I have a general sort of question. Yesterday I did a processor upgrade on one of our machines. (Sorry Dan, it was not a SuperMac, but the question would apply to them too)
The cache control software indicated the processor was running at 82� F in OS 9.2 and 95�F in OS 10.3 The temperatures seem acceptable. I realize that a processor is probably working harder and hotter in OSX. However, I also wonder about the accuracy of software based thermometers.
A number of people on this list have lost drives to overheating. As we add extra drives and various PCI cards to our legacy machines, we are pushing the envelope a bit.
I was wondering if anyone on this list had come up with a means of accurately testing the ambient temperature inside the box, in various areas. Being in the "cooking stuff" business, we sell a number of thermometers/timers that have a cable and a probe for monitoring the internal temperature in things like the Thanksgiving bird or a rib roast. But, it is not exactly like you can plunge the probe into a hard drive and fire up the computer to determine the temperature.
Anyone come up with a workable computer thermometer?
Nancy
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