Dan Drown <dan-...@drown.org>:
> Quoting "Eric S. Raymond" <e...@thyrsus.com>:
> >Is the CPU temp going to be a good approximation of what the clock sees,
> >though? I can think of several reasons to doubt it.
>
> It's better than nothing, but it does have two limitations:
>
> 1. the CPU heats itself at a different rate than the surrounding board, so
> it can be much hotter than the oscillator
> 2. the in-CPU temperature sensors tend to be low-ish resolution
That's about what I figured. It's why I followed Gar's recommendation to get
a room-temperature sensor.
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<a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a>
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