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Zymrgy · 06-12-2003, 10:42 PM

I just want to get a full understanding of what we are trying to accomplish before I cut into the socket. (the prying the thing off looks like a winnar to me, BTW) Is the plan to have everyone buy a particular brand of thermistor & call that the "standard"? Then I assume that the thermistor would be attached to the underside of the cpu & have the leads routed out of the relief.

If we are truely after standardized testing, then the enamel wire is not an option for the reasons that Joe stated. To insure consisintancy, the leads would have to be "factory", no modding allowed.

Which brings us to my concern about the whole deal, & that is attaching the probe to the underside of the CPU. Now, call me picky, but I really don't want to be using epoxy to attach things....I would prefer something less perminate. I dunno....maybe we could work out some sort of spring setup. Epoxy also presents the problem of consistancy....you could have the probe contacting not the base but a glob of epoxy instead.

Also, do all mobo's have the same dimensions under the socket? I know mine...a abit KT7A ( yea I know ) has a thermistor already in the socket. my thinking is the more cluttered up the socket, the more chance of the thing not being repeatable.

Just some thoughts...........

06-12-2003, 10:42 PM	#31
Zymrgy Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: USA Posts: 96	I just want to get a full understanding of what we are trying to accomplish before I cut into the socket. (the prying the thing off looks like a winnar to me, BTW) Is the plan to have everyone buy a particular brand of thermistor & call that the "standard"? Then I assume that the thermistor would be attached to the underside of the cpu & have the leads routed out of the relief. If we are truely after standardized testing, then the enamel wire is not an option for the reasons that Joe stated. To insure consisintancy, the leads would have to be "factory", no modding allowed. Which brings us to my concern about the whole deal, & that is attaching the probe to the underside of the CPU. Now, call me picky, but I really don't want to be using epoxy to attach things....I would prefer something less perminate. I dunno....maybe we could work out some sort of spring setup. Epoxy also presents the problem of consistancy....you could have the probe contacting not the base but a glob of epoxy instead. Also, do all mobo's have the same dimensions under the socket? I know mine...a abit KT7A ( yea I know ) has a thermistor already in the socket. my thinking is the more cluttered up the socket, the more chance of the thing not being repeatable. Just some thoughts...........