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- Nov 6, 2003
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- Denver, CO
The socket diode reads very low. I always thought something was up when my northbridge temp sensor read one or 2 degrees higher than the socket. It was not until recently that I learned with my socket at 42°C load, and the system temp (right near the northbridge) at 43.5°C, that the diode inside the CPU reads 78°C!!!
I am pretty sure this would be the accurate reading and not motherboard dependant becuase the core temp is from a diode integrated in the CPU right? So just about everyone's AMD probably is pretty acurate.
Although the socket temp, the one I think is reading VERY low, does get more accurate with lower temps. With my CPU running at 800Mhz and 1.0Vcore, it is only putting out 10.6 thermal watts compared to 115 before when it was overclocked. At full load, it reads 23 system (by the northbridge), 24 socket, and 25.5 internal core.
So anyways, I now know not to trust the socket temp on my motherboard. I hope this helps out any other KD7 owners.
I am pretty sure this would be the accurate reading and not motherboard dependant becuase the core temp is from a diode integrated in the CPU right? So just about everyone's AMD probably is pretty acurate.
Although the socket temp, the one I think is reading VERY low, does get more accurate with lower temps. With my CPU running at 800Mhz and 1.0Vcore, it is only putting out 10.6 thermal watts compared to 115 before when it was overclocked. At full load, it reads 23 system (by the northbridge), 24 socket, and 25.5 internal core.
So anyways, I now know not to trust the socket temp on my motherboard. I hope this helps out any other KD7 owners.