Re: Coretemp Atom 330, strange temperatures

From: Huaxu Wan
Date: Mon Jan 18 2010 - 04:14:27 EST


On 12:11 Sat 16 Jan, Peter Feuerer wrote:
> Hi Rudolf, Hi Huaxu,
>
> I've got an Asrock Ion 330 machine with Atom 330 processor, running
> 2.6.32.3 kernel. When loading coretemp it shows strange
> temperatures, like this:
> Core0: 0.0 degree C
> Core1: 16.0 degree C
> Core2: 0.0 degree C
> Core3: 15.0 degree C
>
> Is there an offset missing? When touching the cooler it feels like 40 degree ore something.
> Is this a known problem? Is there already a fix?
>

AFAIK, the thermal sensor has a range limitation, it may report an incorrect
value when the temperatures are ~20C below Tcontrol(40~50). Could you give
some load to it and check the temperatures again?


Thanks
Huaxu
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