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Date:      Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:03:03 +0200
From:      Erik Norgaard <norgaard@locolomo.org>
To:        Unga <unga888@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How to find real CPU temperature?
Message-ID:  <4A7966E7.9050601@locolomo.org>
In-Reply-To: <543316.4925.qm@web57006.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
References:  <543316.4925.qm@web57006.mail.re3.yahoo.com>

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Unga wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> 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?

$ sysctl hw.acpi.thermal.tz0.temperature

on my computer shows 56C
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Erik Nørgaard
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