diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 7685e41e..4fa22552 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ ask CVS about it:
   Module smbus-arp: new
   Module smsc47m1: new
   Module via686a: Add support for VT8231 sensors
-  Module w83781d: Add multiple VID version support
+  Module w83781d: Add multiple VID version support; fix temp alarms
   Program eeprom: new
   Program i2cdump: Add smbus block command specification
   Program mkpatch: Install new sensors_vid.h
diff --git a/doc/chips/w83781d b/doc/chips/w83781d
index 4dd8bb02..6563b11c 100644
--- a/doc/chips/w83781d
+++ b/doc/chips/w83781d
@@ -106,7 +106,10 @@ Overtemperature Shutdown limit is crossed; it is triggered again as soon as
 it drops below the Hysteresis value. A more useful behaviour 
 can be found by setting the Hysteresis value to +127 degrees Celcius; in 
 this case, alarms are issued during all the time when the actual temperature
-is above the Overtemperature Shutdown value. For the other sensor(s), an
+is above the Overtemperature Shutdown value. The driver sets the
+hysteresis value for temp1 to 127 at initialization.
+
+For the other temperature sensor(s), an
 alarm is triggered when the temperature gets higher then the Overtemperature 
 Shutdown value; it stays on until the temperature falls below the Hysteresis 
 value. But on the W83781D, there is only one alarm that functions for both 
diff --git a/kernel/chips/w83781d.c b/kernel/chips/w83781d.c
index d4884296..3f275c75 100644
--- a/kernel/chips/w83781d.c
+++ b/kernel/chips/w83781d.c
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(init, "Set to zero to bypass chip initialization");
 #define W83781D_REG_ALARM2 0x42
 #define W83781D_REG_ALARM3 0x450	/* not on W83781D */
 
+#define W83781D_REG_IRQ 0x4C
 #define W83781D_REG_BEEP_CONFIG 0x4D
 #define W83781D_REG_BEEP_INTS1 0x56
 #define W83781D_REG_BEEP_INTS2 0x57
@@ -306,7 +307,7 @@ extern inline u8 DIV_TO_REG(long val, enum chips type)
 #define W83781D_INIT_FAN_MIN_3 3000
 
 #define W83781D_INIT_TEMP_OVER 600
-#define W83781D_INIT_TEMP_HYST 500
+#define W83781D_INIT_TEMP_HYST 1270	/* must be 127 for ALARM to work */
 #define W83781D_INIT_TEMP2_OVER 600
 #define W83781D_INIT_TEMP2_HYST 500
 #define W83781D_INIT_TEMP3_OVER 600
@@ -1455,10 +1456,13 @@ void w83781d_init_client(struct i2c_client *client)
 			w83781d_write_value(client, W83781D_REG_TEMP3_CONFIG,
 					    0x00);
 		}
-		/* enable PWM2 control (can't hurt since PWM reg should have
-	           been reset to 0xff) */
 		if (type != w83781d) {
+			/* enable PWM2 control (can't hurt since PWM reg
+		           should have been reset to 0xff) */
 			w83781d_write_value(client, W83781D_REG_PWMCLK12, 0x19);
+			/* enable comparator mode for temp2 and temp3 so
+		           alarm indication will work correctly */
+			w83781d_write_value(client, W83781D_REG_IRQ, 0x41);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/prog/sensors/chips.c b/prog/sensors/chips.c
index 6a456d98..0a424cca 100644
--- a/prog/sensors/chips.c
+++ b/prog/sensors/chips.c
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ inline float deg_ctof( float cel )
 
 #define HYST 0
 #define MINMAX 1
-/* minmax = 0 for limit/hysteresis, 1 for max/min;
+#define MAXONLY 2
+/* minmax = 0 for limit/hysteresis, 1 for max/min, 2 for max only;
    curprec and limitprec are # of digits after decimal point
    for the current temp and the limits */
 void print_temp_info(float n_cur, float n_over, float n_hyst,
@@ -74,6 +75,10 @@ void print_temp_info(float n_cur, float n_over, float n_hyst,
             curprec, n_cur, degv,
 	    limitprec + 4, limitprec, n_hyst, degv,
 	    limitprec + 4, limitprec, n_over, degv);
+   else if(minmax == MAXONLY)
+	printf( "%+6.*f%s  (limit = %+*.*f%s)                      ",
+	    curprec, n_cur, degv,
+	    limitprec + 4, limitprec, n_over, degv);
    else /* HYST */
 	printf( "%+6.*f%s  (limit = %+*.*f%s, hysteresis = %+*.*f%s)",
 	    curprec, n_cur, degv,
@@ -2027,13 +2032,19 @@ void print_w83781d(const sensors_chip_name *name)
     if (valid) {
       if((!is82d) && (!is83s) && (!is697hf)) {
         print_label(label,10);
-        print_temp_info( cur, max, min, HYST, 0, 0);
+	if(min == 127)
+          print_temp_info( cur, max, 0, MAXONLY, 0, 0);
+	else
+          print_temp_info( cur, max, min, HYST, 0, 0);
         printf(" %s  %s\n", alarms&W83781D_ALARM_TEMP1 ?"ALARM":"     ",
                beeps&W83781D_ALARM_TEMP1?"(beep)":"");
       } else {
         if(!sensors_get_feature(*name,SENSORS_W83781D_SENS1,&sens)) {
           print_label(label,10);
-          print_temp_info( cur, max, min, HYST, 0, 0);
+	  if(min == 127)
+            print_temp_info( cur, max, 0, MAXONLY, 0, 0);
+	  else
+            print_temp_info( cur, max, min, HYST, 0, 0);
           printf( " sensor = %s   %s   %s\n",
                  (((int)sens)==1)?"PII/Celeron diode":(((int)sens)==2)?
                  "3904 transistor":"thermistor",