Proper placement of thermal cable on 533a@gorb

[hambonetom]

I have a bx6r2 mb and just recently purchased a 533a,golden orb,ms-6905master combo. I was just wondering without taking off the orb,what is the best placement for the thermal cable that came with the abit mb.I am a newbie to this,and I really don't want to remove the orb if at all possible.Any suggestions would be great.

Also what would be a realistic temp. at full load with this setup.

 

[cautery]

The best position for that thermal probe is back in the motherboard box if you ask me.

Go to http://www.benchtest.com and read up on the BX6r2 thermal diode fix.... Then find the parts (screen them with a multimeter to get as close a value as possible ... especially on the resistor(s). I used two 15K 1% resistors that I culled from 20 to get exactly 30K. The capacitor value is less critical.

Someone with adequate soldering skills can make the fix for you if you don't feel you have the requisite experience.

The thermal diode is the ONLY valid measurement of true CPU core temp....

My $0.02,

 

[thermite88]

The easiest thing to do is to get rid of the Abit MB and buy a Asus P3V4X which has ondie thermal diode support built-in. I am running the same Celeron 533A at 840 MHz with a Golden Orb. At 25 deg C room,

CPU: 37 C
MB: 27 C
HD: 37 C

I use an Enermax 450W dual fan power supply which is very quiet compared to many 300W PS.

Windows 2000 Professional
Celeron 533A @ 840, 1.8V, Golden Orb
P3V4X (BIOS 1005), 105 FSB @ 3/4 CPU/memory bus
128MB Apacer/Infineon, PC133, SPD 333, 7.5 ns
Adaptec 29160 Ultra160 SCSI adapter,
WD Enterprice 10K 18.3MB Ultra160/LVD
Matrox G200SG 8MB
Ensoniqs AudioPCI
Plextor 412 CDR
Plextor 32x caddy CD drive
HP Surestore 6000 DDS-2 4mm tape drive
Iomega Insider SCSI zip drive.
Addtronics 7890A full tower
Enermax 450W Dual Fan PS
Addtronics 7890A server case

cautery, don't scare hambonetom. He said that he is a newbie to this and is even reluntant to even touch the Golden Orb. However, I agree with you that "The thermal diode is the ONLY valid measurement of true CPU core temp...."