Sensors output: Interpreting

[Mike McCarty]

Markku Kolkka wrote:
> Mike McCarty kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika tiistai, 2. 
> elokuuta 2005 23:49):
> 


>>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?)
> 
> No. The limits are the alarm limits for the lm-sensors software 
> and they aren't related to fan control. Your CPU would be fried 
> long before the temperature reaches 120C.

Ah, so that's onset and abatement of the alarm. Thanks.

It might cease to operate, but I doubt it would suffer damage.
Typical limits are -65C to +150C for storage of chips.

Mike
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