HOW TO: Install and configure lm-sensors

[belikralj]

I have also installed lm-sensors and got the mkdev.sh script as per the howto, but sensors-detect doesn't detect anything. Why? I have Ubuntu Dapper (32bit) installed on my athlon64. I also have both Feisty and Slackware (32bit) on this system and only Feisty (which is 64bit install) detects something and still it doesn't work. I'm guessing by what I see that it has something to do with the kernel (32bit of 64bit), I mean it still doesn't work on my 64bit Feisty but at least it detects something. So can anyone halp me with this? I'll make sure to look at what the problem is in Feisty cause I can't exactly remember of the top of my head what it was.

Thanx

[libos]

Hi, can someone help me out here.
This used to work for me, I had an Asus A8V VIA board, now I've upgraded to an Asus M2N-E boad NForce, and now non of the sensors are detected.
I reran the scripts, ran Sensor-detect, installed the required Kernal moduals, but alas when I do 'sensors' I get No Sensors Found,
What can I do to fix this?

Not sure what went wrong to yours, but i got mine working
http://bsling.blogspot.com/2007/06/h...-asus-m2n.html

[AmericanAqualung]

Ok, so I got this up and running but have a few questions still. First, I get three sets of output (shown below) for my AMD opteron board with 4 dual core processors (its part of a linux cluster). Which do I use? The top two give reasonable values, but disagree and the third is nonsense (neg. temps). Also, shouldn't I be able to get either 4 or 8 temps for each cpu/core? And I understand that temp 1 is m/b, temp2 is cpu, but what is temp3? case? Thanks a lot.

adm1026-i2c-1-2d
Adapter: SMBus nForce2 adapter at 4c40
in0:       +0.00 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +2.99 V)   ALARM
in1:       +0.00 V  (min =  +2.25 V, max =  +2.75 V)   ALARM
in2:       +0.00 V  (min =  +2.25 V, max =  +2.75 V)   ALARM
in3:       +0.00 V  (min =  +2.25 V, max =  +2.75 V)   ALARM
in4:       +0.00 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +2.99 V)   ALARM
in5:       +0.00 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +2.99 V)   ALARM
in6:       +0.00 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +2.49 V)   ALARM
in7:       +1.36 V  (min =  +1.02 V, max =  +1.68 V)
in8:       +0.00 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +2.49 V)
in9:       +0.35 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +0.76 V)
in10:      +3.08 V  (min =  +2.97 V, max =  +3.64 V)
in11:      +3.42 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +4.42 V)
in12:      +3.38 V  (min =  +2.97 V, max =  +3.64 V)
in13:      +3.36 V  (min =  +4.50 V, max =  +5.49 V)   ALARM
in14:      +1.35 V  (min =  +1.02 V, max =  +1.68 V)
in15:      +0.00 V  (min = +10.81 V, max = +13.19 V)   ALARM
in16:      +0.19 V  (min = -13.18 V, max = -10.80 V)   ALARM
ERROR: Can't get FAN0 data!
fan1:        0 RPM  (min =  712 RPM, div = 8)   ALARM
fan2:        0 RPM  (min =  712 RPM, div = 8)
fan3:     6250 RPM  (min =  712 RPM, div = 8)
fan4:     6250 RPM  (min =  712 RPM, div = 8)   ALARM
fan5:        0 RPM  (min =  712 RPM, div = 8)   ALARM
fan6:        0 RPM  (min =  712 RPM, div = 8)   ALARM
fan7:        0 RPM  (min =  712 RPM, div = 8)   ALARM
temp1:       +51°C  (low  =    +0°C, high =   +80°C)
temp2:       +40°C  (low  =    +0°C, high =   +78°C)
temp3:       +36°C  (low  =    +0°C, high =   +78°C)
vid:      +0.975 V  (VRM Version 2.4)

adm1026-i2c-1-2c
Adapter: SMBus nForce2 adapter at 4c40
in0:       +2.62 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +2.99 V)
in1:       +1.22 V  (min =  +2.25 V, max =  +2.75 V)   ALARM
in2:       +2.65 V  (min =  +2.25 V, max =  +2.75 V)
in3:       +1.50 V  (min =  +2.25 V, max =  +2.75 V)   ALARM
in4:       +0.00 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +2.99 V)   ALARM
in5:       +0.00 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +2.99 V)   ALARM
in6:       +0.00 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +2.49 V)   ALARM
in7:       +1.34 V  (min =  +1.02 V, max =  +1.68 V)
in8:       +0.00 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +2.49 V)
in9:       +0.75 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +0.76 V)
in10:      +3.12 V  (min =  +2.97 V, max =  +3.64 V)
in11:      +3.42 V  (min =  +2.97 V, max =  +3.64 V)
in12:      +3.38 V  (min =  +2.97 V, max =  +3.64 V)
in13:      +5.10 V  (min =  +4.50 V, max =  +5.49 V)
in14:      +1.34 V  (min =  +1.02 V, max =  +1.68 V)
in15:     +12.19 V  (min = +10.81 V, max = +13.19 V)
in16:     -12.03 V  (min = -13.18 V, max = -10.80 V)
ERROR: Can't get FAN0 data!
fan1:        0 RPM  (min =  712 RPM, div = 8)   ALARM
fan2:        0 RPM  (min =  712 RPM, div = 8)   ALARM
fan3:        0 RPM  (min =  712 RPM, div = 8)
fan4:     6250 RPM  (min =  712 RPM, div = 8)   ALARM
fan5:        0 RPM  (min =  712 RPM, div = 8)   ALARM
fan6:        0 RPM  (min =  712 RPM, div = 8)   ALARM
fan7:        0 RPM  (min =  712 RPM, div = 8)   ALARM
temp1:       +45°C  (low  =    +0°C, high =   +80°C)
temp2:       +47°C  (low  =    +0°C, high =   +78°C)
temp3:       +77°C  (low  =    +0°C, high =   +78°C)
vid:      +0.975 V  (VRM Version 2.4)

w83627hf-isa-0290
Adapter: ISA adapter
VCore 1:   +3.14 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +0.00 V)       ALARM
VCore 2:   +3.10 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +0.00 V)       ALARM
+3.3V:     +3.12 V  (min =  +3.14 V, max =  +3.47 V)       ALARM
+5V:       +5.30 V  (min =  +4.76 V, max =  +5.24 V)       ALARM
+12V:     +11.86 V  (min = +10.82 V, max = +13.19 V)
-12V:      +0.72 V  (min = -13.18 V, max = -10.80 V)       ALARM
-5V:       +2.09 V  (min =  -5.25 V, max =  -4.75 V)       ALARM
V5SB:      +5.67 V  (min =  +4.76 V, max =  +5.24 V)       ALARM
VBat:      +0.00 V  (min =  +2.40 V, max =  +3.60 V)       ALARM
fan1:        0 RPM  (min =    0 RPM, div = 2)
fan2:        0 RPM  (min =    0 RPM, div = 2)
fan3:        0 RPM  (min = 5720 RPM, div = 2)              ALARM
temp1:       -15°C  (high =    -1°C, hyst =    -1°C)   sensor = thermistor
temp2:     -17.0°C  (high =   +80°C, hyst =   +75°C)   sensor = thermistor
temp3:     -16.5°C  (high =   +80°C, hyst =   +75°C)   sensor = thermistor
vid:      +0.000 V  (VRM Version 2.4)
alarms:
beep_enable:
          Sound alarm enabled

[divdude]

In my laptop I worked it like this.
First i ran sensors-detect
and ran
lsmod(list all loaded modules)

This is my list:
.
.
.
.
usbcore 134280 3 ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
thermal 14856 0
processor 31048 1 thermal
fan 5636 0
fbcon 42656 0
tileblit 3584 1 fbcon
font 9216 1 fbcon
bitblit 6912 1 fbcon
softcursor 3200 1 bitblit

you can see thermal and processor modules are loaded

After that i ran
cat proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/temperature
temperature: 47 C

which i think is cpu temperature.
you can run
cat /proc/acpi/thermal and TAB to get options

[libos]

Ok, so I got this up and running but have a few questions still. First, I get three sets of output (shown below) for my AMD opteron board with 4 dual core processors (its part of a linux cluster). Which do I use? The top two give reasonable values, but disagree and the third is nonsense (neg. temps). Also, shouldn't I be able to get either 4 or 8 temps for each cpu/core? And I understand that temp 1 is m/b, temp2 is cpu, but what is temp3? case? Thanks a lot.

adm1026-i2c-1-2d
Adapter: SMBus nForce2 adapter at 4c40
in0:       +0.00 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +2.99 V)   ALARM
in1:       +0.00 V  (min =  +2.25 V, max =  +2.75 V)   ALARM
in2:       +0.00 V  (min =  +2.25 V, max =  +2.75 V)   ALARM
in3:       +0.00 V  (min =  +2.25 V, max =  +2.75 V)   ALARM
in4:       +0.00 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +2.99 V)   ALARM
in5:       +0.00 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +2.99 V)   ALARM
in6:       +0.00 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +2.49 V)   ALARM
in7:       +1.36 V  (min =  +1.02 V, max =  +1.68 V)
in8:       +0.00 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +2.49 V)
in9:       +0.35 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +0.76 V)
in10:      +3.08 V  (min =  +2.97 V, max =  +3.64 V)
in11:      +3.42 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +4.42 V)
in12:      +3.38 V  (min =  +2.97 V, max =  +3.64 V)
in13:      +3.36 V  (min =  +4.50 V, max =  +5.49 V)   ALARM
in14:      +1.35 V  (min =  +1.02 V, max =  +1.68 V)
in15:      +0.00 V  (min = +10.81 V, max = +13.19 V)   ALARM
in16:      +0.19 V  (min = -13.18 V, max = -10.80 V)   ALARM
ERROR: Can't get FAN0 data!
fan1:        0 RPM  (min =  712 RPM, div = 8)   ALARM
fan2:        0 RPM  (min =  712 RPM, div = 8)
fan3:     6250 RPM  (min =  712 RPM, div = 8)
fan4:     6250 RPM  (min =  712 RPM, div = 8)   ALARM
fan5:        0 RPM  (min =  712 RPM, div = 8)   ALARM
fan6:        0 RPM  (min =  712 RPM, div = 8)   ALARM
fan7:        0 RPM  (min =  712 RPM, div = 8)   ALARM
temp1:       +51°C  (low  =    +0°C, high =   +80°C)
temp2:       +40°C  (low  =    +0°C, high =   +78°C)
temp3:       +36°C  (low  =    +0°C, high =   +78°C)
vid:      +0.975 V  (VRM Version 2.4)

adm1026-i2c-1-2c
Adapter: SMBus nForce2 adapter at 4c40
in0:       +2.62 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +2.99 V)
in1:       +1.22 V  (min =  +2.25 V, max =  +2.75 V)   ALARM
in2:       +2.65 V  (min =  +2.25 V, max =  +2.75 V)
in3:       +1.50 V  (min =  +2.25 V, max =  +2.75 V)   ALARM
in4:       +0.00 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +2.99 V)   ALARM
in5:       +0.00 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +2.99 V)   ALARM
in6:       +0.00 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +2.49 V)   ALARM
in7:       +1.34 V  (min =  +1.02 V, max =  +1.68 V)
in8:       +0.00 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +2.49 V)
in9:       +0.75 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +0.76 V)
in10:      +3.12 V  (min =  +2.97 V, max =  +3.64 V)
in11:      +3.42 V  (min =  +2.97 V, max =  +3.64 V)
in12:      +3.38 V  (min =  +2.97 V, max =  +3.64 V)
in13:      +5.10 V  (min =  +4.50 V, max =  +5.49 V)
in14:      +1.34 V  (min =  +1.02 V, max =  +1.68 V)
in15:     +12.19 V  (min = +10.81 V, max = +13.19 V)
in16:     -12.03 V  (min = -13.18 V, max = -10.80 V)
ERROR: Can't get FAN0 data!
fan1:        0 RPM  (min =  712 RPM, div = 8)   ALARM
fan2:        0 RPM  (min =  712 RPM, div = 8)   ALARM
fan3:        0 RPM  (min =  712 RPM, div = 8)
fan4:     6250 RPM  (min =  712 RPM, div = 8)   ALARM
fan5:        0 RPM  (min =  712 RPM, div = 8)   ALARM
fan6:        0 RPM  (min =  712 RPM, div = 8)   ALARM
fan7:        0 RPM  (min =  712 RPM, div = 8)   ALARM
temp1:       +45°C  (low  =    +0°C, high =   +80°C)
temp2:       +47°C  (low  =    +0°C, high =   +78°C)
temp3:       +77°C  (low  =    +0°C, high =   +78°C)
vid:      +0.975 V  (VRM Version 2.4)

w83627hf-isa-0290
Adapter: ISA adapter
VCore 1:   +3.14 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +0.00 V)       ALARM
VCore 2:   +3.10 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +0.00 V)       ALARM
+3.3V:     +3.12 V  (min =  +3.14 V, max =  +3.47 V)       ALARM
+5V:       +5.30 V  (min =  +4.76 V, max =  +5.24 V)       ALARM
+12V:     +11.86 V  (min = +10.82 V, max = +13.19 V)
-12V:      +0.72 V  (min = -13.18 V, max = -10.80 V)       ALARM
-5V:       +2.09 V  (min =  -5.25 V, max =  -4.75 V)       ALARM
V5SB:      +5.67 V  (min =  +4.76 V, max =  +5.24 V)       ALARM
VBat:      +0.00 V  (min =  +2.40 V, max =  +3.60 V)       ALARM
fan1:        0 RPM  (min =    0 RPM, div = 2)
fan2:        0 RPM  (min =    0 RPM, div = 2)
fan3:        0 RPM  (min = 5720 RPM, div = 2)              ALARM
temp1:       -15°C  (high =    -1°C, hyst =    -1°C)   sensor = thermistor
temp2:     -17.0°C  (high =   +80°C, hyst =   +75°C)   sensor = thermistor
temp3:     -16.5°C  (high =   +80°C, hyst =   +75°C)   sensor = thermistor
vid:      +0.000 V  (VRM Version 2.4)
alarms:
beep_enable:
          Sound alarm enabled

Aqualung,

My CPU core temps comes from k8temp module. Not sure you have the module loaded.
Mine looks like this:
----------------------------------
k8temp-pci-00c3
Adapter: PCI adapter
Algorithm: PCI algorithm
Core0 Temp:
+27°C
Core1 Temp:
+33°C
----------------------------------

As for the temp3, according to lm-sensors documentation, most of the time the temp3 sensor is disconnected but thats depend on your motherboard. If you dont need it, well just disable it from /etc/sensors.conf file.

http://www.lm-sensors.org/wiki/iwizard/WrongTemps
http://www.lm-sensors.org/browser/lm.../chips/SUMMARY

You can find lots more info from the site and also the sensors.conf file

I hope this helps.

[Gossie]

Hi,

Would somebody please look at my temperatures?


