I just proved to myself the inaccuracy of Socket A mobo temperature monitors...

[Nighthawk69]

Hi there...

I just wanted to say that I picked up a dual CompuNurse setup for a 5.25" bay and wired it to read the temperature of my AMD Athlon "Thunderbird" 1.1Ghz core and that temperature is always about 12 degrees C above what motherboard monitor shows, taking it up to just under 60 degrees C. This is as compared to the stock temperature sensor that comes with the MSI K7T Pro motherboard.

... Yet another example of the bad monitors on Socket A mobo's, I guess...

 

[Mikewarrior2]

and when you take into account that side-mount thermistors like Digital docs show anywhere from 50-80% of core temp rise over ambient, the socket-thermistor looks even more inaccurate.

Its a known thing that socket-a mb's have ineffective and inaccurate temperature monitoring to some of us 🙂... there are quite a few non-believers that woudl like nothing but believe that 30C is their actual DIE temp.


Mike

 

[Duvie]

good old fashion testing like when my athlon 1.4tbird said it was at 48c but it would heat my room significantly...the heat pumping out the top blow holes and back exhaust was noticeable....yet, my 1.8@2.4 would hit 50c for 12 hours straight and I didn't notice much change in room temp and air felt cool to warm out of back. Plus I have one less case fan and cpu hsf runs about 1500rpms less...I knew right there that the athlon temps had to be wrong...


There is really no reason why amd doesnt' get on mobo manfacturers and have them correct this problem and add thermal protection for the chip....I think it is holding them back from many as a cpu upgrade for these reasons....

 

[Nighthawk69]

Thanks for the replies, guys 🙂 And Mike, I can only imagine what the real temperature of this core is... :Q

 

[BD231]

Well considering AMD states that 70C is a temp that is within operating spec, I wouldn't be supprise if 60+C was normal.