diff --git a/doc/FAQ b/doc/FAQ index 8fe096c5..c337bccd 100644 --- a/doc/FAQ +++ b/doc/FAQ @@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ sensor reading results. Why? 4.17C Bad readings from the MTP008! 4.17D Bad temperature readings from the SIS5595! 4.17E Bad readings from a w8378[12]d! + 4.17F Bus hangs on Ali 1543 on Asus P5A boards! 4.18 How do I configure two chips (LM87) differently? 4.19 Dmesg says Upgrade BIOS! I don't want to! 4.20 Sensors says 'Can't access /proc file' @@ -638,6 +639,8 @@ fix the driver. Ask Via to release a better datasheet. The MTP008 has programmable temperature sensor types. If your sensor type does not match the default, you will have to change it. See doc/chips/mtp008 for details. +Also, MTP008 chips seem to randomly refuse to respond, for +unknown reasons. You can see this as 'XX' entries in i2cdump. 4.17D Bad temperature readings from the SIS5595! @@ -663,6 +666,14 @@ Read the w83781d module documentation (doc/chips/w83781d) for more details. +4.17F Bus hangs on Ali 1543 on Asus P5A boards! + + The SMBus tends to hang on this board and it seems to get worse +at higher temperatures. Use ISA accesses to reliably use the w83781d +monitor chip on this board and use the 'ignore=1,0x2d' or similar option +to the w83781d module to prevent i2c accesses. + + 4.18 How do I configure two chips (LM87) differently? There is a SuperMicro board with two LM87's on it that are