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lm-sensors is reporting weird temps for me:

$ sensors
coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0:      +38.0°C  (high = +72.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)  

coretemp-isa-0001
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 1:      +35.0°C  (high = +72.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)  

coretemp-isa-0002
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 2:      +32.0°C  (high = +72.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)  

coretemp-isa-0003
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 3:      +42.0°C  (high = +72.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)  

w83627dhg-isa-0290
Adapter: ISA adapter
Vcore:       +1.10 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +1.74 V)   
in1:         +1.62 V  (min =  +0.06 V, max =  +0.17 V)   ALARM
AVCC:        +3.34 V  (min =  +2.98 V, max =  +3.63 V)   
VCC:         +3.34 V  (min =  +2.98 V, max =  +3.63 V)   
in4:         +1.83 V  (min =  +1.30 V, max =  +1.15 V)   ALARM
in5:         +1.26 V  (min =  +0.83 V, max =  +1.03 V)   ALARM
in6:         +0.11 V  (min =  +1.22 V, max =  +0.56 V)   ALARM
3VSB:        +3.30 V  (min =  +2.98 V, max =  +3.63 V)   
Vbat:        +3.18 V  (min =  +2.70 V, max =  +3.30 V)   
fan1:          0 RPM  (min =    0 RPM, div = 128)  ALARM
fan2:       1117 RPM  (min =  860 RPM, div = 8)
fan3:          0 RPM  (min = 10546 RPM, div = 128)  ALARM
fan4:          0 RPM  (min = 10546 RPM, div = 128)  ALARM
fan5:          0 RPM  (min = 10546 RPM, div = 128)  ALARM
temp1:       +88.0°C  (high = +20.0°C, hyst =  +4.0°C)  ALARM  sensor = diode
temp2:       +25.0°C  (high = +80.0°C, hyst = +75.0°C)  sensor = diode
temp3:      +121.5°C  (high = +80.0°C, hyst = +75.0°C)  ALARM  sensor = thermistor
cpu0_vid:   +2.050 V

Please note temp3. How can I know what temp3 is, and why it is so high? The system is really stable (which I guess it wouldn't be at those temps). Also, note the really decent core temps, which suggest a healthy system as well.

My guess is that the readout is wrong. On another computer it reported temperatures below 0 degrees centigrade, which was not possible, considering the environment temperature of ~22-24.

Is this some known bug/issue? Should I try some Windows programs (like CPU-Z) and see they give similar results?

2 Answers 2

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Depending on your hardware the sensors on your motherboard need additional calibration. Unfortunately the standard values given in /etc/sensors.conf and in /etc/sensors3.conf can only give you rough estimates because of variations in your hardware.

However there is nothing that can't be set up. There are many self-explanatory notes in the sensors.conf file and you will also find additional information in man sensors.conf on how to do this.

If your really need precise values there is no way other than taking a thermometer and measure yourself for setting up the calibration. This can take hours as you need to measure at different temperatures. Such precise values are not really needed for a normal hardware setup. If you feel like overclocking then maybe you need at least calibrate the upper limits to avoid hardware damage.

If you use the lm-sensors panel applet then you also have access to a GUI to ease calibration.

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You either have to follow the traces on the motherboard and have a reference datasheet for the chipset, or you have to make an educated guess. In your case I would say temp3 is almost certainly just not connected to a sensor and so it always reads at max temp.

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