[mythtv-users] OT: Monitoring CPU Temperature

[Harry Devine]

Before anyone says it, yes, I checked Gossamer threads for this but 
didn't see any posts that fit my situation, so I thought I'd ask, even 
though it's not really Myth specific.  I figured that someone here would 
have seen this.

My Myth box has been shutting down unexpectedly recently, and every time 
I boot it back up, the POST screen says "CPU Fan Error; Press F1 to 
resume".  I do that and it comes back up.  Once it said that and "CPU 
Over Temperature error".  So I'm thinking that my CPU fan is having an 
issue.

Before I go and buy a new one, a friend suggested that I try and monitor 
it and I immediately thought "lm_sensors".  So I got that up and running 
and have a few questions:

1) I know that I can run 'sensors' to get the information, but I don't 
know what to do with it.  I read the docs on the lm-sensors site but 
couldn't really see anything on this.  If the temp gets too high, can I 
shut the box down gracefully?  Can I somehow send out an email alert or 
something?

2) I couldn't find a sensors.conf for my motherboard (an ASUS A8N32-SLI 
Deluxe) on their website, but I did find one that someone made for that 
board, and I'm using it now (after running 'sensors -s' to load it).

3) I ran 'sensors -f' and I see the following output (I'm not really 
sure if these values are good or bad, or if I should be alarmed):
k8temp-pci-00c3
Adapter: PCI adapter
temp1:      +165°F
temp3:      +162°F

it8712-isa-0d00
Adapter: ISA adapter
CPU VCore: +1.39 V  (min =  +1.10 V, max =  +1.50 V)  
+3.3V:     +3.26 V  (min =  +3.14 V, max =  +3.47 V)  
+5V:       +4.89 V  (min =  +4.76 V, max =  +5.24 V)  
+12V:     +11.71 V  (min = +11.39 V, max = +12.61 V)  
CPU Fan:  1171 RPM  (min =    0 RPM, div = 128)         
Chas Fan:    0 RPM  (min =    0 RPM, div = 128)         
Power Fan:   0 RPM  (min =    0 RPM, div = 8)         
CPU Temp:   +154°F  (low  =   +32°F, high =  +140°F)   sensor = 
thermistor  
M/B Temp:   +131°F  (low  =   +41°F, high =  +140°F)   sensor = 
thermistor  


Thanks for any help or information.
Harry