Hoot
02-25-01, 09:51 AM
Hi Gang;
While perusing the articles, tips, etc from the Main page, I happened to stop and read an interesting one about Temperature measurement.
http://www.overclockers.com/articles306/
"And the scales shall be removed from his eyes".
Boy do I feel like a dupe. I have been reveling in uninformed success with regard to my cooling solution here too llong.
The issue raised, of mainboard CPU thermistor positioning is very valid. I originally pried mine up far enough to contact the bottom of the CPU, applied a small dib of AS and was smug in assuming it would read the temperature close enough for experimenting. After reading the article, I verified that, indeed, on my KT7 Raid, the thermistor is touching out beneath the edge of my core. I repositioned it in contact with the CPU directly below the core and the readings I got were significantly different than where it was previously. Also, while monitoring the actual temp, it responds much more rapidly, so the compression factor in that article rings true. The sad result of this knowledge is the loss of faith in my FOP-32, which I have been worshipping up til now. Looks like a bigger HSF is in my future as my core to ambient temp differentials are much higher than I originally though they were.
In conclusion, read those articles!
Hoot
While perusing the articles, tips, etc from the Main page, I happened to stop and read an interesting one about Temperature measurement.
http://www.overclockers.com/articles306/
"And the scales shall be removed from his eyes".
Boy do I feel like a dupe. I have been reveling in uninformed success with regard to my cooling solution here too llong.
The issue raised, of mainboard CPU thermistor positioning is very valid. I originally pried mine up far enough to contact the bottom of the CPU, applied a small dib of AS and was smug in assuming it would read the temperature close enough for experimenting. After reading the article, I verified that, indeed, on my KT7 Raid, the thermistor is touching out beneath the edge of my core. I repositioned it in contact with the CPU directly below the core and the readings I got were significantly different than where it was previously. Also, while monitoring the actual temp, it responds much more rapidly, so the compression factor in that article rings true. The sad result of this knowledge is the loss of faith in my FOP-32, which I have been worshipping up til now. Looks like a bigger HSF is in my future as my core to ambient temp differentials are much higher than I originally though they were.
In conclusion, read those articles!
Hoot