Re: lm_sensors reports different cpu temp than bios

[Alan Horn <ahorn deorth org>]

On Sat, 18 Sep 2004, Christopher J. Bottaro wrote:

> Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2004 13:37:27 -0500
> From: Christopher J. Bottaro <cjbottaro alumni cs utexas edu>
> Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list redhat com>
> To: fedora-list redhat com
> Subject: lm_sensors reports different cpu temp than bios
>
> hello,
> i'm a bit confused as to why lm_sensors reports a much different cpu
> temperature reading than my bios (i.e. when i startup my computer, enter
> the bios setup screen and go to pc health status).  lm_sensors reports
> roughly 20 degrees (C) cooler.  i'm using lm_sensors-2.8.6-1.
>
> thanks for the help.

At a guess...

When you start up your computer, your CPU isn't really doing an awful lot.

The temperature can change rapidly once its starts drawing power, 
especially after you boot the OS, it will have done quite a lot in the 
last few minutes there..

I could be wrong of course..