CPU vs System Temps

[oshta]

i got a Abit AT7-max2, the mobo comes with "winbond hardware doctor"

which says "system 44c" "CPU 39"

when i set up MBM i check the site for which sensor it thins is which, and theres two "at7-max2" listings - and neather list sensors i have (for the CPU)

- so, which is higher, CPU or "system" (which is right next to the Nbridge)

- normaly i'd say "CPU gota be hotter" - but the nbridge is very warm (stock fan) and the winbond doc says its the system that hoter


help, im confused

[Shogun]

What cooling do you have on the chip? It could very well be possible that the proc is lower than the northbridge. Try getting a bigger fan blowing onto the northbridge and see if temps decrease.

[mr_anderson187]

u can get a zalman northbridge cooler cheap these days, or just one of theyre heatsiinks, my mate says theyre usefull

[oshta]

the NB currently has the stock "abit" cooler - which is just the silver Vantec iceberg alu cooler (image below)

- im geting one of thos blue zalman things soon.

- and the CPu cooler is also a stock alu thing (with fan speed reduced)

i'll have another go at cooling the sensors (mobo manual points out excectly where they are)

[Shogun]

Turn your cpu fan up and see which temp goes down the most

[yamangman]

Start encoding a long video, if the CPU one increases above the the System one, you know the readings are correct. If system remains the highest, they must be switched.

[oshta]

well, i did some more playing

- and im fairy sure the CPU is the lower one
- ran heatup (the mbm prog) and it over the "system" temp
- stoped the cpu for about 1min, "cpu" went upto about 50C


thanks anyway guys