Where Are The Temperature Sensors On The MB

Cool a small area of the motherboard at a time, and check for changes in
the temperature readings. You should be able to quickly zero in on the
location of the thermistor. There may be a printed lable on the motherboard
at the thermistor location, something like 'TH 1'.

There is a special coolant in a spray can with a long thin tube used for
diagnosing electronic heat problems ('Freezedown' is one brand name) that
works much better than compressed air and that can produce temperatures
down to about - 40).

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"Terry Pin" wrote in message
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Hi Folks

Some guidance please, I've a rather obscure MB an Ibase
I815E(www.ibase-europe.com/pdf/manual/etx/et815.pdf), which uses the
IT8712 for
hardware monitoring.

I want to log the temperatures using Motherboard Monitor but need to
"proove"
that the temperatures being recorded are actually those being displayed. I
intended to do this by spraying the localised area with chilled compressed
air
and confirming the displayed temperature dropped and this mthod has worked
fine
for the CPU.

However it looks like this MB has 2 temperature sensors, where are they
located,
is there anything I should look out for?

I can find the IT8712 but if I cool that both MB temperatures drop.


Any suggestions much appreciated.

Terry

Phil Weldon wrote:
[...]
There is a special coolant in a spray can with a long thin tube
used for diagnosing electronic heat problems ('Freezedown' is one
brand name) that works much better than compressed air and that can
produce temperatures down to about - 40).

Drifting off topic a little, but if you want really, really cold
temperatures, use a compressed air can upside down. The fluid that comes out
is liquid nitrogen (about -190 deg C). Of course, I STRONLGY recommend you
don't use this on any component in your computer, and definately wear eye
protection if you do use it.

[...]
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Michael Brown wrote:
Phil Weldon wrote:
[...]
There is a special coolant in a spray can with a long thin tube
used for diagnosing electronic heat problems ('Freezedown' is one
brand name) that works much better than compressed air and that can
produce temperatures down to about - 40).

Drifting off topic a little, but if you want really, really cold
temperatures, use a compressed air can upside down. The fluid that
comes out is liquid nitrogen (about -190 deg C).

Gnah, brainfart. It's actually a freon-like substance, I'm not exactly sure
of it's boiling point.

Of course, I
STRONLGY recommend you don't use this on any component in your
computer, and definately wear eye protection if you do use it.

This was from experience ... seeing droplets of damn cold stuff flying
around makes me nervous

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Michael Brown
www.emboss.co.nz : OOS/RSI software and more
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Michael Brown wrote:
Michael Brown wrote:
Phil Weldon wrote:
[...]
There is a special coolant in a spray can with a long thin tube
used for diagnosing electronic heat problems ('Freezedown' is one
brand name) that works much better than compressed air and that can
produce temperatures down to about - 40).

Drifting off topic a little, but if you want really, really cold
temperatures, use a compressed air can upside down. The fluid that
comes out is liquid nitrogen (about -190 deg C).

Gnah, brainfart. It's actually a freon-like substance, I'm not
exactly sure of it's boiling point.

After a bit of googling (which I should have done BEFORE I started posting
....) it looks like it's probably (Freon) R134A, which has a boiling point of
about -25 deg C and standard pressure. So not quite as good as those
"freeze" sprays, but still a whole lot of fun (shatter plants, blow up drink
bottles, etc etc).

[...]

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Michael Brown
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On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 17:59:05 +1200, "Michael Brown"
wrote:


After a bit of googling (which I should have done BEFORE I started posting
...) it looks like it's probably (Freon) R134A, which has a boiling point of
about -25 deg C and standard pressure. So not quite as good as those
"freeze" sprays, but still a whole lot of fun (shatter plants, blow up drink
bottles, etc etc).

I had a job where I got the mfg's newsletter for freon. They always
were pro freon, anti hole in the ozone layer type propaganda. Then
there was a big breakthrough in measuring some rather large hole over
the south pole, and I got one issue where they said they may have to
reconsider things.

The NEXT issue I got, they were back to pro freon, anti holes, ain't
nothing been proved etc. etc.; and the kicker was the newsletter
editor had been replaced

I hope they were right, cuz I know my company did it's small part in
trying to drill a new asshole in the ozone layer

If god had meant a cover to be placed on a vapor degreaser, he
wouldn't have made them detachable.