For a few years. Most PII class MBs have them and some late Socket7 ones do, too. They're not standard as far as how they interface both at the hardware and software levels. You need MB specific drivers. Linux has a project called lm_sensors (named after one of the early chips used to perform this function, the National LM78). Cheers, David > ---------- > From: David L. Nicol[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 1999 11:51 AM > To: Pierre Abbat; Yngvwe Mersenne > Subject: Re: Mersenne: Re: Self-test (was: Prime 95 Error Messages/ > Misc) > > Pierre Abbat wrote: > > > > > Most modern motherboards contain case and/or CPU temperature > > > sensors which can be read by software. > > > > Is there a file in /proc that will tell me this? > > > > phma > > This is the first I've heard of such sensors being a standard > item. How long have they been a standard item? > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > David Nicol 816.235.1187 UMKC Network Operations [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "The radix is always 10." -- Paul Leyland > ________________________________________________________________ > Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm > ________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm
