lm_senors problem

sollord · Post by **sollord** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 2:52 am

I'm using the sensors.conf posted here but i get a few errors.. and I have no clue how to fix it let alone whats wrong. It's a fresh install of centos 4. Heres what my sensors returns when i run it.

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[root@localhost init.d]# sensors
w83782d-isa-0290
Adapter: ISA adapter
VCore 1:   +2.02 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +0.00 V)
Vtt:       +1.50 V  (min =  +1.42 V, max =  +1.57 V)
+3.3V:     +3.30 V  (min =  +3.14 V, max =  +3.46 V)
+5V:       +5.00 V  (min =  +4.73 V, max =  +5.24 V)
+12V:     +11.92 V  (min = +10.82 V, max = +13.19 V)
-12V:     -11.70 V  (min = -13.18 V, max = -10.88 V)
-5V:       -4.95 V  (min =  -5.25 V, max =  -4.75 V)
V5SB:      +4.95 V  (min =  +4.73 V, max =  +5.24 V)
VCore2:    +2.02 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +0.00 V)
CPU2 fan: 4326 RPM  (min =  664 RPM, div = 8)
CPU1 fan: 4218 RPM  (min =  664 RPM, div = 8)
CPU1 temp:   +31°C  (high =   +60°C, hyst =   +55°C)   sensor = thermistor
CPU2 temp: +32.0°C  (high =   +60°C, hyst =   +55°C)   sensor = thermistor
MB temp:   +34.5°C  (high =   +60°C, hyst =   +55°C)   sensor = thermistor
ERROR: Can't get VID data!
alarms:
beep_enable:
          Sound alarm enabled

w83782d-i2c-0-2d
Adapter: SMBus PIIX4 adapter at 5000
VCore 1:   +2.00 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +0.00 V)
Vtt:       +1.52 V  (min =  +1.42 V, max =  +1.57 V)
+3.3V:     +3.28 V  (min =  +3.14 V, max =  +3.46 V)
+5V:       +4.89 V  (min =  +4.73 V, max =  +5.24 V)
+12V:     +11.98 V  (min = +10.82 V, max = +13.19 V)
-12V:     -11.70 V  (min = -13.18 V, max = -10.88 V)
-5V:       -4.95 V  (min =  -5.25 V, max =  -4.75 V)
V5SB:      +4.95 V  (min =  +4.73 V, max =  +5.24 V)
VCore2:    +1.98 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +0.00 V)
CPU2 fan: 4326 RPM  (min =  664 RPM, div = 8)
CPU1 fan: 4218 RPM  (min =  664 RPM, div = 8)
CPU1 temp:   +32°C  (high =   +60°C, hyst =   +55°C)   sensor = thermistor
CPU2 temp: +31.5°C  (high =   +60°C, hyst =   +55°C)   sensor = thermistor
MB temp:   +34.5°C  (high =   +60°C, hyst =   +55°C)   sensor = thermistor
ERROR: Can't get VID data!
alarms:
beep_enable:
          Sound alarm enabled

eeprom-i2c-0-52
Adapter: SMBus PIIX4 adapter at 5000
Memory type:            SDR SDRAM DIMM
Memory size (MB):       128

eeprom-i2c-0-51
Adapter: SMBus PIIX4 adapter at 5000
Memory type:            SDR SDRAM DIMM
Memory size (MB):       256

Dave Rave · Post by **Dave Rave** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 4:44 am

( I have no idea, it's linux ? )
all the figures look ok.
what's the error ?
or .... VID, what's that .!?

purrkur · Post by **purrkur** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 7:18 am

VID stands for "Voltage Identification" and it is used for identifying the CPU core voltage. When I run my sensors I get the following for vid:

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vid:      +2.000 V  (VRM Version 8.2)

VRM stands for "Voltage Regulation Module". The version number refers to a DC-DC Converter Design Guidelines set by Intel and 8.2 happens to work for PII's, PIII's and Celerons (or some versions thereof).

