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Questions tagged [temperature]

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How to check drive temperature on Linux?

I have used of hdparm -n and smartctl -A but it always seem to be a "per drive" technique as a drive may answer for only one of these tools. So, is there a standard way to get the drive temperature on Linux (HDD or SSD)? If not, what (other) tools…
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Monitor temperature/IO of NVMe drive

Is there a way to monitor temperature or reads/writes of and NVMe drive (in this case Intel 750). hdparm, udisksctl, smartctl, and hddtemp all seem to lack this capability, google searches have been fruitless. For the curious, this is the only…
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CPU temperatures in linux: throttling or wrong reading?

Using a Lenovo Legion Y520 with i7-7700HQ (base clock 2.8Ghz) and GTX 1050. I'm getting CPU overheating warnings in linux and it's affecting my performance in games (found in Payday 2 and CS:GO). I've never had problems in Windows. This is what I…
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Does Linux typically log system temperature data?

Do mainstream Linux distributions typically log system temperature data, e.g. CPU or HDD temperature? If so, where can those logs be found?
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How to force the fan to always spin?

I am using ArchLinux on an HP Pavilion dv9000t which has overheating problems. I did all what I can do to get a better air flow in the laptop and put a better thermal paste but there is still a problem: the fan stops spinning when the CPU…
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CPU temperature often reaches 100°C

I have a new desktop computer with Intel i7-12700 32GB RAM. I am doing build code stuff, I use the sensors command to check CPU temperature, and I found most of the cores are @ 100C. Is that normal? Will CPU hardware itself control the frequency to…
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How to get core temperature of haswell i7 cores in i3status

I want to use i3status to display my CPU-Core temperatures (haswell i7). However the setting: order += "cpu_temperature 1" #... cpu_temperature 1{ format = "T: %degree °C" } # doesn't display the correct core temperature. The numbers it…
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Set critical CPU temperature for thermal throttling

According to sensors, the critical temperature for my CPU cores is at 100°C. When using my laptop it never goes above 95°C (So either my sensor is defect or thermal throttling is set to a lower value for some reason, but this doesn't really matter).…
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Overheating results in system shutdown

I have been having an overheating issue which makes my laptop shutdown immediately. Is there anyway to monitor the temperature from the sensor and scale down the CPU frequency to avoid that problem? Is there any existing software or shell script…
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Laptop running ~30° hotter than normal; CPU/Load is reportedly normal. What could cause this and how can I diagnose it?

I'm running the latest Arch Linux on my ThinkPad t420 laptop, and am having an intermittent heat problem where my temp will rise from the typical ~45°C to ~75-90°C, and stay there until I reboot. I've run several diagnostic tools, including the…
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How to monitor my CPU temperature with a minimal script to show a warning?

My desktop has a nasty habit. When I have several high intensity applications running and my CPU is at maximum usage for a period of time, the core temperature rises and my computer auto-shuts off. Is there a way I can monitor (write a script) my…
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Lower temperature thresholds for sensors

My eight month old Acer V3-571G is overheating: temperature fluctuates between 64 degC and 75 degC with only Firefox running and the exhausts are starting show some signs of melting. As soon as I launch Eclipse or Chrome, it reaches 80 degC. The…
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Mint 15 High temps on e-450, fan seemingly not reacting

I'm running a 64-bit Mint 15 on a Lenovo x121e with AMD E-450 and Radeon HD graphics. I'm worried about the high temperatures (I had Ubuntu before and never even noticed anything, so I never checked to have a comparison). My idle temp is about 60,…
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Monitoring CPU and temperature

I'm looking for some interfaces to monitor the use of the CPU and the temperature, i have already installed lm-sensors for temp and htop for CPU but i want something that shows them always in real-time in the bar at the top of the screen (the one…
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discrepancy between number of cores and thermal zones in `/sys/class/thermal/`

I have an Ubuntu 14.04 system with 8 cores: $ cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep ^processor | wc -l 8 Yet, I see 11 thermal zones under /sys/classes/thermal: ls /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone* | wc -l 11 The thermal zones are named thermal_zone0 to…
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