lm-sensors on ASUS P8P67 PRO

[ian dobson]

Sorry but a further update. I just ran a make install and the module installed fine so now with the w83627ehf and coretemp installed sensors gives me the following rather dubious output:

coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0: +28.0°C (high = +80.0°C, crit = +98.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0001
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 1: +26.0°C (high = +80.0°C, crit = +98.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0002
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 2: +35.0°C (high = +80.0°C, crit = +98.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0003
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 3: +34.0°C (high = +80.0°C, crit = +98.0°C)

nct6776-isa-0290
Adapter: ISA adapter
Vcore: +0.90 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +1.74 V)
in1: +1.02 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +0.00 V) ALARM
AVCC: +3.36 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +0.00 V) ALARM
+3.3V: +3.36 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +0.00 V) ALARM
in4: +1.01 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +0.00 V) ALARM
in5: +2.04 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +0.00 V) ALARM
3VSB: +3.42 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +0.00 V) ALARM
Vbat: +3.30 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +0.00 V) ALARM
fan1: 674 RPM (min = 0 RPM) ALARM
fan2: 365 RPM (min = 0 RPM) ALARM
fan3: 1095 RPM (min = 0 RPM) ALARM
fan4: 763 RPM (min = 0 RPM) ALARM
fan5: 0 RPM (min = 0 RPM) ALARM
SYSTIN: +29.0°C (high = +0.0°C, hyst = +0.0°C) ALARM sensor = thermistor
CPUTIN: -60.0°C (high = +80.0°C, hyst = +75.0°C) sensor = diode
AUXTIN: +30.0°C (high = +80.0°C, hyst = +75.0°C) sensor = thermistor
PECI Agent 0: +30.5°C
cpu0_vid: +2.050 V


Note the negative CPUTIN temperature (whatever that is). I'm not running a liquid nitrogen cooled system ;-> So any ideas why this output is so funky?

By the way do you know which of these fans is which? My motherboard labels the fans chassis 1, chassis 2, cpu and power with the first three being bios controllable I think. Any idea how this maps onto fans 1-4 above? My board is the p8p67 pro b3 revision.

The CPUTIN is incorrect/the sensor isn't wired up. Here's my configuration for my p8p67 (just add it to /etc/sensors3.conf)

# nct6776 values for Asus p8p67 pro
    label temp1 "MB"
    set temp1_max 38
    set temp1_max_hyst 35

    ignore temp2

    label temp3 "CPU"

    set fan1_min 200
    set fan2_min 400
    set fan3_min 300
    set fan4_min 200
    ignore fan5

    label in0 "Vcore"
    set in0_min  1.1 * 0.9
    set in0_max  1.1 * 1.15

    label in1 "+12V"
    compute in1 @ * 12, @ / 12
    set in1_min  12 * 0.95
    set in1_max  12 * 1.1

    label in2 "AVCC"
    set in2_min  3.3 * 0.95
    set in2_max  3.3 * 1.1

    label in3 "+3.3V"
    set in3_min  3.3 * 0.95
    set in3_max  3.3 * 1.1

    label in4 "+5V"
    compute in4 @ * 5, @ / 5
    set in4_min  5 * 0.95
    set in4_max  5 * 1.1

    ignore in5

    label in7 "3VSB"
    set in7_min  3.3 * 0.95
    set in7_max  3.3 * 1.1

    label in8 "Vbat"
    set in8_min  3.3 * 0.95
    set in8_max  3.3 * 1.1

To findout which fan is atteched to which input just run watch sensors from the terminal and manually stop one fan after the other and see which fan slows down.

Regards
Ian Dobson

[jebus_beler]

Thanks a lot for the response Ian and for the driver!

Should the lines you gave me to add to /etc/sensors3.conf not be preceded by a "chip" label? The file currently seems to have a lot of configuration options for various chips each with a chip "name" header.

No doubt this is a very basic question but can you set the fan's speeds or min speeds from lm-sensors -- you seem to be doing that in your config file. I thought these asus boards only let you control three out of the four fans.

For the CPUTIN my bios does seem to give me the cpu temperature information and its not a number that shows up in any of the sensors output (sensors shows the cores running ~30C while the bios shows the CPU at ~45C). Is there something I'm supposed to connect up to let CPUTIN be read? I haven't enabled TPU or EPU -- could that be the problem?

[jebus_beler]

This is a bit off-topic but to address my own earlier question about the motherboard compatibility with linux it seems that bluetooth works quite well out of the box with ubuntu 11.04.

[ian dobson]

Thanks a lot for the response Ian and for the driver!

Should the lines you gave me to add to /etc/sensors3.conf not be preceded by a "chip" label? The file currently seems to have a lot of configuration options for various chips each with a chip "name" header.

No doubt this is a very basic question but can you set the fan's speeds or min speeds from lm-sensors -- you seem to be doing that in your config file. I thought these asus boards only let you control three out of the four fans.

For the CPUTIN my bios does seem to give me the cpu temperature information and its not a number that shows up in any of the sensors output (sensors shows the cores running ~30C while the bios shows the CPU at ~45C). Is there something I'm supposed to connect up to let CPUTIN be read? I haven't enabled TPU or EPU -- could that be the problem?

Yep. you need to add the line
chip "nct6775-*" "nct6776-*"

above text I gave you.
The CPUTIN just doesn't work, ASUS didn't wire up the input on the motherboard.

Have a look at the fancontrol program to control your fan speeds.

Regards
Ian Dobson

[rwsmith61]

Not sure if all of the boards/user guides for the P8P67 use the same fan designators but here are the fan mappings for the nct6776 based on my rev B3 board and guide (my ref page 2-27):

PWR_FAN1 --> fan3
CPU_FAN --> fan2
CHA_FAN1 --> fan1
CHA_FAN2 --> fan4

Merge the following lines to sensors3.conf for chip "nct6776-*":

label fan1 "Chassis1"
label fan2 "CPU"
label fan3 "Power"
label fan4 "Chassis2"

Of course you can rename the quoted strings to match your rig. If you don't use a fan then just add for example:

ignore fan3

After running sensors -s, you should get something similar to the following output:

# sensors
radeon-pci-0100
Adapter: PCI adapter
temp1:       +53.0°C                                    

coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0:      +65.0°C  (high = +80.0°C, crit = +98.0°C)  

coretemp-isa-0001
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 1:      +73.0°C  (high = +80.0°C, crit = +98.0°C)  

coretemp-isa-0002
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 2:      +75.0°C  (high = +80.0°C, crit = +98.0°C)  

coretemp-isa-0003
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 3:      +65.0°C  (high = +80.0°C, crit = +98.0°C)  

nct6776-isa-0290
Adapter: ISA adapter
Vcore:        +0.94 V  (min =  +0.99 V, max =  +1.26 V)   ALARM
+12V:        +12.19 V  (min = +11.42 V, max = +13.25 V)   
AVCC:         +3.34 V  (min =  +3.14 V, max =  +3.63 V)   
+3.3V:        +3.34 V  (min =  +3.14 V, max =  +3.63 V)   
+5V:          +5.04 V  (min =  +4.76 V, max =  +5.52 V)   
3VSB:         +3.46 V  (min =  +3.14 V, max =  +3.63 V)   
Vbat:         +3.38 V  (min =  +3.14 V, max =  +3.63 V)   
Chassis:     1284 RPM  (min =  200 RPM)
CPU:         2000 RPM  (min =  400 RPM)
Disks:       1195 RPM  (min =  200 RPM)
MB:           +33.0°C  (high = +38.0°C, hyst = +35.0°C)  sensor = thermistor
CPU:          +52.5°C  (high = +80.0°C, hyst = +75.0°C)  sensor = thermistor
PECI Agent 0: +64.0°C                                    
cpu0_vid:    +2.050 V

Bob
--bs

[jebus_beler]

Thanks rwsmith61. I have a p8p67 pro and the fan designations you give match the numbers I'm getting (by comparing the bios figures with what linux is reporting).

Out of curiosity the sensors output you gave was not while the system was idle right? Your rpms and temps are way higher than mine.

[rwsmith61]

Thanks rwsmith61. I have a p8p67 pro and the fan designations you give match the numbers I'm getting (by comparing the bios figures with what linux is reporting).

Out of curiosity the sensors output you gave was not while the system was idle right? Your rpms and temps are way higher than mine.

No, these are not system idle numbers. I'm running five simultaneous BOINC projects at 80% total CPU cycles. Today these numbers are lower than normal because a couple projects are awaiting updates.

Regards,
Bob
--bs


BOINC Stats todate:

[jebus_beler]

Because of a really big problem with the nvidia drivers in 11.04 I'm considering installing ubuntu 10.04 (I think the driver problem also occurs for 10.10). Does anyone have experience with this motherboard on 10.04? Will the sensor module (w83627ehf) still compile and run on that version of ubuntu?

If you have an nvidia card and are running 11.04 I'd be curious to hear if you're having problems or not. See:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...2#post10764312

[paulisdead]

Because of a really big problem with the nvidia drivers in 11.04 I'm considering installing ubuntu 10.04 (I think the driver problem also occurs for 10.10). Does anyone have experience with this motherboard on 10.04? Will the sensor module (w83627ehf) still compile and run on that version of ubuntu?

If you have an nvidia card and are running 11.04 I'd be curious to hear if you're having problems or not. See:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...2#post10764312

Mine's been fine, but I used an older fix for this with CCSM. Under General, click on Composite, and set the refresh rate to 120hz and make sure sync to vblank is on in nvidia-settings.

I have actually been having this odd quirk, that started happening when I got this video card, even on my old mobo. Though it's been worse with this one, and seems to happen more often with natty. Sometimes when I bootup, compiz is chewing up the cpu like crazy, and all GUI effects are severely laggy. I had thought it was only after I booted to Ubuntu after playing a game in windows, and normally a full shutdown would fix it. But today I had it happen on a clean startup after it being off all day. I had to shutdown twice, in fact to get it to stop.

[ian dobson]

Because of a really big problem with the nvidia drivers in 11.04 I'm considering installing ubuntu 10.04 (I think the driver problem also occurs for 10.10). Does anyone have experience with this motherboard on 10.04? Will the sensor module (w83627ehf) still compile and run on that version of ubuntu?

If you have an nvidia card and are running 11.04 I'd be curious to hear if you're having problems or not. See:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...2#post10764312

The module compiles without any problems. I'm running mythtv on one of my boxes and I've not seen any problems with video playback.

Regards
Ian Dobson