Thermal Sensor Placement

[a5431]

Anybody help me out with this? I have a KT7-RAID with a T-Bird and a Digital Doc III.

Where in relation to the core is the best place to put a thermal sensor?

 

[Budman]

On a KT7-RAID the thermal sensor is under the cpu in the middle of the socket.

No need for an external sensor.

 

[Technonut]

The fact that the sensor is under the CPU in the socket, is a good reason to use an external probe if you are interested in the most accurate reading that you could get, since the external probe actually touches the core. It still is not 100% accurate from what I understand, but as close as one could get.

Anyway, I have mine placed going in the side, placed in the middle, with the tip of the probe touching the side of the core, held in place with a piece of frag tape. You of course cannot place it on top of the core, as it would crush the probe, and affect contact with the heatsink. I tried other positions, but they would interfere with my Alpha fitting flush on the T-Bird. I also had to remove the shrink tubing collar on the probe to get rid of the lump that it made, to make it as flat as possible.


EDIT: Here is a Picture of mine. Hope it helps.

 

[a5431]

Great! Thanks for your help.

 

[Mikewarrior2]

Technonut's solution gets the closest results to actual cpu core temp... It has a variation of anywhere from 5-12% of actual core temp, but it is much more accurate than the thermistor in the socket.



Mike

 

[ModemMix]

i have my compunurse probe placed the same way Technonut has his. Im runningthe asus a7v and i can tell you that the temprature from the onbord thermal sensor is NOT acurate. i dont know if your board will share the same 4c discrepency, but an external thermal probe is definatly a good purchass if you care for a proper thermal readout. the next AMD core is slated to have an on chip thermal probe ill be happy to see that.