Re: cpu temp

I believe you have to read up on ACPI.

John

On Sun, 01 Jan 2006 18:48:20 GMT, Robert Redelmeier
<redelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>everett <everett.gillert@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> well there must be a way the bios get the temp
>
>Of course! But the BIOS is written/customized for one
>specific motherboard model, so can easily have the code
>to read the real-time monitoring chip.
>
>> im trying to get the temp without haveing to restart the computer also
>
>You might want to have a look at the Linux `sensors` package.
>I believe there are also pgms for MS-Windows, but AFAIK they
>are all closed-source and often very large.
>
>> do you know a good place to get a lis to asm commands thanks in advance
>
>Intel has a fine series of IA 32 manuals. search their
>`developer` site.
>
>-- Robert
>
>
>>

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