What's a safe temp for a CPU to run at? My inspiron 8500 laptop runs at 115 F -170 F. Is this normal? On Sat, 2004-01-31 at 00:04, Stephen Walton wrote: > Mike Chambers wrote: > > >I was wondering if this temp reading was inline with what it was suppose > >to be or how to find out? > > > There is a file, /etc/sensors.conf, which has algebraic formulas in it > for converting the raw numbers which the i2c modules return to > temperature, fan speed, and the like. These formulas are specific to > your motherboard manufacturer. > > I was lucky. Tyan has released official versions of /etc/sensors.conf > for at least some of its motherboards. Check with the manufacturer of > yours, or do a Google search on "+your_motherboard_manufacturer > +sensors.conf" > > Stephen Walton > stephen.walton located at csun dot edu > >
