BIOS

[raymond house]

raymond at raymond-desktop:~$ acpi -V
Cooling 0: Processor 0 of 3
Cooling 1: Processor 0 of 3
raymond at raymond-desktop:~$ "apci -V"

This is what I get Joel.























On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 7:47 AM, Joel Goguen <jgoguen at jgoguen.ca> wrote:

> Do you have any lines that begin with "Thermal"?  Can you copy/paste
> the whole output of "acpi -V" exactly as it appears in your terminal?
>
> 2010/1/14 raymond house <raymondh40 at gmail.com>:
> > Ok Joel, that works! here is what I get, cooling 0: processor 0 of 3 and
> > cooling 1 : processor 0 of 3. ? I guess temps are ok?  Ray
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 6:54 AM, Joel Goguen <jgoguen at jgoguen.ca> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Raymond,
> >> Try the command "acpi -V" (without the quotes) instead.
> >>
> >> On 2010-01-14, at 7:31, raymond house <raymondh40 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Daniel, it says no command found when I type it as you say,  Ray
> >>
> >> On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 6:17 AM, Daniel Robitaille <
> robitaille at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Did you do "apci -V" or "apci-V"?  It should be the former, with a
> >>> space after apci and before the -V
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 5:05 AM, raymond house <raymondh40 at gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>> > Hi Andrew and Joel, I tried what you suggested and that worked ok the
> >>> > acpi
> >>> > was downloaded, but when I do apci-V it says command not found. Still
> >>> > cant
> >>> > get any temperatures.  Ray
> >>> >
> >>> > On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 9:35 PM, Andrew Mathenge <mathenge at gmail.com
> >
> >>> > wrote:
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Quite right Joel.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Thanks for the correction.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Andrew.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 5:00 AM, Joel Goguen <jgoguen at jgoguen.ca>
> >>> >> wrote:
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> Before anyone comes asking why that failed, the command should
> >>> >>> actually be "sudo apt-get install acpi" (without the quotes).
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> 2010/1/13 Andrew Mathenge <mathenge at gmail.com>:
> >>> >>> > Hello Raymond,
> >>> >>> >
> >>> >>> > Have you tried the utility called "acpi?"  If you're looking for
> >>> >>> > thermal
> >>> >>> > information on boot, that might not be meaningful. However, if
> >>> >>> > you'd
> >>> >>> > like to
> >>> >>> > find out what the temperature is after the system has been
> running
> >>> >>> > for
> >>> >>> > a
> >>> >>> > while, you can try this utility.
> >>> >>> >
> >>> >>> > Type:
> >>> >>> >
> >>> >>> > acpi -V
> >>> >>> >
> >>> >>> > If you don't have "acpi" installed, in Ubuntu,  you can install
> it
> >>> >>> > by
> >>> >>> > typing:
> >>> >>> >
> >>> >>> > sudo apt-get acpi
> >>> >>> >
> >>> >>> > acpi is an acronym for Advanced Configuration Power Interface.
> Most
> >>> >>> > computers would support this. From ACPI you can get laptop
> battery
> >>> >>> > information as well as CPU statistics.
> >>> >>> >
> >>> >>> > Hopefully this was helpful.
> >>> >>> >
> >>> >>> > Good luck!
> >>> >>> >
> >>> >>> > Andrew.
> >>> >>> >
> >>> >>> > On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 3:07 PM, 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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