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A set of hardware health monitoring tools.

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Problem detecting temperature and speed sensors in Ubuntu

I installed lm-sensors and then psensor to monitor temperature and speed on my Ubuntu laptop, but when I run sudo sensors-detect, I get "No i2c device files found". Any advice on how to fix ...
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Did lm-sensors affected my hardware in Ubuntu?

Yesterday I used lm-sensors in Ubuntu 23.04 to check my component's temperature. Everything worked fine, but then I used sensor-detect and said 'Yes' to every option (even the last one that updates /...
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lm-sensor doesn't show fan speed

Well. I'm really tired of this. I'm trying to detect my CPU fan speed but without success. Problem is I have this Nuvoton 6798D chip (mobo: ASUS TUF GAMING B560M-E) and the only workaround which I ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 fancontrol & i8k not working

I have Dell Latitude 7480 running Ubuntu 22.04, and I tried installing fancontrol and i8kutils because my fan is simply not working, but after running pwmconfig I got following message: Found the ...
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Problem to install Fancontrol with Ubuntu 22.04 and MSI motherboard

I wanted to control my fan speed with the fancontrol package. I soon run into this problem: /usr/sbin/pwmconfig: There are no pwm-capable sensor modules installed After a bit of research, I realised ...
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I am not getting the CPU Temerature

I have a AMD Ryzen 7 7700X, I din't know it has integrated graphics, otherwise I wouldn't buy it. Anyway, I try to get the temerature reading an this is what I get with sensors. amdgpu-pci-1700 ...
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sensors-detect not detecting or adding modules (22.04)

So I have the following system: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8 Cores 32 GB DDR4 GIGABYTE X570S AORUS ELITE AX GIGABYTE NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Rev 2.0 8GB NZXT Kraken x53 AIO Cooler (2 fans 1 pump) Corsair ...
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Interpreting lm-sensors output

First is my wifi module, second my SSD, third my CPU with individual cores, but what is the last one: "pch_skylake-virtual-0"?
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What is the difference between thinkpad-isa-0000 and coretemp-isa-0000 temperatures?

After installing lm-sensors, I can run sensors and the output is ucsi_source_psy_USBC000:001-isa-0000 Adapter: ISA adapter in0: 5.00 V (min = +5.00 V, max = +20.00 V) curr1: 3.00 A ...
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What's the extent of the damage that lm_sensors can do?

I started using lm_sensors in Ubuntu 22.04 (on a desktop PC) for the purpose of checking my CPU temperature and have a look at what other sensors there might be. I don't have much knowledge in the ...
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cpu sensor name vague

so I have installed lm-sensor and ran the sensor-detect saying yes to everything, and also installed psensor, but both of them don't really show me my cpu temperature. But a couple of things are named ...
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How to disable Ubuntu control of fan speed

I have dual boot with Ubuntu 22.04, kernel version: 5.17.5-051705-generic and Windows 10. When using Windows, the fans work silently, while in the case of Ubuntu, it seems that they are set to the ...
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How to completely revert the changes done by lm-sensors?

I installed lm-sensors couple of week ago, and accepted all the defaults. Soon i started to notice that my laptop (lenovo Ideapad 3 i7-10U) started to heat up more than usual. Also, even if i boot to ...
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ubuntu 20.04 sensors ( lm-sensor ) to syslog - Missing sensord

I found an article about sensord missing from v20.04.From a while ago called what is the new equiv of sensord. In it there is a comment : On Ubuntu 20.04 it is also missing. It's not in lm-sensors and ...
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Unable to see fan speed on Ubuntu 20.04 with MSI board

Just a preface, I know there are numerous questions about this, but I do believe that mine is a different case. Every now and then, after restarting my computer (often after updating Nvidia drivers), ...
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No fan speed regulation on HP Elitebook 1020 X360 G2

I am using Ubuntu 20.04 and am facing an issue with my laptop fan. On startup the fan is blowing full speed and makes a lot of noise. I installed lm-sensors and psensor and found out that one of the ...
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Motd temperature reading is incorrect after processor change

I recently changed my CPU and MOBO to i5-12400 installed in the Gigabyte B660M DS3H DD4 motherboard. Since then I have been having wrong motd Temperature readings: Welcome to Ubuntu 21.10 (GNU/Linux 5....
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Configuring fan control on HP to solve fan noise problems?

