BIOS

[Jason Arkell]

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.

Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 09:27:00 -0500
Subject: Re: BIOS
From: raymondh40 at gmail.com
To: ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com

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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