Netgate Discussion Forum
    • Categories
    • Recent
    • Tags
    • Popular
    • Users
    • Search
    • Register
    • Login

    PFSense Thermal Sensors not working

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Hardware
    17 Posts 4 Posters 1.7k Views
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
      last edited by

      And it's not showing a value? Or attaching at boot?

      Hard to imagine that CPU doesn't have the required digital sensors in the core.

      K 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • K
        kp206 @stephenw10
        last edited by

        @stephenw10 Screenshot 2022-12-20 at 11.34.26 PM.png Screenshot 2022-12-20 at 11.32.49 PM.png Screenshot 2022-12-20 at 11.32.17 PM.png

        K 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • K
          kp206 @kp206
          last edited by

          @kp206 Screenshot 2022-12-20 at 11.39.27 PM.png

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • M
            mvikman
            last edited by mvikman

            That CPU Type info looks weird...
            Three single core CPUs...?

            I have one 4-core CPU and CPU Type info shows:
            Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6500 CPU @ 3.20GHz
            4 CPUs: 1 package(s) x 4 core(s)

            pfSense Plus 24.11-RELEASE (amd64)
            Dell Optiplex 7040 SFF
            Core i5-6500, 8GB RAM, 2x 240GB SSD (ZFS Mirror)
            HPE 561T (X540-AT2), 2-port 10Gb RJ45
            HPE 562SFP+ (X710-DA2), 2-port 10Gb SFP+

            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              Indeed, no way that's supposed to be 3 CPUs!

              I assume that's real hardware, not a VM? Do you have anything disabled in the BIOS?
              That should be a 6 core (12 thread) CPU.
              Whatever is causing that could well be hiding the thermal sensor interfaces too.

              GertjanG K 2 Replies Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • GertjanG
                Gertjan @stephenw10
                last edited by

                @stephenw10

                A VM for sure.
                Or a processor die with a split personality.
                Or some serious hardware modding !

                No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                Edit : and where are the logs ??

                K 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • K
                  kp206 @stephenw10
                  last edited by

                  @stephenw10 oops, forgot to mention it was running on VM ESXI. But i didn't think that would matter. I was afraid that was the cause of my temp not reading. Bummer ;(

                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • K
                    kp206 @Gertjan
                    last edited by

                    @gertjan yea, im running VM lol.

                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • M
                      mvikman
                      last edited by

                      I don't think there's any way to expose hardware sensor to a guest VM, hypervisor level only.

                      pfSense Plus 24.11-RELEASE (amd64)
                      Dell Optiplex 7040 SFF
                      Core i5-6500, 8GB RAM, 2x 240GB SSD (ZFS Mirror)
                      HPE 561T (X540-AT2), 2-port 10Gb RJ45
                      HPE 562SFP+ (X710-DA2), 2-port 10Gb SFP+

                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                        last edited by

                        Yup, I've never seen a hypervisor expose the on die thermal sensors like that.

                        K 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • K
                          kp206 @stephenw10
                          last edited by kp206

                          @stephenw10 I'm thinking it needs all CPU cores in order for the temps to work properly. Thanks for the help. Happy holidays!

                          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                          • First post
                            Last post
                          Copyright 2025 Rubicon Communications LLC (Netgate). All rights reserved.