System spam with temperature error

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Hello. I have a SBC computer running a bionic version crossed between 7.4 FreeBSD and 8.2 FreeBSD. Works well in general, but the system spams me with message such as this on the 1st TTY:
Code: 
acpi_tzo: _TMP value is absurd, ignored (-269.2C)
The problem is not on my computer since the bios shows the correct temperature (36C).

My specs:
nvidia GEforce
American Megatrends motherboard and CPU
1.2GB of RAM

I don't have precise specs on me, though. Ask if you need them.
 
Support for the entire 7.x branch ended on 28 February 2013.

You can still download FreeBSD 2.2.2, that doesn't mean it's supported.
 
In theory. In practice, make a backup first. If this is critical equipment (a server), make a copy and upgrade that as a test run first.
 
I am a little worried about this mix of 7.4 and 8.2. If this is a proper FreeBSD install upgrading shouldn't be too difficult. If this is some customized install, you will be in for a hard time. If it's truly the latter I would suggest backing up the data and installing a real proper FreeBSD version and restore the data to that.
 
I've seen that erroneous temperature error on one system, an HP with a Pentium D. Same symptoms, that message popped up every minute or so. It's an ACPI problem. That system was eventually used for a non-FreeBSD purpose, so I never found how to fix the problem.

What this means is that although old systems should be upgraded, it may not fix the original complaint.
 
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