BIOS

[Bob Jonkman]

On my system I run a temperature panel applet, "Computer Temperature 
Monitor". 

I don't remember what package it came in, either "computertemp" or 
"sensors-applet".  I used Synaptic to install them.

Once installed, right-click on the top panel, select "Add to panel", and 
pick "Computer Temperature Monitor". 

The properties of "Computer Temperature Monitor" allows me to monitor 
one of four different sensors.  I can "Add to Panel" multiple times to 
monitor multiple sensors.

Hope this helps!

--Bob.

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Joel Goguen wrote:
> Sorry for the delay Raymond.  I'm no expert with ACPI, but that
> suggests to me that your motherboard doesn't have sensors for CPU
> temperature.  Perhaps someone else can chime in and correct me and/or
> offer another way to get CPU temperature?
>
> 2010/1/14 raymond house <raymondh40 at gmail.com>:
>   
>> raymond at raymond-desktop:~$ acpi -V
>> Cooling 0: Processor 0 of 3
>> Cooling 1: Processor 0 of 3
>> raymond at raymond-desktop:~$ "apci -V"
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>> On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 7:47 AM, Joel Goguen <jgoguen at jgoguen.ca> wrote:
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>>> 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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