8k7a and Mobo Monitor

s0ccergoof

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Does anyone know what sensors on the 8k7a relate to where on the motherboard? Motherboard monitor shows 3 on mine, VIA-686B-1, VIA-686B-2, and VIA-686B-3. I am pretty sure that the -2 is the cpu temp as it is always higher than the other two. I am kind of confused as to what the other two are though. Right now I am getting 23C on -1, 30C on -2, and 21C on -3.

Also, while I am asking stuff, does anyone know a good range that CPU temps should run in? my cpu temps have been anywhere from 30C to 43C, with the ambient temp only changing about 2-3C. I thought the difference between idling and full load was supposed to be about 4-5C. I am running a 1.2 T-Bird and have kind of been hesitant to overclock because of the big differences in temps. By the way, I have a Alpha 8045 with an 80mm Panaflo.
 

BeauJangles

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When I ran my 1.2 tbird @ 1.4 ghz air cooled I was getting temperatures around 39 c idle and 43 c under load.
 

Jen

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when i run a program called toast it raised my cpu temp by 7c......i have seen it raise others temps to 10c above idle. keep in mind every motherboard will read the temperature differently. my abit reads 10c higher than my epox.



Jen