My laptop (Notebook HP 250 G5) makes a lot of noise from time to time. I've been exploring several questions and answers from this site (and others) but still haven't found how to solve it. The ...
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lm-sensors: From sensors command, what is "Package id 0"?

When I run sensors on my xubuntu machine, I get the following: coretemp-isa-0000 Adapter: ISA adapter Package id 0: +80.0°C (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C) Core 0: +80.0°C (high = +100.0°...
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lm-sensors not working on new Server

I have a new Server here freshly installed with Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS. After booting into the System the Fans get faster and faster until the spin at 100% it seems. I've installed lm-sensors and ran ...
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How to tell which option relates to my temp sensor when using pwmconfig

I'm looking to control my fan speeds in Ubuntu 20.04 based on the liquid temp that is recorded by the temp sensor on my Asus Strix B550-I ITX motherboard. I can make this work with my fan controller ...
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Psensor customize label add space

I am using Psensor and using the the label feature of sensors which allows Ubuntu top bar to show the temps and usage, but currently their spacing is too close and looking at it sometimes confuses me. ...
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How to show indicators in top panel in ubuntu 20.04.3?

I have ubuntu 20.04.3. What i want is basically small graphical icons and then some sensors values, like cpu and ram usage percentage, cpu and gpu temp, network up/down speeds What I've tried sudo ...
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Explanation of lmsensor output

I am using a small GUI widget that uses lmsensors to display temperatures of CPU, GPU, SSD, and other parts. But, you will have to manually select the device recognising it using its lmsensor name. ...
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Actual CPU Core Temperature for AMD Threadripper 2970WX

When we get the CPU temperatures for an AMD Threadripper 2970WX in Ubuntu 20.04, does the reported temperatures account for the 27 degree celcius offset? Snippet of a sensors output: k10temp-pci-00c3 ...
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Differences between acpi thermal zone and lm-sensors on the cpu temperature

I'd like to monitor the CPU temperature, but I found that both paths contain cpu temp info, x86_pkg_temp under /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone2/temp and cores' temp under /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon1/temp*...
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21.04 Server help with CPU temperature readings

I have installed lm-sensors and when I run the sensor command I get this: enp69s0-pci-4500 Adapter: PCI adapter PHY Temperature: +48.0°C MAC Temperature: +48.7°C amd_energy-isa-0000 Adapter: ...
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Is it safe to scan nvidia i2c with sensors-detect (lm-sensors)

I have an RTX 3090, and nvidia-smi is able to provide one temperature, however the video memory tends to run hot in this card and this is not reflected by this number. When I run sensors-detect (from ...
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Ryzen voltage on Ubuntu

I started machine on Ubuntu with Ryzen 7 3800x and want to check CPU temp and voltage. I already installed the newest kernel: Linux 5.12.0-051200rc6-generic I've added: acpi_enforce_resources=lax ...
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Remapping a fan to work with a different temperature sensor?

I have what seems to be a driver problem on my machine powered by Kubuntu 20.04 LTS. A fan is sporadically driven to full speed and I noticed that when that happens the sensors command reports temp1 ...
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lm-sensors, what's the difference between "max" and "crit" temperature?

running sensors -j -u i get, among other things, { "coretemp-isa-0001":{ "Adapter": "ISA adapter", "Core 0":{ "temp2_input": ...
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How to view what sensors-detect scanned?

I am using lm-sensors and Ran sensors-detect. Can I view what sensors-detect scanned for? At the end of running sensors detect I got a report, but I didn’t remember it. I want to see what sensors-...
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Aorus Z490 lm-sensors: Did sensors-detect corrupt my temperatures?

in linux I ran sensors-detect, which I now learned is a potentially dangerous program. Fortunately I am 90% confident I accepted all of the defaults. I want to be completely sure. I just got my pc and ...
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lm-sensors and psensor have different temp1 readings

Using psensor, temp1 reads at around 92 degrees Celsius (and fan spins at around 4000RPM) while lm-sensors' temp1 reading is at 32 degrees. This is the psensor reading. This is the lm-sensors reading. ...
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What is the new equivalent of sensord?

