Re: CPU Temp under lm sensors

[Troy Campano <troycampano yahoo com>]

What's a safe temp for a CPU to run at? My inspiron 8500 laptop runs at
115 F -170 F.


Is this normal?

On Sat, 2004-01-31 at 00:04, Stephen Walton wrote:
> Mike Chambers wrote:
> 
> >I was wondering if this temp reading was inline with what it was suppose
> >to be or how to find out? 
> >
> There is a file, /etc/sensors.conf, which has algebraic formulas in it 
> for converting the raw numbers which the i2c modules return to 
> temperature, fan speed, and the like.  These formulas are specific to 
> your motherboard manufacturer.
> 
> I was lucky.  Tyan has released official versions of /etc/sensors.conf 
> for at least some of its motherboards.  Check with the manufacturer of 
> yours, or do a Google search on "+your_motherboard_manufacturer 
> +sensors.conf"
> 
> Stephen Walton
> stephen.walton located at csun dot edu
> 
>