[NTLUG:Discuss] Temperature Triggers

[Gilbert Morrow]

BIOS controls the CPU temperature threshold, OS uses it to determine
readings.
I use to overclock a lot in the past, I used water cooling for the old game
boxes. I still have one for an old AMD processor, radiator, fan, and
heatsink water block.
On Aug 27, 2015 3:09 PM, "Stephen Davidson" <gorky at freenet.carleton.ca>
wrote:

> Greetings.
>
> I have an oldstyle AMD CPU, one of the first generations after the
> legendary "Cook an egg on it". (I tried Googling for one of the videos
> from that era, but no luck in the first couple of pages, sorry).
>
> Normal max operating temp is 95c, but the system does a protective
> shutdown at 90c.  I've tried modifying this in lm_sensors
> /etc/sensors.d, but so far no luck.  The current documentation seems to
> be not current with the current code.  I have an entry:
>
> compute temp1 @+10, at +10
>
> but it seems that:
>  - only the first @+10 is read and is used both for setting critical and
> adjusting display
>  - temp1 is now displaying 10c higher than other sensors.
>
> NOTE: There is generally a 5c temp difference between 'Core0' and Temp1,
> Temp1 being higher.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Regards,
> Steve
>
>
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