Questions tagged [sensors]
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How much heat can a heat sensor on a video card handle?
I have some troubles with my XFX HD5770 (video card), the head sensors on my video card are broken but I'm out of warranty. I need to prove to the reseller that I didn't damage the head sensors by for ...
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Is it possible to replace the thermal sensor of my case?
During the update of my computer hardware, I managed to damage one of the thermal sensors which my case has, making the display LCD show a "Er" (Error) on the LCD screen which monitor the temperatures ...
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Are there any disadvantages of having a "free fall sensor" on a hard disk drive?
This is a general question that came out of a specific comparison between the Western Digital Scorpio WD3200BEKT and Western Digital Scorpio WD3200BJKT (which is the same as the former but with a free ...
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sensors-detect does not detect
I am trying to run sensors-detect in Debian6 64 bits and I get:
Sorry, no sensors were detected. Either your system has no sensors, or they are not supported, or they are connected to an I2C or SMBus ...
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How can I manually control a fan from the terminal?
I'm trying to control the fan speed on my desktop, and I'd appreciate your help.
Goal: Use a script to control the fan speed on my computer.
Motivation: The embedded BIOS "Smart Fan" settings isn't ...
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Server keeps resetting
I have a server that keeps resetting. I installed lm_sensors last time, and discovered it was die to the fan not working, causing the temperature to rise.
Now the problem has returned, and lm_sensors ...
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What does the fan speed sensor really report?
I have an overheating issue on my netbook (ASUS EeePC 1015PW), which I'm trying to troubleshoot. Using lm-sensors while overheating gave me this output :
acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
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Automatically detecting temperature sensors on startup (Ubuntu 10.10)
I am very close to achieving my goal of setting up a CPU temperature graph that is displayed in the top panel of my desktop. I have the applet and have gotten it to graph temperatures, which appear to ...
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Adding sensors on Intel Atom through GPIO
I am building a portable medical kit on Intel Atom N240 series, loaded with FC 11.
I am adding sensors (spirometer oximeter) through GPIO, (using RS 232, spi. USB is also an option). I have loaded ...
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How do tools like Speedfan detect the CPU temperature?
There are some applications which claim to be able to detect the temperature of various components inside your PC, for example: Speedfan. How do they detect the temperature without using any external ...
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Shut down on start up - faulty temperature sensor?
I have a packard bell Imedia 4145 about 18 months old.
It shuts down soon after I switch it on. It will get as far as starting to load windows then shut off.
Each time I turn it on it runs for a ...
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I need a replacement heat sink thermistor for a MacPro1,1 [closed]
I need a replacement heat sink thermistor for a MacPro1,1.
I pulled the 5160's and replaced them with 5350's (2.66/1066). I then did the BSEL and VID mods to get them working at 3.3/1333.
The heat ...
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Ubuntu 10.10 running on Acer Aspire 5315 Laptop keeps shutting down unexpectedly
Basically the title says it all - I have an Acer Aspire 5315 laptop on which I've installed 'Ubuntu 10.10 Desktop i386' from a bootable flash drive and while using the system thereafter all seems to ...
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CCD vs. CMOS webcams [closed]
Several years ago, I tried a CMOS-based webcam and it really sucked. It needed an extremely brightly-lit room to work. Around the same time, I also tried a CCD camera and it worked great. But since ...
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lm-sensors - always returns 32 degrees (celsius) for temperature
On my VIA EPIA motherboard (using VIA VT8231 ISA bridge), I get strange output for the lm-sensors temperature reading. It always returns 32 degrees (celsius).
I have previously had correct output ...
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