Sensors output: Interpreting

[David Niemi]

On Tue, 2005-08-02 at 15:49 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote:
> Here is the output from sensors on my machine, and
> I want a little help interpreting it.
> 
> $ sensors

> Now for my questions:
> 
> What is w83627thf-isa-0290?
> What is ISA adapter? (I know what ISA bus is.)
> What is VCore? Should I be concerned it is out of spec?
> What is V5SB? (5V Supply to USB?)
> What is VBat? (Lithium CMOS backup?) Looks like it's out of spec.
> What is fan1? (Power supply?)
> Why is it "div = 2"? What does this mean?
> I think I know what CPU Fan is, but why is it "div = 2"?
> What is fan3? Why is it "div = 8"?
> In regards to M/B Temp, does "high =  +120°C, hyst =  +115°C"
> mean that the fan comes on at 120C, and continues to run'
> until temp drops to 115C? (IOW, Onset is 120, abatement is 115?)
> What is temp3?
> What is VID data? Should I be concerned it is unavailable?
> What is a EEPROM sensor? (I know what EEPROM usually means.)
> What is SMBus? (Anything to do with SMP?)

The easiest way is to read up on lm_sensors at:
http://secure.netroedge.com/~lm78/