How to safely monitor Thinkpad temps w/o lm_sensors​?

I was messing around with monitoring temps on my Thinkpad R40 (Debian Lenny) and installed lm_sensors. Then I discovered warnings that it could damage some Thinkpad models' EEPROM, making them unbootable. I removed the package and decided to try using conky and acpi to monitor temps. Is conky safe or does it cause problems with the i2c sensors also? Some info I found on the 'net seemed to indicate that the problem was caused by the sensor-detect scan,  but other info advocated avoiding any related software. Any advice? I'd like to monitor temps safely.
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The only thinkpads that were vulnerable to lm_sensors are in museums nowadays, I'm pretty sure. But while safe, lm_sensors will not read out temperature on thinkpads, so its pointless to try.
You need to use ACPI. Its perfectly safe. You can use conky if you like. 

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