Re: [lm-sensors] Strange temperature of AMD FX4100 cpu and power consumption

[Andreas Hartmann <andihartmann@01019freenet.de>]

Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 08, 2012 at 06:34:16PM +0200, Andreas Hartmann wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I'm getting this temperature after more than one hour of
>> activity (mostly idle, load of the machine is: 0,11, 0,17,
>> 0,21):
>> 
>> sensors k10temp-pci-00c3 Adapter: PCI adapter temp1:
>> +14.5°C  (high = +70.0°C) (crit = +70.0°C, hyst = +67.0°C)
>> 
>> 14.5°C is completely impossible as the surrounding temperature
>> is
>>> 20°C.
>> 
>> 
>> fam15h_power-pci-00c4 Adapter: PCI adapter power1:       85.74 W
>> 
>> I read about this value, which would be the power consumption of
>> the CPU. If this would be correct, my cpu wouldn't be a cpu but a
>> light bulb :-) and the fan would most probably run on maximum
>> speed non stop (which it doesn't do - it's running on minimum).
>> 
> If they have a built-in AC unit, both temperature and power
> consumption would make sense. Hmm ... maybe I should apply for a
> patent on that idea :).

Yeah, that's true! Nice idea! Unfortunately, there isn't any built in
AC unit :-(


Regards,
Andreas

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