From a long-time lurker/learner.
System:
1.0Gg T-bird @ 1.4G (1.85v, 10x140)
Millennium Glaciator HS/F
Epox EP-8kta3 mobo
dual boot WinME/Win2k
I recently fashioned a "cardboard/tape" duct from the 120mm side case fan to the CPU so that the CPU would have intake air at room temp approx 29C vs. the 31-31C ambient case air temp).
Prior to ducting: (for both WinME and Win2k)
MBM5 for WinME
MBM4.18 for Win2k (haven't installed newest yet).
Room temp: 29C
Case temp: 31C
CPU idle: 44-45C
CPU load (cpuburn): 52C
After duct installed: (WinME only)
Room temp: 29C
Case temp: 31C
CPU idle: 41-42C
CPU load (cpuburn): 48C
A drop of 4C for both idle and load temps.....not bad at all. I didn't bother checking the temps in Win2k assuming that they would be the same.
Well I was playing around last night and booted into Win2k. I had flashed the Mobo BIOS to the latest Epox release and I wanted to see if Win2k liked it (I had read a few posts about system instability w/the latest BIOS and Win2k). I booted into Win2k and the initial CPU/system temps were 41/31...same as in WinME.
I messed around doing system maintenance stuff for a few minutes. I checked the temps again and was surprised to see the CPU/System temps at 35/31. I thought "that can't be right. I continued to watch the CPU temps fall, to my amazement. It finally bottomed out at 29/31. The CPU was at idle and room temp. I didn't think that was possible so I started cpuburn to see what the max load temp would get to. After approx 5 mins the temps topped out at 48/32, same as WinME.
I turned off cpuburn and went to bed, as it was getting late, thinking I would look at it again in the morning. I figured the different versions of MBM was the reason I was getting such large differences in temps.
I checked the temps in the morning and they were at 28/30 (CPU/System). I had pretty much convinced myself that either MBM4 or 5 was giving misleading CPU temps so I booted back into WinME to see if the CPU temps would jump immediately to 41C. The desktop came up and the CPU/System temps were 30/31.
I sat and watched the CPU temps slowly rise from 30C to 41C then stop. This leads me to think that the two versions of MBM are reporting temps correctly (relatively speaking).
I am only running APM on both OS's. All the super duper power management features have been disabled in the BIOS as I don't have a need for it and it tends to be buggy. As a result ACPI is not installed in either WinME or Win2k.
My question is: Is there any other way to explain the temp differences other than Win2k has much superior power management capability than WinME??
System:
1.0Gg T-bird @ 1.4G (1.85v, 10x140)
Millennium Glaciator HS/F
Epox EP-8kta3 mobo
dual boot WinME/Win2k
I recently fashioned a "cardboard/tape" duct from the 120mm side case fan to the CPU so that the CPU would have intake air at room temp approx 29C vs. the 31-31C ambient case air temp).
Prior to ducting: (for both WinME and Win2k)
MBM5 for WinME
MBM4.18 for Win2k (haven't installed newest yet).
Room temp: 29C
Case temp: 31C
CPU idle: 44-45C
CPU load (cpuburn): 52C
After duct installed: (WinME only)
Room temp: 29C
Case temp: 31C
CPU idle: 41-42C
CPU load (cpuburn): 48C
A drop of 4C for both idle and load temps.....not bad at all. I didn't bother checking the temps in Win2k assuming that they would be the same.
Well I was playing around last night and booted into Win2k. I had flashed the Mobo BIOS to the latest Epox release and I wanted to see if Win2k liked it (I had read a few posts about system instability w/the latest BIOS and Win2k). I booted into Win2k and the initial CPU/system temps were 41/31...same as in WinME.
I messed around doing system maintenance stuff for a few minutes. I checked the temps again and was surprised to see the CPU/System temps at 35/31. I thought "that can't be right. I continued to watch the CPU temps fall, to my amazement. It finally bottomed out at 29/31. The CPU was at idle and room temp. I didn't think that was possible so I started cpuburn to see what the max load temp would get to. After approx 5 mins the temps topped out at 48/32, same as WinME.
I turned off cpuburn and went to bed, as it was getting late, thinking I would look at it again in the morning. I figured the different versions of MBM was the reason I was getting such large differences in temps.
I checked the temps in the morning and they were at 28/30 (CPU/System). I had pretty much convinced myself that either MBM4 or 5 was giving misleading CPU temps so I booted back into WinME to see if the CPU temps would jump immediately to 41C. The desktop came up and the CPU/System temps were 30/31.
I sat and watched the CPU temps slowly rise from 30C to 41C then stop. This leads me to think that the two versions of MBM are reporting temps correctly (relatively speaking).
I am only running APM on both OS's. All the super duper power management features have been disabled in the BIOS as I don't have a need for it and it tends to be buggy. As a result ACPI is not installed in either WinME or Win2k.
My question is: Is there any other way to explain the temp differences other than Win2k has much superior power management capability than WinME??
