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    M1330 Upgraded to Penryn: Can you read CPU Temperature?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by CruelCaradhras, Feb 21, 2008.

  1. CruelCaradhras

    CruelCaradhras Newbie

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    I have a m1330 (mainboard A01) and I just swapped the original cpu with a T9300.

    The processor seems to work fine, but I cannot read the cpu temperature anymore neither under vista nor under linux. I found the same problem reported here.

    Do people on the forum who upgraded to penryn have the same issue?
     
    CruelCaradhras, Feb 21, 2008
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    crash NBR Assassin

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    Did you flash your BIOS to A09?
     
    crash, Feb 21, 2008
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    Yes, I did. I should have said that.
     
    CruelCaradhras, Feb 21, 2008
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    What program are you using to read the temperature? Have you tried Notebook Hardware Control or CPU-Z?
     
    crash, Feb 21, 2008
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    Both of them, plus I8kfanGUI and PC Wizard 2008. On linux I used lm-sensors. Basically, some of the programs find no temperature at all, others give a fixed 25°C which does not change ever.
     
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    Strange. I'm afraid I don't have any answers/ideas at the moment. :(
     
    crash, Feb 22, 2008
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    I replaced my T7500 to a T9300 and have bios A09. I don't know why you can't read temps, maybe the motherboard? Are you sure you really have A penryn T9300, you can check using CPU-Z. I use coretemp or nhc to read my cpu temps.
     
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    Pretty sure it's a T9300, that's what cpu-z tells and the label on the cpu corrisponds.

    The motherboard revision is what I thought could be the cause, even though nothing is written about it on the bios readme. Which revision of the motherboad do you have moonBEAM?
     
    CruelCaradhras, Feb 22, 2008
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