[jaydee]

Originally Posted by bigben2k

Hum... I see a digression in this thread, from one statement:

Maybe you can expand on that JD?

You already have a heat die, we're just proposing to cap it off with a salvaged IHS. It has the advantage of reducing/eliminating the maintenance on the top surface of the CPU simulator. Plus, the temp measurement is done through an inexpensive thermocouple (measuring instrument aside).

If someone (another reviewer) wants to run tests with a real CPU, he can have it grooved, and wire into the CPU temp diode, just as pHaestus did.

I don't understand the objection here.

Bill suggests:

Picking up the 2190A is easy. Having it calibrated is certainly up to the owner of the equipment, but it's relatively inexpensive, and validates the measurements. Heck, as stingy as I can be, even I would do it! Running a calibration procedure oneself is possible, but I've never done it, so I can't say with any kind of certainty that I would be able to do it successfully.

What I do know, is that we all need a starting point, e.g. a reference temperature measurement; ONE calibrated instrument does that. If you want to run your calibration procedure yourself after that, knock yourself out. I'm (barely) starting out with a 0.1 C graduated mercury thermometer, ranged from 19 to 27 deg C. $30, and I haven't taken a single temp measurement yet...

I thought we were trying to put together a CPU based test bench all reviewers could afford and operate.