>Subject: [Duo2400] Gauge Pro or Jeremy's Temperature CSM?
>
>I have both Gauge Pro and Jeremy's Temperature CSM running on my 2400.
>
>Gauge Pro says 188 F and Jeremy says 149 F.
>
>Which one is considered to be more accurate?

You have a G3 in your 2400, and Gauge Pro is reporting the 
temperature from the CPU's internal temperature register (as the 
dialog indicates). The CSM is reporting the internal temperature from 
the Power Manager, which gets it from a thermistor on the logic board 
or CPU board (probably the latter) - near, but not within the CPU 
itself. The CPU core is hotter than the larger area around it, and 
both readings are thus accurate.

Since any piece of software that reports temperature is getting the 
reading straight from the hardware, it's not possible for the 
application software to screw it up and checking other software is 
pointless. If you have a regular 603e (which has no temperature 
sensor of its own) Gauge Pro will indicate "not applicable" for the 
CPU core.

If you're asking which reading is more relevant, the answer is 
"neither". It's not really a very important factor unless you're 
noticing problems (crashes or hangs) when your 2400 does a lot of 
CPU-intensive work. The point at which it could cause long-term 
damage is well beyond the point where it would simply crash, so it's 
generally not worth worrying about unless it gets really excessive. 
63C/145F is where my stock 2400 is running right now, and most of the 
time.

-- 
Marc Sira               |       [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"If you can't play with words, what good are they?"


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