I'm using Motherboard Monitor (5.1.0.4) for the first time in my life, and I've discovered something that just doesn't seem right.
MBM finds three temperature sensors (all temperatures are in degrees centigrade):
Via686A-1 (22 degrees)
Via686A-2 (25 degrees)
Via686A-3 (45 degrees) .
Now, the question is, where are these sensors located in my rig, and which is which? I found the following on this link:
<< If you are using a program like Motherboard monitor, it will label the sensors Via686A-1, Via686A-2, Via686A-3. The first is the internal bandgap, the second is the CPU sensor (using a thermometer to monitor the ACTUAL temperature, there is approx., an 18-22 discrepancy between the reading and actual temp), and the third is the case temp. >>
(what's internal bandgap, anyway?)
If this is right, then my CPU temp is 25 degrees, while the case temp is 45 degrees (both temps are read after an hour with 100% CPU utilization, and both have been stable during that time). That doesn't sound right to me...
My motherboard is an Abit KT7-RAID, while the quote is from an Epox EP-7KXA page, so the mapping of the sensors might not be the same, but it's the only information I've found regarding Via686A-1, 2 and 3. Also, when I use the Via Hardware Monitor that was shipped with my motherboard, it shows 41 degrees system temp and 22 degrees CPU temp, which I have until right now assumed an error in the program. Now I'm not so sure...
Conclusion: I am really, REALLY confused Can someone please tell me where Via686A-1, 2 and 3 are located on an Abit KT7-RAID in an AOpen HX08 case? And if the temp readings are correct, how on earth can the system temp be 20 degrees above the CPU temp and stay that way for so long? Isn't that impossible?
MBM finds three temperature sensors (all temperatures are in degrees centigrade):
Via686A-1 (22 degrees)
Via686A-2 (25 degrees)
Via686A-3 (45 degrees) .
Now, the question is, where are these sensors located in my rig, and which is which? I found the following on this link:
<< If you are using a program like Motherboard monitor, it will label the sensors Via686A-1, Via686A-2, Via686A-3. The first is the internal bandgap, the second is the CPU sensor (using a thermometer to monitor the ACTUAL temperature, there is approx., an 18-22 discrepancy between the reading and actual temp), and the third is the case temp. >>
(what's internal bandgap, anyway?)
If this is right, then my CPU temp is 25 degrees, while the case temp is 45 degrees (both temps are read after an hour with 100% CPU utilization, and both have been stable during that time). That doesn't sound right to me...
My motherboard is an Abit KT7-RAID, while the quote is from an Epox EP-7KXA page, so the mapping of the sensors might not be the same, but it's the only information I've found regarding Via686A-1, 2 and 3. Also, when I use the Via Hardware Monitor that was shipped with my motherboard, it shows 41 degrees system temp and 22 degrees CPU temp, which I have until right now assumed an error in the program. Now I'm not so sure...
Conclusion: I am really, REALLY confused Can someone please tell me where Via686A-1, 2 and 3 are located on an Abit KT7-RAID in an AOpen HX08 case? And if the temp readings are correct, how on earth can the system temp be 20 degrees above the CPU temp and stay that way for so long? Isn't that impossible?