Re: AMD64 Compat List

["Jean-Luc Coulon (f5ibh)" <jean-luc.coulon@wanadoo.fr>]

Le 10.02.2005 19:19:28, Lennart Sorensen a écrit :
> On Thu, Feb 10, 2005 at 06:14:14PM +0000, Jean-Luc Coulon (f5ibh)
> wrote:
> > On the heatsink is not really problem (with an amd64, nt a Prescott),
>
> > in the bladesof the fan might e a problem ;-)
> >
> > But it is not always clear *where* are located the sensors.
>
> Most if not all motherboards since the Athlon XP came about, have had  
> a
> temp sensor under the cpu socket I believe.  My old A7V board (first
> Asus socket A board) had an external sensor to put on the heat sink,
> while later A7V series (with newer chipsets and support for newer
> athlons) had the sensor under the socket somehow.

The Athlon64 has thermal sensing diode on the chip.
But unfortunately it is not used to monitor the temperature.
The A8V use a thermistor under the socket to do that, you are right.  
But it seems that the thermal diode is used for safety purposes: it  
shut down the system is case of overheat. (I've found this information  
on AMD site, in the supported motherboard section but surprisingly I've  
not found this information at ASUS's).

> Len Sorensen

Jean-Luc

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