BIOS

[raymond house]

Thanks Jason, I'll be cleaning the computer and see if the fans are ON all
the time or if they are cycled.  Ray

On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 10:23 AM, Jason Arkell <jason.arkell at hotmail.com>wrote:

>  If I am not mistaken many Dell Motherboards are not equipped with sensors
> for monitoring things like temperatures, however, there should be something
> for fans at least I would think.
>
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> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 09:27:00 -0500
> Subject: Re: BIOS
> From: raymondh40 at gmail.com
> To: ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com
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>
> Daniel, doing a"cat"? I tried the info in a terminal but no such file. This
> is probably very basic stuff for you but I need REALLY basic!  Thanks,  Ray
>
> On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 9:14 AM, Daniel Robitaille <robitaille at gmail.com>wrote:
>
> Which may means the temperature sensors are not accessible from the
> BIOS, or that your computer doesn't have any sensors.  If you do have
> sensor(s), the information may be available somewhere in /proc/.
>
> For example, on my old Dell laptop, I can access the internal
> temperature by doing (from the terminal) a "cat" of this file:
>   /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THM/temperature
>
> Daniel
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 8:51 AM, raymond house <raymondh40 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Right on Joel, I get in the BIOS OK but I cant find anything on the
> > operating temperatures. Thanks,  Ray
> >
> > On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 8:30 AM, Joel Goguen <jgoguen at jgoguen.ca> wrote:
> >>
> >> I believe Dell systems use the F2 key instead. It should tell you what
> key
> >> to push at that initial screen, look for the key to enter setup, or
> similar
> >> wording.
> >>
> >> On 2010-01-10, at 9:09, raymond house <raymondh40 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Thanks Doug, I tried that but no luck, I am using a Dell PC Vostro 220.
> >> Ray
> >>
> >> On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 8:00 AM, Doug Stewart <doug.dastew at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On my systems you hit the DELete key while booting.
> >>>
> >>> Doug
> >>>
> >>> On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 7:07 AM, raymond house <raymondh40 at gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Hello all,  How do I get into BIOS? I want to check temperatures of
> CPU,
> >>>> chassis etc.. as Alfred suggested, but I dont have a clue where to
> start.
> >>>> thanks for your help,   Ray
> >>>>
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