From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Guenter Roeck Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 03:58:45 +0000 Subject: Re: [lm-sensors] high value for CPUTIN Message-Id: <20121031035845.GA25948@roeck-us.net> List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: lm-sensors@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 11:18:00PM -0300, Alejandro Jakubi wrote: > >No. Problem is that PECI does not report an absolute temperature, but the > >difference to Tjmax, which is the maximum CPU temperature (reported as critical > >temperature by coretemp). The NCT6776F has a register which needs to be programmed > >to that value. Usually that is done in the BIOS. Looks like the BIOS did not > >program the correct value on your board. > > I see. However, if this NCT6776F register were wrongly programed, it seems > to me like there should be a systematic error in the reported temperature. > However, this is not what I am observing. For instance, the value of PECI 0 in > my first post (showing the complete output) was 33.5C, with all the other > temperatures (except CPUTIN) in a close range. Now its value is about 30C (+/- > 1C, I am following it with xsensors), again in close agreement with the other > readings. > > So, it seems to me like something else caused yesterday that PECI 0 had > reported a value over 10C below "normal". Two things come to my mind: an > erratic failure of this device, or that previously to the reported low > reading, I had booted to Win 7 and installed SpeedFan 4.47 (as a check about > the high value reported for the CPU). > > I will keep looking at the PECI 0 value as summer comes here shortly... > PECI is actually _very_ inaccurate for low temperatures, so this is not really surprising. > In any case, are the values reported by Core 0 to 3 more reliable? > Good question. I don't really know; those are also known to be inaccurate for low temperatures. Guenter _______________________________________________ lm-sensors mailing list lm-sensors@lm-sensors.org http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors