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Althon 4 Thermal Diode Temperature

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thermite88

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(1) Which motherboard supports the Althon 4 Thermal Diode Temperature measurement?

(2) Are there any Althon 4 review that includes Thermal Diode Temperature measurement?
 
Mike, do you think a BIOS updat ecould support this, or does the board actually need different hardware to read the temp?
 
Insane3d,

From both what i've read and actual MP testing, no. The problem is that the boards reading the internal diode are not using the VIA686-B to handle the temp reading, and that a separate chip(be it winbond as it is now, or whatever they use in hte future) is used to read the diode and monitor temps, rpms, voltages, etc.

Current socket-a boards are already hard-wired between Via686-B to the socket-thermistor, so I don't think any current socket-a board will read the internal diode. 🙁

Unfortunately, it looks like the MSI dual board will still be using socket-thermistors, though.



Mike
 


<< Thanks for the reply. Is it amazing that there is so little interest in the AMD CPU on important issues! >>



That's because they're all too busy chipping their cores! 😛 Seriously though, I gotta hand it to you guys who are testing the MP CPUs for us and are messing with the beta bioses--I appreciate hearing the news.
 
Most people are not interested in MP.

You will see PLENTY of interest when the Desktop Athlon 4s hit the streets.
 
judging from the nforce board expected release date (read: close to the a4 release) i wonder if they will be designed for the thermal diode? anyone?
 
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