From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jean Delvare Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 10:22:17 +0000 Subject: Re: [lm-sensors] sensor 3.3.1 and previous do not properly detect/show CPUTIN temperature - maximus Message-Id: <20120428122217.03c213a1@endymion.delvare> 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 Sat, 28 Apr 2012 11:08:23 +0100, Martin Suchanek wrote: > On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 5:30 AM, Guenter Roeck > wrote: > > The answer is quite simple - the board get the CPU temperature using PECI, > > which the w83627ehf/nct67765 driver reports is as "PECI Agent 0". > > Open Hardware Monitor maps that temperature into the CPU temperature > > display > > and ignores CPUTIN. Which makes sense, since the purpose of PECI is to > > report > > the CPU temperature. > > > > So all you need to do is to ignore the value of CPUTIN and use the "PECI > > Agent 0" > > temperature instead. > > I am now confused ? > I do not know technical details but according to ASUS technical support > CPUTIN is temperature of motherboard (not cpu socket , not cpu yourself ) > what exactly this temperature means ? Labels are suggestions from the chip maker, unfortunately board vendors are free to not follow these suggestions and wire the inputs differently. Confusion ensues... -- Jean Delvare _______________________________________________ lm-sensors mailing list lm-sensors@lm-sensors.org http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors