My CPU Temp is TOO high.

[HKBoy]

Oc until smoke starts comming out of your computer. Then you have pushed the limits
Ely

LOL!

Heh, nice idea in theory, wouldn't want to see that in practice.

 

[Wolfmist]

I have tried both of the programs that people have recommended above, and neither is any better than the Asus Probe. I really need to get a Digidoc or something with temperature probes.

Also, HKboy, I have read on these forums that you're ok as long as your computer runs stable. If it doesn't than look at being too hot as you're first culprit.

 

[HKBoy]

Yeah, I think the temp on my comp is okay and it's completely stable (Win Xp running 24/7)

It seems the only true way to test the cpu temp is manually by sticking a probe in there and connecting it to a digital display at the front. But these components might take a while to track down being the fact I'm living in Hong Kong.

 

[Wolfmist]

I am going to get the DigitalDoc5 to monitor my CPU.

I believe Hoot said that our motherboard (a7v266-e) has the capability to use the Athlon XP's internal thermister, but they had problems with it so its disabled with the bios.

I have been checking back as Asus regularly to see if they have a bios update that enables the thermister monitoring. Its seems they're busy updating the bios. The official release now is revision 1006, and they are on 1008 in beta. I haven't found any details about the latest beta though.

 

[HKBoy]

Okay, I've been searching a bit over the net for some info about the Asus A7V266-E and found a web site, but that site said the motherboard does not suppose the 'On-die Diode'...

Extract: "Something Asus did bring to the table with this board is the CPU temperature monitoring feature. Before you get excited, while this is a great feature, this does not monitor the on-die diode now present in Palomino cores. Instead, it uses the much more familiar diode placed in the bottom of the CPU socket."

This is the link to that site

So does this mean the board doesn't support the internal thermistor, or is this web site wrong???

 

[.. AE 86 ..]

just asking out of curiousity... HKBoy.. are you really from HK ?

 

[HKBoy]

just asking out of curiousity... HKBoy.. are you really from HK ?

Yeah why?

 

[Gnufsh]

You could rig up a reader for the internal diode on the XP. I think Hoot is selling some in the classifieds...

-Dan

 

[mjones73]

One thing of interest is my Mitsubishi MMF-08B12DH-W CPU fan which seems to be reading around 2576 RPM, so don't know if this is because of the motherboard doesn't think the fan needs to spin any faster as of the cpu temp or what?

Your motherboard doesn't control the fan's speed, it just reports what the fan is spinning at....

 

[mustangman]

You could rig up a reader for the internal diode on the XP. I think Hoot is selling some in the classifieds...

-Dan

He doesn't have enough posts to get into the classsifieds. If you are interested in a diode reader, very accurate, pm Hoot and ask him about them.

 

[HKBoy]

So now I have 3 questions.

1) My Mitsubishi fan spins at around 2600 rpm, is that the correct RPM for fans?

2) Does the Asus A7V266 E have built in hardware to test the internal diode of the Athlon XP chip, or it just reads the air temp under it?

3) What is a reader? It is a program, a probe or some hardware device???

Thanks for all the replies I have been getting guys.

 

[mustangman]

The diode reader is a hardware device that connects between the smbus and the solder points on the back of the socket. It reads the internal temp of the cpu from the on board cpu temp diode in the xp processors and mbm5 can be configured to display the temps.

 

[weasel]

2600 rpm sounds too slow, my cheap coolermaster runs at 5400 rpm

 

[Wolfmist]

The diode reader is a hardware device that connects between the smbus and the solder points on the back of the socket. It reads the internal temp of the cpu from the on board cpu temp diode in the xp processors and mbm5 can be configured to display the temps.

How do you configure MBM5 to do this?