From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 21 19:19:25 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 536491065674 for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:19:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com) Received: from panix.internal.net (cpe-77-83-248-253-dsl.netone.gr [77.83.248.253]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 851978FC18 for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:19:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com) Received: from panix.internal.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by panix.internal.net (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m6LJ53bI001792; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:05:03 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by panix.internal.net (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m6LJ52qu001791; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:05:02 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com) X-Authentication-Warning: panix.internal.net: achix set sender to achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com using -f From: Achilleas Mantzios Organization: Dynacom Tankers Mgmt To: Manolis Kiagias , achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:05:00 +0300 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <48849FFD.10285.C71CED5@iwrtech.iwr.ru.ac.za> <200807211656.10874.achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com> <4884A8A7.3070108@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4884A8A7.3070108@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200807212205.02066.achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, iwrTech@iwr.ru.ac.za 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 19:19:25 -0000 =CE=A3=CF=84=CE=B9=CF=82 Monday 21 July 2008 18:17:59 =CE=BF/=CE=B7 Manolis= Kiagias =CE=AD=CE=B3=CF=81=CE=B1=CF=88=CE=B5: > Achilleas Mantzios wrote: > >> My office goes to 38C in summer, and all 5 computers just keep on=20 > >> going, using the principles above. I fitted a fan to the UPS as well= =20 > >> (-: > >> > >> > >> =20 > > My box has 3 fans, one on the case blowing from outside=3D>inside, > > one in the power supply and one on the CPU. > > > > In the evening, i will have the case/board inside blown/cleaned with ai= r, > > i am gonna close the case, and i am gonna tune BIOS to fail-safe settin= gs. > > > > Apart from that, i would like to have a reliable tool to monitor temper= ature. > > Is there anything in mind? > > =20 >=20 > As you already noticed, mbmon is no good in recent hardware. It works=20 > successfully in my 865-based systems though. > As others have said, I would recommend adding a rear out-take fan. Do=20 > not rely on the PSU's fan to take all the warm air out. The PSU=20 > generates heat on its own, and the fan may not be sufficient. A rear=20 > out-take fan should be located rather high - at CPU height - since warm=20 > air always goes up. This is where most cases have a place for the fan=20 > anyway. It is indeed as you say. The fans on my case are: the PSU fan, one takeout fan just below the PSU and the CPU fan. It is a medium tower size case. The thing is on the bottom PCI slot i have installed a Kodicom 4400 for video capture for use with zoneminder, (the FreeBSD port is available from the zoneminder site) and right above that a LML video capture card. and then while capturing 5 full frame-rate (25fps) cameras in zoneminder a) the load never falls below 0.4 even while no users use it (it is our fam= ily workstation as well:) b) all the heat from the kodicom flows higher to the CPU/memory area of the= case Having said that, the issue with the temperature must not be my thing :( after kldload coretemp, i get [achix@panix ~]% sysctl -a | grep tempera hw.acpi.thermal.tz0.temperature: 40,0C dev.cpu.0.temperature: -1 [achix@panix ~]%=20 The first always is stuck to 40 and dev.cpu.0.temperature to -1. >=20 > A note for monitoring: If you are using FreeBSD 7.0 and you have an=20 > Intel Core CPU, there is a new coretemp(4) driver that can actually read= =20 > the on-die digital thermal sensor. Have a look at man coretemp >=20 =2D-=20 Achilleas Mantzios