Questions tagged [sensors]
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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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Interpreting sensor names
Here is the output from the sensors command on my Late 2012 MacMini 6,2 running Linux. I am unable to find out what each code means. What parameter do each of these code represent?
I would like to ...
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USB thermometer that works in Linux [closed]
I am constructing a small robot based on an embedded board running Linux.
I am looking for a USB thermometer device, which will work with the 2.6 kernel. So far I found a bunch of devices, but it's ...
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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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Why does my Logitech mouse sometimes ignore the scroll wheel turning?
About a week ago my Logitech G502 Proteus's scroll wheel intermittently stopped scrolling correctly. It appears to happen in a pattern; so if I scroll up 50 times in a row, it will ignore the 10th, ...
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SpeedFan suddenly stops being able to detect controllers and sensors mid game
so I'm playing games on my PC and I have some fan control setup using SpeedFan for my PWM fans which usually works really nice. However, the other day my game wasn't running so smoothly and I saw that ...
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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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what are iwlwifi_1-virtual-0 and pch_cannonlake-virtual-0 in sensors output in linux?
this is my sensors output:
$ sensors
coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Package id 0: +43.0°C (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 0: +42.0°C (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core ...
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SYSTIN & AUXTIN temperatures: Is it normal?
Here is my hardware configuration:
Mainboard: B550M-HDV
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
OS: Ubuntu 20.04.3
When I run sensors :
stulluk ~ $ sensors
nct6793-isa-0290
Adapter: ISA adapter
in0: ...
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Profibus or MODBUS over RS485
We are operating old systems which have many modules we are not able to find on the market. So we are looking for replacements. S7-200 PLC with several sensors is communicating over RS485 pair cable. ...
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How to find the position of a sensor?
I found critical temperatures in my computer using Libre Hardware Monitor.
Sensor #3 shows 95°C and sensor #6 83°C. I tried to find out, where these sensors are. But I can not find it in the manual.
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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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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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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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Cannot Detect CPU Temperature?
# sensors-detect
# sensors-detect revision 3.4.0-8 (2016-06-01)
# System: Supermicro Super Server [0123456789]
# Board: Supermicro H11DSi
# Kernel: 3.10.0-1160.15.2.el7.x86_64 x86_64
# Processor: AMD ...
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