Thanks for all the help! I lapped my block better, applied the AS more carefully, andfinally got a good seating of my MAZE2. If I complain about my temps once more, then please ban me for life
I bought this really cool thermometer for my water and ambient temps, accurate to 0.5C. It has a probe with a long lead that I keep in the reservoir. It's called "Little Time and Temp" by Lifeguard. Anyway, I still want to use that MAX1880 chip and wire up my CPU diode to my SMBus. Geting the chip is not too easy, so far.