DHSinclair wrote:
j.,
Your comments are duly noted. Thank you. more inline below..........
At 06:12 11/24/2008 -0800, you wrote:
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Farenheight readings mean nothing in the computer world, give us some
Ceilcus numbers. There's 3 base temps CPU diode (real temp), CPU (mobo
temp under socket), case (mobo ambient temp). Then you get into the
NB, SB temps.
OK. Sorry about that. I was aware the collective has switched to
Celsius. ATM, my new test platform is currently doing 48C
(buttoned-up). I'll assume this may be idle because the only app running
is Probe II. The motherboard temp is 44C (buttoned-up. I do not see a
'case temp', and I know nothing about the NB or SB ATM. This m/b seems
to be greatly stripped down from that vastly more expensive Pro, Deluxe,
and Wifi versions of the same m/b. The good news is that this m/b has
everything I believe I will need now and in the near future. Yes, these
boards may lack a boatload of other creature features, but I do not have
a use for those ATM. It is a P45x and uses DDR3. That is a good start
for me. And, it is (so far) stable as a brick.
Values in the 40's sound like CPU diode & CPU socket temps. Case, which is a open air
sensor on the mobo, would be 25-30C nominal range in a properly cooled case in a <26C
(80F) room based on my experience. There is no other temp sensors listed in probe?
Did you look in the BIOS to see if Probe is reporting all the sensors? Asus has
pretty consistently had socket & open air sensors on their mobos.
Do I understand correctly that you are NOT using Probe II? If so that may be part of
the issue since Probe II required AFAIK to support newer mobo's. Basically whatever
the Asus download area for that mobo says is the version you should be using.
Probe sucks big time & no real replacement exists that is 1. free, 2.
reads all the sensors. Probe tends to prevent use of a networked
printer. Also Beware of AITuner, etc... apps as FUD.
I do hope we can agree to disagree. Yet again, LOL! I will accept your
review of Probe in any/all of it's permutations. I will accept that it
may have some trouble, but I have used it without trouble for the past
10 years without loosing a single PC to some 'faulty' display reading.
I do not run Probe 24/7; I run it when I am curious about basic power or
fan condition (w/o rebooting to bios).
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I think we are getting crossed signals here. Probe's functionality I desire & value,
it's Probe II (not old Probe) itself I have issues with vs. how good Motherboard
Monitor was (R.I.P. MBM). This is a major personal peeve with me and the Rampage
since Probe II & related support drivers (which run even when probe is not) cause
network printer issues and is nothing more than a simple value reader/alarm.
With MBM I had it sending Syslog data to my server reporting vital temps, fan speeds,
& voltages as well having it shutdown the PC when those values went abnormal. Sadly
'nix get's better support than Windows for the various non-standard ways mobo vendors
handle their sensors. Been fighting with SpeedFan trying to get it to read all my
sensors without much luck and Everest is better but moronic pricing levels, a project
ongoing.