My mobo is a Asus A8N-E, and I have the "Q-fan control" in the Bios enabled (called "Cool 'n' Quiet").
I use Feisty Fawn. My CPU is a AMD Athlon64 3800+ . [edit] There is one big noisy fan in the back, and according to the BIOS I have a CPU fan (going around 3000 rpm) and a thing called chip fan (going around 5000 rpm). So fan1 must be the CPU fan and I apparantly have a chip fan. But the BIOS also mentions a CHA1, chassis fan, going at 0 rpm - so even the bios doesn't 'hear' this propeller. [/edit]

Also, is 127 something to worry about?

In de sensors.conf file, I tried putting the sensors in 'diode' (as suggested on http://www.lm-sensors.org/wiki/iwizard/WrongTemps). But that gave the same results. Furthermore, I didn't want to change the formulas in the sensors.conf, because I don't know much about hardware.

Here's my output from 'sensors' and also I give the contents of my /etc/modules

Thanks for helping!
Gossie

k8temp-pci-00c3
Adapter: PCI adapter
Core0 Temp:
             +37°C

it8712-isa-0290
Adapter: ISA adapter
VCore 1:   +1.33 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +3.82 V)   
VCore 2:   +0.00 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +4.08 V)   ALARM
+3.3V:     +3.30 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +4.08 V)   
+5V:       +4.84 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +6.85 V)   
+12V:     +11.84 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max = +16.32 V)   
-12V:      -5.15 V  (min = -27.36 V, max =  +3.93 V)   
-5V:      -13.64 V  (min = -13.64 V, max =  +4.03 V)   ALARM
Stdby:     +4.81 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +6.85 V)   
VBat:      +3.07 V
fan1:     1250 RPM  (min =  811 RPM, div = 8)          
fan2:        0 RPM  (min =    0 RPM, div = 8)          
fan3:     5443 RPM  (min =    0 RPM, div = 8)          
M/B Temp:    +36°C  (low  =    -1°C, high =  +127°C)   sensor = thermistor   
CPU Temp:    +28°C  (low  =    -1°C, high =  +127°C)   sensor = thermistor   
Temp3:       +27°C  (low  =    -1°C, high =  +127°C)   sensor = thermistor   
vid:      +0.875 V

# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.


lp


# Generated by sensors-detect on Wed Jun 27 09:13:10 2007 (put them in reverse order as suggested in HOWTO on Ubuntuforums
# Chip drivers
it87
k8temp
eeprom
# I2C adapter drivers
i2c-nforce2

Finally, this might be something edgy

nijlpaard@haai:~$ sudo modprobe i2c-sensors
FATAL: Module i2c_sensors not found.

PS: With Q-fan control (from the mobo bios), the fan1 speed decreases to 900 - 1000 rpm, but I get a bios warning at boot.

[libos]

Hi Gossie,

I guess your fan3 is probably your chasis fan. If you have enable the Q-fan control for chasis fans (there are 2 types of Q-fan control for my MOBO - M2N-E which is the CPU and the MOBO), there is 3 Q-fan control profiles to choose from. Silent,Optimum and Performance. Silent will give you the lowest fan speed possible; optimum will try to balance your temperature and fan speed; and at last the performance profile will give you highest fan speed possible. So check out your bios settings. I am just sharing base on my MOBO.

I got the same issue as your where your MOBO complains about your low CPU fan speed. There are 2 ways (at least what i have found, and any suggestions would be appreciated) to workaround this, first is to disable the alarm and second is to disable the quick boot setting.

Hope this helps.

[Gossie]

Hi Libos,

Thanks for your advise! After I tried all the things I will mention next, my most important question is, off course, is anybody frightened by my 127? (See my post, two steps above.)
Would it be wise to uninstall lm-sensors, delete the modules in /etc/modules/ and reset the BIOS settings to default?

I had the idea that I was going to use fancontrol, and I found the HOWTO by 'remmelt': http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=42737. But, allas, when I want to try the fans with pwmconfig, there is no complete result.

