What does Power / Aux temperature mean in Sis Sandra?

[bimmer01]

Hey guys,

I'm using Sis Sandra and reading my temps:

Screenshot

What does Power / Aux temperature mean? Is it my Power supply?

 

[bimmer01]

no one knows?

 

[Matthias99]

Apparently your motherboard has a third thermal sensor. It's not clear what it's hooked up to (in fact, those numbers look goofy, since usually the CPU is the hottest component). Sometimes it's not hooked up to anything, and it's just reporting garbage numbers.

Another possibility is that Sandra is not configured properly. Try another program, like Everest or Motherboard Monitor, and see what they say.

 

[Lord Evermore]

It could be any other temperature sensor. Power supplies don't have a data line to the mainboard (except some with a fan speed wire) so it isn't that. Look on forums for various monitoring software and see if there's information for that specific board.