an extra measure. > Apart from that, i have no clue how to solve the random crashes/segfaults problem. > I also opened the case in order to get ventilated with fresh air from the room. > Any hints would be welcome. > P.S. > Please include me in the reply, i am not subscribed to -questions. > I use sysctl -a |grep tepmerature to get the temperature, tough to say the truth, I am not sure about their exactly meaning... Best wishes, Kemian