On http://www.almico.com/forumvotes.php?id=6608177 (as kindly suggested when running pwmconfig) I read that a lot of people with an Asus A8N-E Motherboard cannot control the fans exept the CPU fan. There is one post that says: "Got it to work on CPU fan by setting PWM1 mode to Software controlled under the Advanced tab." But that option is not in my BIOS (maybe it needs an upgrade...). I disabled "Cool 'n' Quiet". Still, pwmconfig is not working properly (same as with cool&quiet enabled).

Like you suggested, Libos, , I switched off the CHA1 (chassis fan) warning AND I disabled Quick boot. Then the CPU fan is sometimes going easier: 1100 rpm.
But the chassis fan is still constant at 5400 rpm. In the BIOS, it says CHA1 is 0 rpm but lm-sensors says fan3 is 5400. And I still had the pwmconfig problems...

When I disable "Q-fan control", I just get "There are no pwm-capable sensor modules installed".
"Cool 'n' Quiet" disabled or enabled had no effect on pwm-config, with "Q fan controller" on or off. With Q-fan control enabled, I get the results underneath.

Thanks,
Gossie

~$ sudo pwmconfig
Password:
This program will search your sensors for pulse width modulation (pwm)
controls, and test each one to see if it controls a fan on
your motherboard. Note that many motherboards do not have pwm
circuitry installed, even if your sensor chip supports pwm.

We will attempt to briefly stop each fan using the pwm controls.
The program will attempt to restore each fan to full speed
after testing. However, it is ** very important ** that you
physically verify that the fans have been to full speed
after the program has completed.

Found the following PWM controls:
   9191-0290/pwm1
   9191-0290/pwm2
   9191-0290/pwm3

Found the following fan sensors:
   9191-0290/fan1_input     current speed: 1562 RPM
   9191-0290/fan2_input     current speed: 0 ... skipping!
   9191-0290/fan3_input     current speed: 5443 RPM

Warning!!! This program will stop your fans, one at a time,
for approximately 5 seconds each!!!
This may cause your processor temperature to rise!!!
If you do not want to do this hit control-C now!!!
Hit return to continue: 

Testing pwm control 9191-0290/pwm1 ...
  9191-0290/fan1_input ... speed was 1562 now 0
    It appears that fan 9191-0290/fan1_input
    is controlled by pwm 9191-0290/pwm1
Would you like to generate a detailed correlation (y)? y
    PWM 255 FAN 3183
    PWM 240 FAN 3125
    PWM 225 FAN 2860
    PWM 210 FAN 2678
    PWM 195 FAN 2481
    PWM 180 FAN 2280
    PWM 165 FAN 2057
    PWM 150 FAN 1854
    PWM 135 FAN 1622
    PWM 120 FAN 1406
    PWM 105 FAN 1155
    PWM 90 FAN 942
    PWM 75 FAN 680
    PWM 60 FAN 0
    Fan Stopped at PWM = 60

  9191-0290/fan3_input ... speed was 5443 now 5273
    no correlation

Testing pwm control 9191-0290/pwm2 ...
  9191-0290/fan1_input ... speed was 1562 now 3245
    no correlation
  9191-0290/fan3_input ... speed was 5443 now 5443
    no correlation

No correlations were detected.
There is either no fan connected to the output of 9191-0290/pwm2,
or the connected fan has no rpm-signal connected to one of
the tested fan sensors. (Note: not all motherboards have
the pwm outputs connected to the fan connectors,
check out the hardware database on http://www.almico.com/forumindex.php)

Did you see/hear a fan stopping during the above test (n)? y

Testing pwm control 9191-0290/pwm3 ...
  9191-0290/fan1_input ... speed was 1562 now 3245
    no correlation
  9191-0290/fan3_input ... speed was 5443 now 5273
    no correlation

No correlations were detected.
There is either no fan connected to the output of 9191-0290/pwm3,
or the connected fan has no rpm-signal connected to one of
the tested fan sensors. (Note: not all motherboards have
the pwm outputs connected to the fan connectors,
check out the hardware database on http://www.almico.com/forumindex.php)

Did you see/hear a fan stopping during the above test (n)? n

Testing is complete.
Please verify that all fans have returned to their normal speed.

