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Brians256 · 04-08-2006, 02:26 AM

Has anyone ever been able to put a shunt resistor "after" the mobo power MOSFETs (and the LC filter that smooths it out) that feed the CPU? That'd be a better way to estimate CPU wattage. Sounds like a heck of a dangerous mod though, and it might be difficult due to routing. Might have to desolder throughhole devices just to get to the high current output of the DC-DC converter and it still might be too noisy to get accurate current measurements without expensive equipment.

OK, done with random thought.

04-08-2006, 02:26 AM	#20
Brians256 Pro/Staff Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Klamath Falls, OR Posts: 1,439	Re: Biggest Copper Heatsink? Has anyone ever been able to put a shunt resistor "after" the mobo power MOSFETs (and the LC filter that smooths it out) that feed the CPU? That'd be a better way to estimate CPU wattage. Sounds like a heck of a dangerous mod though, and it might be difficult due to routing. Might have to desolder throughhole devices just to get to the high current output of the DC-DC converter and it still might be too noisy to get accurate current measurements without expensive equipment. OK, done with random thought.