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Date:      Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:04:29 +0300
From:      Achilleas Mantzios <achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com>
To:        Manolis Kiagias <sonic2000gr@gmail.com>
Cc:        Tore Lund <tl32@next.online.no>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Monitoring CPU temperature: mbmon shows 201 degrees C
Message-ID:  <200807221404.29646.achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com>
In-Reply-To: <48858932.60206@gmail.com>
References:  <48849FFD.10285.C71CED5@iwrtech.iwr.ru.ac.za> <200807220943.42926.achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com> <48858932.60206@gmail.com>

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=CE=A3=CF=84=CE=B9=CF=82 Tuesday 22 July 2008 10:16:02 =CE=BF/=CE=B7 Manoli=
s Kiagias =CE=AD=CE=B3=CF=81=CE=B1=CF=88=CE=B5:
> Achilleas Mantzios wrote:
> > =CE=A3=CF=84=CE=B9=CF=82 Tuesday 22 July 2008 00:25:46 =CE=BF/=CE=B7 To=
re Lund =CE=AD=CE=B3=CF=81=CE=B1=CF=88=CE=B5:
> >  =20
> >> Achilleas Mantzios wrote:
> >>    =20
> >>> ...
> >>> 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
> >> Achillea, have you told us what CPU you have?  Manolis presumes you ha=
ve
> >> an Intel, but I do not see this information anywhere in your posts.  If
> >> you have a recent AMD, try the port k8temp.
> >>    =20
> >
> > Sorry, i have a=20
> > CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.66GHz (2672.74-MHz 686-class CPU)
> >   Origin =3D "GenuineIntel"  Id =3D 0xf29  Stepping =3D 9
> >   Features=3D0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTR=
R,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE>
> >   Features2=3D0x4400<CNXT-ID,xTPR>
> > So coretemp is not for me.
> >  =20
>=20
> Definitely.
>=20
> > While experimenting, i noticed the 1st and 3rd temperatures from mbmon =
to be updated in a fashion that seems
> > natural.=20
> > [achix@panix ~]% mbmon
> > Temp.=3D 41.0, 201.0, 42.0; Rot.=3D 3443,    0,    0
> > Vcore =3D 1.50, 1.81; Volt. =3D 3.30, 5.08, 11.43, -11.74, -1.69
> >  =20
>=20
> What chipset is the mobo based on? mbmon runs fine on my 865G and a 3Ghz=
=20
> P4 CPU. You are probably correct, the middle temp may represent a sensor=
=20
> that is not recognized, but the other readings seem normal.
>=20

i'll let you know next time i open the case. Is there any reading from dmes=
g or sysctl that can reveal
that info?

> > I started to trust mbmon, and i think the 1st temp must be motherboard,=
 while the 3rd CPU,
> > and indeed the first value varies betaeen 41-42 degrees, and the third =
value from 39, (~ 100% idle)
> > to 45 (0% idle). So i assume the above must be right.
> > Yesterday i had mbmon -t > mbmon.out running all night and the highest =
CPU temp was at 46 deg C,
> > while highest MB temp was at 43 deg Celsius (if the previous assumption=
s about the interpretation of the=20
> > output of mbmon are correct).
> > Both high temps happened while running periodic daily at 03:00 (which i=
ncreased my trust in those).
> > All that, was after i blew the box/case inside and closed the case.
> > If i trust those numbers and their interpretation then i must not have =
a temperature problem (anymore).
> > Lets see how the machine behaves.
> > There is always the other usual suspect from the memory department :)
> >
> >  =20
>=20
>=20
> For memory, I would suggest memtest86. For stressing the machine, try=20
> math/mprime in torture mode. Watch the temperatures and make sure you=20
> leave it running for a couple of hours and you don't get any errors.=20
> Usually, if you have a termperature problem it will bail out in half an=20
> hour or less.
>=20

Memtest86 is good enough, i have used it on other machines. Thx for the mat=
h/mprime hint.

>=20



=2D-=20
Achilleas Mantzios



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