diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c b/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
index de3d2465fe24..85e937984ff7 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ static int get_tjmax(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c, u32 id, struct device *dev)
 		 * If the TjMax is not plausible, an assumption
 		 * will be used
 		 */
-		if (val > 80 && val < 120) {
+		if (val) {
 			dev_info(dev, "TjMax is %d C.\n", val);
 			return val * 1000;
 		}
@@ -304,24 +304,9 @@ static int get_tjmax(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c, u32 id, struct device *dev)
 
 	/*
 	 * An assumption is made for early CPUs and unreadable MSR.
-	 * NOTE: the given value may not be correct.
+	 * NOTE: the calculated value may not be correct.
 	 */
-
-	switch (c->x86_model) {
-	case 0xe:
-	case 0xf:
-	case 0x16:
-	case 0x1a:
-		dev_warn(dev, "TjMax is assumed as 100 C!\n");
-		return 100000;
-	case 0x17:
-	case 0x1c:		/* Atom CPUs */
-		return adjust_tjmax(c, id, dev);
-	default:
-		dev_warn(dev, "CPU (model=0x%x) is not supported yet,"
-			" using default TjMax of 100C.\n", c->x86_model);
-		return 100000;
-	}
+	return adjust_tjmax(c, id, dev);
 }
 
 static void __devinit get_ucode_rev_on_cpu(void *edx)
@@ -341,7 +326,7 @@ static int get_pkg_tjmax(unsigned int cpu, struct device *dev)
 	err = rdmsr_safe_on_cpu(cpu, MSR_IA32_TEMPERATURE_TARGET, &eax, &edx);
 	if (!err) {
 		val = (eax >> 16) & 0xff;
-		if (val > 80 && val < 120)
+		if (val)
 			return val * 1000;
 	}
 	dev_warn(dev, "Unable to read Pkg-TjMax from CPU:%u\n", cpu);
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/max6642.c b/drivers/hwmon/max6642.c
index 0f9fc40379cd..e855d3b0bd1f 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/max6642.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/max6642.c
@@ -136,15 +136,29 @@ static int max6642_detect(struct i2c_client *client,
 	if (man_id != 0x4D)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
+	/* sanity check */
+	if (i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client, 0x04) != 0x4D
+	    || i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client, 0x06) != 0x4D
+	    || i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client, 0xff) != 0x4D)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
 	/*
 	 * We read the config and status register, the 4 lower bits in the
 	 * config register should be zero and bit 5, 3, 1 and 0 should be
 	 * zero in the status register.
 	 */
 	reg_config = i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client, MAX6642_REG_R_CONFIG);
+	if ((reg_config & 0x0f) != 0x00)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	/* in between, another round of sanity checks */
+	if (i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client, 0x04) != reg_config
+	    || i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client, 0x06) != reg_config
+	    || i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client, 0xff) != reg_config)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
 	reg_status = i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client, MAX6642_REG_R_STATUS);
-	if (((reg_config & 0x0f) != 0x00) ||
-	    ((reg_status & 0x2b) != 0x00))
+	if ((reg_status & 0x2b) != 0x00)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	strlcpy(info->type, "max6642", I2C_NAME_SIZE);
@@ -246,7 +260,7 @@ static SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR_2(temp1_max, S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO, show_temp_max,
 			    set_temp_max, 0, MAX6642_REG_W_LOCAL_HIGH);
 static SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR_2(temp2_max, S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO, show_temp_max,
 			    set_temp_max, 1, MAX6642_REG_W_REMOTE_HIGH);
-static SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR(temp_fault, S_IRUGO, show_alarm, NULL, 2);
+static SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR(temp2_fault, S_IRUGO, show_alarm, NULL, 2);
 static SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR(temp1_max_alarm, S_IRUGO, show_alarm, NULL, 6);
 static SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR(temp2_max_alarm, S_IRUGO, show_alarm, NULL, 4);
 
@@ -256,7 +270,7 @@ static struct attribute *max6642_attributes[] = {
 	&sensor_dev_attr_temp1_max.dev_attr.attr,
 	&sensor_dev_attr_temp2_max.dev_attr.attr,
 
-	&sensor_dev_attr_temp_fault.dev_attr.attr,
+	&sensor_dev_attr_temp2_fault.dev_attr.attr,
 	&sensor_dev_attr_temp1_max_alarm.dev_attr.attr,
 	&sensor_dev_attr_temp2_max_alarm.dev_attr.attr,
 	NULL