Sensord is a daemon that can be used to periodically log sensor readings from hardware health-monitoring chips to syslog(3) or a round-robin database (RRD) and to alert when a sensor alarm is ...
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Low lm-sensors voltages on Gigabyte GA-H87-D3H

I'm seeing the following readings from lmsensors $ sensors it8728-isa-0a30 Adapter: ISA adapter in0: 24.00 mV (min = +0.00 V, max = +3.06 V) in1: 2.03 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +...
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New Gigabyte SSD reporting 100C but gsmartcontrol says 33C

I just installed a brand new GIGABYTE GP-GSTFS31120GNTD 120Gb SSD. Psensor reports values of 100C for every value, i.e. Value, Min, Max. The drive appears to be cool, and psensor is correctly ...
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Not detecting sensors

I tried to detect the sensors, but I couldn't. First I installed lm-sensors. Then I ran the detect-sensor: # sensors-detect revision 6284 (2015-05-31 14:00:33 +0200) # System: HPE ProLiant DL360 Gen10 ...
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how to ensure that sensors-detect didn't cause any damage

I bought a Dell Inspiron 15 5501 (Intel Core i7-1065G7) last week and installed Ubuntu 18.04 alongside Windows 10. I wanted to check if the fan was working in Ubuntu and found out that one can use ...
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control GPU fan speed AMD RADEON RX 590

I have Ubuntu 20.04 installed alongside windows as dual boot system. When running Windows the fans are quiet but running Ubuntu the fans are louder than normally is on windows. I would like to be able ...
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/usr/sbin/pwmconfig: There are no pwm-capable sensor modules installed | Ubuntu 18.04

I've follow this https://askubuntu.com/questions/22108/how-to-control-fan-speed and many others posts and tutorials, but always stop on this error: /usr/sbin/pwmconfig: There are no pwm-capable sensor ...
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lm-sensors only detects CPU temperatures, despite runing sensors-detect and loading /etc/modules (Intel i7 7700k + Asus TUF Z270 Mark II)

I am trying to monitor the temperatures and fan speeds of my desktop PC (Intel i7-7700k + Asus TUF Z270 Mark II + GeForce GTX 1060) through lm-sensors but sensors only outputs CPU info. I run several ...
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Error while installing lm-sensors [closed]

While installing lm-sensors (to check CPU temperature) package in ubuntu , i was getting this error message: sirjan@sirjan-MY32BBZ7A:~$ sudo apt-get install lm-sensors sudo apt-get --fix-broken ...
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Does 'sensors' command show accurate temprature of CPU cores?

I am a bit confused about how does sensors command work? My CPU Model is Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4720HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz When I turn on my laptop it shows me avg 50 degrees centigrade temperature, If I ...
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Terminal command to show a summary of memory used, temperature, and GPU use in a single screen, in a simple way

Is there a Terminal command to show a summary of memory used, temperature degrees, and GPU use in a single screen, in a simple way? I want in terminal to give me information in a summary fashion of ...
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lm-sensors not showing information

After running sensors-detect and using all default settings, when running sensors I do not get a lot of information: schoolbusesc2@desktop:~$ sensors enp4s0-pci-0400 Adapter: PCI adapter PHY ...
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Fan sporadically maxed on wake-up due to unavailable sensor temperature

I'm running Kubuntu on my Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (4th generation). Since a recent upgrade to 20.04 LTS, I have the following problem. Upon wake-up from standby the laptop's fan is sporadically set ...
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laptop fan not recognized by ubuntu 20.04

i ran sudo sensors-detect and it gave me this # sensors-detect version 3.6.0 # System: LENOVO 81H7 [Lenovo ideapad 130-15IKB] (laptop) # Board: LENOVO LNVNB161216 # Kernel: 5.4.0-31-generic x86_64 # ...
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Can't monitor CPU temperature using lm-sensors

I installed lm-senosrs and ran sudo sensors-detect. Here is what I get: # sensors-detect revision 6284 (2015-05-31 14:00:33 +0200) # System: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Z390 GAMING X [Default ...
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lm-sensors / psensor shows very high readings for temp5 & temp6 compared to other sensors

Psensor Readings Details about temp sensors upon clicking Preferences I am using Ubuntu 20.04LTS in Thinkpad L380 Yoga. Recently I faced some overheating issues during laptop charging. So I ...
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