BIOS

[Joel Goguen]

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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