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Hoot · 03-09-2005, 07:44 AM

It only takes three components (chip and two capacitors) and some miniature shielded cable to make one yourself. You do have to be able to read a DMM and solder. You can request samples from MAXIM, so the chip is free. Solder the components right on the back side of one of your DIMM slots where you gain access to the SMBus, assuming you motherboard does not have an SMBus header. The hardest part, regardless of who's board you use is isolating the CPUs thermal diode pins from circuitry already on your motherboard, so that they don't interfere with your reading. That takes some investigating, but if worse comes to worse, you can do like I did and solder right to the CPU itself. Articles are around detailing how to do it.

Hoot

03-09-2005, 07:44 AM	#2
Hoot Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Twin Cities Posts: 67	It only takes three components (chip and two capacitors) and some miniature shielded cable to make one yourself. You do have to be able to read a DMM and solder. You can request samples from MAXIM, so the chip is free. Solder the components right on the back side of one of your DIMM slots where you gain access to the SMBus, assuming you motherboard does not have an SMBus header. The hardest part, regardless of who's board you use is isolating the CPUs thermal diode pins from circuitry already on your motherboard, so that they don't interfere with your reading. That takes some investigating, but if worse comes to worse, you can do like I did and solder right to the CPU itself. Articles are around detailing how to do it. Hoot __________________ DFI LP UT NF4 Ultra-D 7.04-3 Bios A64 3700+ San Diego 11x257 (2827 Mhz) @ 1.57Vcore 2x1Gb Crucial Ballistix 7:6 (300 Mhz) 3-3-3-8-1T @ 2.77V Connect 3D x850xt 620/625 2x WD 36GB Raptors in Raid0 DIY Jet Impingement WB on CPU / Pipecap WB on GPU Shrouded Camaro Heater Core / Swiftech MCP655 Pump Antec P-160 Tower / Seasonic S12 600W PSU MAXIM 6658 Thermal Diode Reader Moderator at OCForums