[lm-sensors] sensors-detect killed my CPU

[Gabriel C]

Jean Delvare wrote:

>>> $ i2cdetect -l
>>> Code:
>>> i2c-0	unknown   	SMBus PIIX4 adapter at 0b00     	N/A
>>> $ sudo i2cdetect 0
>>> Code:
>>> 0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  a  b  c  d  e  f
>>> 00:          -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
>>> 10: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
>>> 20: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2e -- 
>>> 30: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 38 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
>>> 40: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
>>> 50: 50 51 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
>>> 60: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 69 -- -- -- -- -- -- 
>>> 70: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
>>> $ sudo i2cdump 0 0x2e
>>> Code:
>>> 0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  a  b  c  d  e  f    0123456789abcdef
>>> 00: c5 0f 00 00 00 00 00 c0 14 62 ff ff ff ff ff ff    ??.....??b......
>>> 10: 02 00 00 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff    ?...............
>>> 20: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff    ................
>>> 30: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff    ................
>>> 40: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff    ................
>>> 50: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff    ................
>>> 60: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff    ................
>>> 70: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff    ................
>>> 80: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff    ................
>>> 90: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff    ................
>>> a0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff    ................
>>> b0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff    ................
>>> c0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff    ................
>>> d0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff    ................
>>> e0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff    ................
>>> f0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff    ................
> 
> Doesn't look like anything I know. But it also doesn't seem to be the
> same chip as you have on your own boards.
> 

I have on my ASUS motherboard an TPM chip at 0x4e as example , sensors-detect thinks is an
SMSC chip with unknow ID 0x0b00.