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Vic Smith
Untrue, "IF" there's a discrete second sensor, it may show
up nearer the heat sources on one board, further away on
others. Somewhat arbitrary and anything BUT a deliberate
attemp to keep away from these sources.
It's all beside the point though, most boards don't have
discrete temp sensors, instead relying on a readout provided
from one of the chips instead.
Wrong.
Northbridge can easily get hotter than a CPU using HALT
cooling, particularly the newer generations of flipchip,
chipsets and any of the more efficient CPUs (mainly meaning,
not a Prescott).
You are right.
Below are Everest reports taken while system is "idle" (5 windows, but
no HD activity, and CPU only engaged in XP background activity.
The CPU is a Northwood with the stock Intel Fan/HS.
Asus Probe software consistently shows the same trend, but
the MB/CPU temps are 32/28.
Everest Report (Summary)
Motherboard:
CPU Type Intel Pentium 4, 3200 MHz (16 x 200)
Motherboard Name Asus P4P800 SE (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 1 WiFi,
4 DDR DIMM, Audio, Gigabit LAN)
Motherboard Chipset Intel Springdale i865PE
System Memory 2048 MB (DDR
Everest Report (Sensor)
Temperatures:
Motherboard 32 °C (90 °F)
CPU 27 °C (81 °F)
GPU 54 °C (129 °F)
GPU Ambient 37 °C (99 °F)
Maxtor 7Y250P0 27 °C (81 °F)
Maxtor 6B250R0 30 °C (86 °F)
Maxtor 6Y160P0 26 °C (79 °F)
Cooling Fans:
CPU 3041 RPM
Chassis 1513 RPM
Power Supply 2538 RPM