[Fedora] Re: Odd "sensors" output

Philip Prindeville philipp_subx at redfish-solutions.com
Tue Jul 19 02:55:57 UTC 2005


Ashley M. Kirchner wrote:

> Philip Prindeville wrote:
>
>> Did you compare the output of "lspci -v -n" and the 
>> /etc/modprobe.conf files? 
>
>
>    Yep and the difference there is that some of the listed items are 
> revision 2 on one and revision 1 on the other.  The motherboard with 
> the complete output is the revision 1.  Both boards are of the 
> 2000-2001 era.  BIOS versions are both identical, but release dates 
> are different:
>
> [board w/ full 'sensors' report]         [board w/ missing 'sensors' 
> parts]
> DMI type 0, 20 bytes.                    DMI type 0, 20 bytes.
> BIOS Information                         BIOS Information
> Vendor: American Megatrends Inc.         Vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
> Version: 0700xx                          Version: 0700xx
> Release Date: 11/21/00                   Release Date: 11/20/01
> Address: 0xF0000                         Address: 0xF0000
> Runtime Size: 64 kB                      Runtime Size: 64 kB
> ROM Size: 512 kB                         ROM Size: 512 kB
> Characteristics:                         Characteristics:
>  BIOS characteristics not supported       BIOS characteristics not 
> supported
>  ACPI is supported                        ACPI is supported
>  USB legacy is supported                  USB legacy is supported
>  AGP is supported                         AGP is supported
>  I2O boot is supported                    I2O boot is supported
>  LS-120 boot is supported                 LS-120 boot is supported
>  ATAPI Zip drive boot is supported        ATAPI Zip drive boot is 
> supported
>  BIOS boot specification is supported     BIOS boot specification is 
> supported
>
>> Are your BIOS settings the same, also?
>
>
>    That's the only thing I haven't checked yet since it involves 
> taking two production machines down, one of them being our mail spool 
> server.
>

Well, schedule some downtime.

Also consider getting the BIOS version to burn into the other
computer that isn't working as you wish it to.

-Philip




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