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Cathar · 12-14-2005, 11:00 PM

gf, I believe that they meant that the diodes are specifically calibrated for shutdown at 135C during the manufacturing stage. All diodes require calibration, and they just can't leave it to chance that some random diode on some CPU they make won't correctly shut the CPU down when it hits the critical 135C. I believe that this is what is meant by that statement. Otherwise the statement makes no sense. Why would anyone calibrate a diode to read differently to other CPU's? The act of calibration essentially means to bring the diode within acceptable error margins, which would make the ALU temp probe specifically ideal and consistent from CPU to CPU.

12-14-2005, 11:00 PM	#535
Cathar Thermophile Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 2,538	Re: Apogee from Swiftech... gf, I believe that they meant that the diodes are specifically calibrated for shutdown at 135C during the manufacturing stage. All diodes require calibration, and they just can't leave it to chance that some random diode on some CPU they make won't correctly shut the CPU down when it hits the critical 135C. I believe that this is what is meant by that statement. Otherwise the statement makes no sense. Why would anyone calibrate a diode to read differently to other CPU's? The act of calibration essentially means to bring the diode within acceptable error margins, which would make the ALU temp probe specifically ideal and consistent from CPU to CPU.