So to translate, when you set the core voltage for the CPU's in the BP6 BIOS, that information is fed back into the sensor chip so that applications can access that data. So my sensors.conf does not set this value or calculate it. It simply asks the sensor chip for that information. I do use this value to calculate the lower and higher values for Vcore1 and 2 which is why you have no values there.

The fact that you are getting error for vid could mean a number of things like old, incompatable software versions to hardware failure. I have a number of questions for you:

1. What BIOS version number are you running?
2. What version of sensors are you running? (Check with the command "sensors -v")
What version of the kernel are you running? (the output from "uname -a" would do just fine)
4. Go into BIOS and check if you can see all voltages represented correctly there.
5. Do you have any bulging/leaking capacitors on your BP6?

Oh, btw, Welcome to the bp6.com forums sollord!

sollord · Post by **sollord** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 3:40 pm

Heres the version I'm gonna reboot now and check the rest...

sensors version 2.8.7 with libsensors version 2.8.7

Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.9 #1 SMP Wed Jan 5 19:30:39 EST 2005 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

Ok the volatages are all in the bios and i can't see any problems with the caps though I might have a few problems since lately it hasn't always been turning on when i power it on. Everything spins up but the video never kicks in for some reasons.

As for BIOS version ummm it says 2A69KA1S in the bios at the top 4.51PG at the top when it reboots

purrkur · Post by **purrkur** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 11:50 pm

Your sensors version and kernel should work just fine together. As for the BIOS, those have a two letter name like RU and RV (with the latter being the latest). If you haven't upgraded it on this board then I am pretty sure you have an older BIOS. I am not sure if it would help to upgrade or not.

I am pretty sure that you are experiencing some hardware problems now that you mention the startup issues. What is it that you have in your machine (CPU's, video etc). Are you overclocking your board atm?

sollord · Post by **sollord** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 2:28 am

2 433 Celerons
2 128Mb Dimm 1 256Mb Dimm
1 Radeon 7000
1 80gig maxtor
2 nics
1 16x dvd
1 floppy

Thats it...

Never OC'ed

Also now that I think about it the BIOS doesn't like my 80gig drive I'm runing ti on the Raid controller cause the bios doesn't see it... I'm thinking i need to flash the bios to fix that... Since it saw my 20gig i tested it with and it still see the dvd drive

EDIT: Well now I'm pretty sure something wrong it locked up hard when i was posting this message and i had to reboot. I'm not sure but I have doubts on the stability of the ram since it's stuff i took out of my other systems... I'll probally try and test it later since i know the 256MB Dimm is solid as it just came from a gentoo box that was up 21days...

purrkur · Post by **purrkur** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 3:01 am

OK. Begin with updating the BIOS. You can find the latest version here on BP6.com. As for the memory, remove the 128MB stick you got in there to make sure that you don't have any issues with that. You can also run memtest86 which is the best memory checker I have ever used. You can find that here: http://www.memtest86.com/. You can download the ISO and make a bootable CD that will only run continuous tests on your memory. If it doesn't fail at all then your memory is fine, guaranteed! I have never seen it produce a false positive.

Also, many here in the forums wouldn't use the HPT366 even if they were paid for using it.

purrkur · Post by **purrkur** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 3:47 am

OK. Begin with updating the BIOS. You can find the latest version here on BP6.com. As for the memory, remove the 128MB stick you got in there to make sure that you don't have any issues with that. You can also run memtest86 which is the best memory checker I have ever used. You can find that here: http://www.memtest86.com/. You can download the ISO and make a bootable CD that will only run continuous tests on your memory. If it doesn't fail at all then your memory is fine, guaranteed! I have never seen it produce a false positive.

Also, many here in the forums wouldn't use the HPT366 even if they were paid for using it.

sollord · Post by **sollord** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 5:51 am

Hehe well i found the problem... It was one of the 128mb dimms... It was ahalf dead 256mb dimm in reality

memtest ahd a field day with that

I'll update it monday since i don't own a floppy drive anymore -.- So I'm borrows a buddies...

What wrong with the raid controller?