Dying Internal Diode preventing Higher FSB?

[RainMaQer]

I read somewhere that before post the Mobo reads the internal diode of the processor and if it's too high... no post. My diode HAS to be on the fritz as I'm using a Pep66 with a Delta and my temps are just WAY too high.

The Processor is a P3 800e (100 FSB) and I'm running it at 533 (66 FSB) for testing. The vcore is 1.7 (default) but the chip is still only idling at 32C and full load is 48 C. Mobo temp is 30 C which in itself doesn't seem right. My only guess is that the temp sensors are on the fritz. I'm taking these readings with MBM5... Asus Probe is also installed but the temps are about 8-10 C higher.

Where is the mobo temp taken from?

Could the diode being on the fritz be stopping me from booting any higher than 924 MHz (115 FSB)?

 

[RainMaQer]

Got something to add to this one while I BUMP it at the same time


In the bios I can toggle between showing the temp of the cpu or [Ignore]. If I set it to ignore will that prevent the software from seeing it in windows? Or perhaps if it turns out that the original question of this thread is confirmed... would changing it to ignore possibly help?

 

[takiwa]

In the bios I can toggle between showing the temp of the cpu or [Ignore]. If I set it to ignore will that prevent the software from seeing it in windows? Or perhaps if it turns out that the original question of this thread is confirmed... would changing it to ignore possibly help?

Rain, I have NO EARTHLY IDEA if that will help or not, but since no one else will answer you, I say try it and see...

 

[RainMaQer]

Rain, I have NO EARTHLY IDEA if that will help or not, but since no one else will answer you, I say try it and see...

Thanks bro

Just did and it didn't help. MBM5 can still read the temps. I'm running out of ideas and frankly I'm a little worried. I don't know what to do. I got my MB temp down to 25 C and brought the CPU back up to 922 MHz (115 FSB) this time at 1.75 vcore and the idle temp is now 31 C. Full load is still spiking into the 50's and bouncing all over the place

 

[funnyperson1]

hmmm...hows your case cooling?

 

[Yodums]

A duct is needed I'm guessing.

 

[RainMaQer]

hmmm...hows your case cooling?

I now have fans up the wazoo... it seems a little awkward the way they're set up... but I only have ONE real place for a fan in this case. Its in the front on the bottom... fits an 80mm. Got a 43 CFM 80mm in that spot bringing air in. Another up at the top bringing air in. The psu fan. Ever seen the fan from a slot 1 cooler with dual fans? Well its a pretty good little 6000 RPM dual fan... got that bringing air over the back of the processor and the top of the vid card. A little fan from a retail hsf blowing air out the pci slots in between the agp and my network card... another 60mm 12CFM just moving air in the case for no good reason... and finaly the delta on the pep66 blowing OUT of the case... sucking air through the heatsink.(tried blowing and sucking)

 

[RainMaQer]

Found the problem... it's all right HERE.

 

[takiwa]

I was surprised but I figured that some of the adapters we are using are the real problem and not the ASUS P3V4x.

Some of them don’t use thermal pins (that, I read from the ASUS site while I was downloading the new Bios 1004 (That was a crazy Bios…at least for me)) and that’s why we are getting false readings. At the ASUS site I read that the 1004 was supposed to correct this issue but I haven’t notice that for as long as I was using that Bios (1004.002 works fine).

Man, I am glad you found that article...I was beginning to start going crazy for you!

 

[BigRed]

hey ranmaqer i have the 1006 beta2 bios on my hdd if you want it

 

[RainMaQer]

hey ranmaqer i have the 1006 beta2 bios on my hdd if you want it

Thanks for the offer bro... I'm using beta2 now. I've also got beta3 backed up on a floppy... it came with beta3 so I saved it to disk. I'm just looking to find the temp monitor on the mobo now... I shall fix these problems with this board is I go nuts


Thanks Takiwa I did a search on google for "P3V4X Temperature Readings" and at the top was a link for that article