Motherboard Monitor and Duals - Which Sensors?

gas-man · Oct 19, 2002

Can anyone tell me which sensors to select in MBM5 to detect my CPU temps in MBM5?

Thanks

flounder43 · Oct 19, 2002

I would suggest going to the MBM webpage for answers:
http://mbm.livewiredev.com/

Or the forum:
http://www.livewiredev.com/bbs/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=3

gas-man · Oct 19, 2002

Okay, using their specs, MBM5 reports

CPU1 @ 25-31C randomle
CPU2 @ 69-70C
System @ 31C

This does not seem very reliable....comments?

flounder43 · Oct 19, 2002

I found this thread in their forum:

http://www.livewiredev.com/bbs/showthread.php?threadid=2175&highlight=master+dual

cmcquistion · Oct 19, 2002

I too use WinBond 2 2N3904 for CPU 1, WinBond 3 2N3904 for CPU2, and Winbond 1 for Case Temp. It's accurate for me.

There is no "MSI BIOS bug." as that link indicates. This is a common issue with ALL AMD760MPX motherboards.

SickBoy · Oct 20, 2002

flounder43 said:
I found this thread in their forum:

http://www.livewiredev.com/bbs/showthread.php?threadid=2175&highlight=master+dual

**Blushes**

I started that thread. I registered once over there as SickBoy but my confirmation email is lost in cyberspace somewhere... so salsarider is an alternate ego....

Mr B · Oct 24, 2002

Thanks for the tips above guys...however, I've got one more question...

CPU voltages. I've got a reading of 1.81v for "CPU 0" (I'm set at 1.85v in the BIOS), but "CPU 1" is reading 2.46v.

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance!! :beer:

Brian

cmcquistion · Oct 24, 2002

Core 1 is the memory voltage.

Mr B · Oct 24, 2002

Oh. That makes sense...

*smacks self in forehead* ow.

Thanks!

B.

Henry Rollins II · Oct 25, 2002

gas-man said:
Okay, using their specs, MBM5 reports

CPU1 @ 25-31C randomle
CPU2 @ 69-70C
System @ 31C

This does not seem very reliable....comments?

I have the same board and I also tried out using MBM5. I could never get any reliable results from it. Use the PC Alert III utility that is of the mobo driver disk instead. Just make sure you choose the server version, otherwise it wont work.

gas-man · Oct 25, 2002

Henry Rollins II said:
I have the same board and I also tried out using MBM5. I could never get any reliable results from it. Use the PC Alert III utility that is of the mobo driver disk instead. Just make sure you choose the server version, otherwise it wont work.

This utility is accurate? And does it show both CPUs at same time?

cmcquistion · Oct 25, 2002

I use MBM on three separate MSI K7D Master motherboards.

It has worked perfectly on all three with reliable results. I had problems at first, but it was because I was using an old version of MBM. Once I got 5.2.0 and used the temp sensors that they list on the MBM website for the K7D Master, no problems.

I have perfect readings on all three.

If you get weird readings, check which sensors you are using and change them.

gas-man · Oct 25, 2002

The temps I mentioned above are from using the recommended sesnors....which are you using?

Here is a screenshot of PC Alert and MBM5 running. The MBM5 is in the middle of PC alert. On MBM5, I corrected CPU2 to read 10C less than it normally did.

Thoughts?

cmcquistion · Oct 25, 2002

You're not using the right sensors or you have an old version of MBM.

I too use WinBond 2 2N3904 for CPU 1, WinBond 3 2N3904 for CPU2, and Winbond 1 for Case Temp

Only use these sensors, do NOT use any others. You cannot use Winbond 2 and Winbond 2 2N3904 at the same time and you don't need to. Winbond 2 and Winbond 3 should NOT be used. Use the ones I mentioned above.

These work on three motherboards. It's possible that your motherboard is just different or faulty, but I doubt it.

What BIOS are you running? Maybe that has something to do with it? (grasping at straws) I'm running BIOS 1.3 on two boards and 1.5 on the third.

Henry Rollins II · Oct 25, 2002

gas-man said:
The temps I mentioned above are from using the recommended sesnors....which are you using?

Here is a screenshot of PC Alert and MBM5 running. The MBM5 is in the middle of PC alert. On MBM5, I corrected CPU2 to read 10C less than it normally did.

Thoughts?

Hmm my version is also showing a +2.5 volt reading. Did you try running PC Alert by itself? Otherwise the graphs indicate that you have a correct reading(the small rippels) but clearly the software screws up the scale or something.

gas-man · Oct 25, 2002

Running them seperately yields same results. I am using the exact sensors you said above as well.

As for BIOS, I believe I am running 1.3 - I flashed it recently.

cmcquistion · Oct 25, 2002

Are you using PCAlert and MBM at the same time? If so, that may the the problem. Different monitoring programs don't like to play together sometimes.

gas-man · Oct 25, 2002

Running them seperately yields same results.

cmcquistion · Oct 25, 2002

Is your voltage configuration set to W83627HF Standard 1?

gas-man · Oct 25, 2002

cmcquistion said:
Is your voltage configuration set to W83627HF Standard 1?

If I knew what that meant I could tell ya

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