The fancontrol script can automatically respond to temperature changes
of your system by changing fanspeeds.
Do you want to set up its configuration file now (y)? y
What should be the path to your fancontrol config file (/etc/fancontrol)? y
Loading configuration from /etc/fancontrol ...

Select fan output to configure, or other action:
1) 9191-0290/pwm2      3) Change INTERVAL     5) Save and quit
2) 9191-0290/pwm1      4) Just quit           6) Show configuration
select (1-n): 6

Common Settings:
INTERVAL=10

Settings of 9191-0290/pwm2:
  Depends on 
  Controls 9191-0290/fan1_input
  MINTEMP=
  MAXTEMP=
  MINSTART=
  MINSTOP=

Settings of 9191-0290/pwm1:
  Depends on 
  Controls 9191-0290/fan1_input
  MINTEMP=
  MAXTEMP=
  MINSTART=
  MINSTOP=

select (1-n): 3

Current interval is 10 seconds.
Enter the interval at which fancontrol should update PWM values (in s):5
select (1-n): 2

Current temperature readings are as follows:
9191-0290/temp1_input   38
9191-0290/temp2_input   30
9191-0290/temp3_input   27

Select a temperature sensor as source for 9191-0290/pwm1:
1) 9191-0290/temp1_input
2) 9191-0290/temp2_input
3) 9191-0290/temp3_input
4) None (Do not affect this PWM output)
select (1-n): 4
select (1-n): 4

~$

This is what my BIOS says about the settings, rpm's and temparatures. These settings give the same output for the sensors as I posted earlier today.

• Cool 'n' Quiet enabled
• Q fan controller enabled
• Quick boot disabled
  
• CPU Temperature 38 C
• M/B Temperature 30 C
  
• CPU Fan Speed 3183 RPM
• CHA1 Fan Speed 0 RPM
• Chip Fan Speed 5192 RPM
  
• CPU Target Temperature 72 C
  
• CPU Fan Speed warning 800 RPM
• CHA1 Fan Speed warning Disabled
• CHIP Fan Speed warning Enabled

[asmweb]

Hi there,

well i'm still suffering with the lm-sensors, I did followthis guide. It did go ahead all ok and here is what my /etc/module file is

# Generated by sensors-detect on Fri Jun 29 11:41:21 2007
# I2C adapter drivers
# modprobe unknown adapter NVIDIA i2c adapter 0 at 1:00.0
# modprobe unknown adapter NVIDIA i2c adapter 1 at 1:00.0
# modprobe unknown adapter NVIDIA i2c adapter 2 at 1:00.0
i2c-i801
# Chip drivers
eeprom

after that I did
modprobe i2c-i801
modprobe eeprom

and my modprobe -L conferms that...

did the reboot too but still when I type sensors I get this:

No sensors found!
Make sure you loaded all the kernel drivers you need.
Try sensors-detect to find out which these are.

How come?

I got an Dell Latitude D620 computer...

any help would be appreciated

[Gossie]

(there are 2 types of Q-fan control for my MOBO - M2N-E which is the CPU and the MOBO), there is 3 Q-fan control profiles to choose from. Silent,Optimum and Performance.

Hi Libos,

There is only one choise in my BIOS: Q fan controller enabled or disabled. I cannot control the Chassis fan, and a lot of other people who have the same mobo, Asus A8N-E, have the same problem.

In your blog (http://bsling.blogspot.com/2007/06/h...-asus-m2n.html) I saw you have also 127 degrees Celcius as high temp, according to your 'sensors' (lm-sensors) ouput. And then you have read some specifications about your hardware and then you changed the min. and max. temperature. Cool.

Do you get your chassis fan under control with pwmconfig? Did you install fancontrol?

Bye,
Gossie