"[CCTALK] CPU temperature monitoring

From: Douglas H. Quebbeman <dougq_at_iglou.com>
Date: Wed May 15 13:40:09 2002

> I'm sure that most of you are aware that many of the newer
> Intel and clone processors are real heat generators and that
> it's critical to keep them with specified temperature limits.
> I downloaded and installed a CPU and motherboard temperture
> monitoring program called MotherBoard Monitor. My question
> is how accurate are these types of programs? On CPU intensive
> task my CPU frequently pegs out the temperature gauge in the
> MBM but the BIOS temperature monitoring never shows any
> indication of overheating.

There is a calibration procedure you can go through, it's
all in the documentation...

-dq
Received on Wed May 15 2002 - 13:40:09 BST