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On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 11:17:37 +1000, "R1rob" put finger to keyboard and composed:

I'd just be happy if they'd tell us what all those BIOS settings mean.

- Franc Zabkar

On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 17:21:47 +1000, The Real Andy put finger to keyboard and composed:

The latest Athlons do, but earlier ones such as my XP 2500+ do not. IIRC, the motherboard has a sensor inside the CPU socket.

- Franc Zabkar

Yep, and if a check of the heatsink temperature reads *higher* than what the software tells you, then you KNOW it is wrong.

MrT.

You get what you pay for!

Rudolf

Have a hunt around the web. There are some awesome sites dedicated to informing you of bios options and what they do.

Rob

On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 08:32:23 +1000, "Rudolf" put finger to keyboard and composed:

A freeware monitoring program that doesn't understand your particular machine's motherboard?

- Franc Zabkar

On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 06:43:02 +1000, Franc Zabkar put finger to keyboard and composed:

Correction: Earlier socket A AMD CPUs didn't have the diode, but my Athlon XP does. Despite this, many motherboard manufacturers chose to place a sensor inside the CPU socket. I don't know what the practice is today, though.

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The author writes:

"Unfortunately, most motherboard manufacturers don't make this temperature available via monitoring software. Usually, an in-socket thermal sensor is used where the temperature is some 10°C below that of the thermal diode. If you can get a thermal sensor that is small enough to tape in the center of the processor on the underside, this is an ideal alternative as AMD quote temperatures measured in such a way are within 2°C of the internal diode."

- Franc Zabkar