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Date:      Wed, 5 Aug 2009 05:07:05 -0600
From:      Modulok <modulok@gmail.com>
To:        Unga <unga888@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How to find real CPU temperature?
Message-ID:  <64c038660908050407s1053d0edw135e5689ee43cf87@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <543316.4925.qm@web57006.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
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On 8/5/09, Unga <unga888@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I'm running FreeBSD 7.2 on Intel P4 computer.
>
> The "lmmon -i" shows 21C and when go to BIOS shows 65C! BIOS reading seems
> to be correct as the CPU heat pipe is very hot to the extent cannot touch.
>
> How do I read the real BIOS temperature readings when FreeBSD is running to
> check whether the computer is over heating?

If your mainboard supports it, and depending on your CPU, you might
look into sysutils/mbmon, found in the ports collection. Aside from
that, what does the following command output?

sysctl -a | grep temp

-Modulok-



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