Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2008 01:50:53 +0200 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Temperature monitoring on old desktop - Dell OptiPlex SX270? Message-ID: <20080803015053.e67a39ee.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>
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Hello,
got this old machine, a SX270[1] that I thought I would put to use as
my workstation (yes, my current workstation have lower specs than this
machine).
I have installed FreeBSD[2] 7.0-stable on it (i386). Normal[3] and
verbose[4] dmesgs are available. Everything seems to work, but there is
one thing tha doesn't: it doesn't report thermal parameters via acpi:
root@kg-work2# sysctl hw.acpi.thermal
sysctl: unknown oid 'hw.acpi.thermal'
n fact the whole acpi section from sysctl seems a bit incomplete:
root@kg-work2# sysctl hw.acpi
hw.acpi.supported_sleep_state: S1 S3 S4 S5
hw.acpi.power_button_state: S5
hw.acpi.sleep_button_state: S1
hw.acpi.lid_switch_state: NONE
hw.acpi.standby_state: S1
hw.acpi.suspend_state: S3
hw.acpi.sleep_delay: 1
hw.acpi.s4bios: 0
hw.acpi.verbose: 0
hw.acpi.disable_on_reboot: 0
hw.acpi.handle_reboot: 0
hw.acpi.reset_video: 0
hw.acpi.cpu.cx_lowest: C1
There is an acpidump[5] available too (from 'acpidump -dt').
The bios on this machine is from 2004, and that might be the cause. I
couldn't find a newer bios than version A06, release date 09/29/2004.
Does anybody know about a newer bios for thios machine anywhere?
Or does anybody know how to fix the DSDT in the bios to enable thernal
reporting?
Or perhaps there is a way to read the temperature off the cpu, like the
coretemp(4) driver?
For those who wonders: yes, I have tried mbmon, lmmon from ports, but
they didn't report anything useful as far as temperature goes.
root@kg-work2# mbmon -d -A
ioctl(smb0:open): No such file or directory
SMBus[Intel8XX(ICH/ICH2/ICH3/ICH4/ICH5/ICH6)] found, but No HWM
available on it!!
Summary of Detection:
* No monitors found.
InitMBInfo: Bad file descriptor
This program needs "setuid root"!!
Output from 'lmmon -si':
Motherboard Temp Voltages
255C / 491F / 528K Vcore1: +3.984V
Vcore2: +3.984V
Fan Speeds + 3.3V: +3.984V
+ 5.0V: +6.654V
1: 0 rpm +12.0V: +15.938V
2: 0 rpm -12.0V: -15.938V
3: 0 rpm - 5.0V: -6.654V
I think 255 degrees Celsius is a bit unrealistic, the machine can't fry
eggs yet. :-)
Any good hints will be gratefully accepted.
References:
1) SX270 - http://tingox.googlepages.com/sx270
2) http://tingox.googlepages.com/sx270_freebsd
3) http://tingox.googlepages.com/w2-dmesg-7.0-stable-20080721.txt
4) http://tingox.googlepages.com/w2-dmesg-7.0-stable-20080721_verbose.txt
5) http://tingox.googlepages.com/sx270-acpidump-dt-20080721.txt.gz
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Regards,
Torfinn Ingolfsen,
Norway
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