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Groth · 06-23-2003, 05:43 AM

In the 30-40 range, the socket thermistor in my Abit KX-7 reads almost exactly the same as the diode temperature. At least it does now, after I carefully bent it's legs to get solid contact with the CPU and insulated the socket with a chunk of old mouse pad.

During a test of how hot my Palomino would tolerate, I throttled the water flow down to ~1 liter/hour and watched the temperatures creep up. The difference between the two temps grew (and grew at a faster rate) the hotter it became. After a hair over an hour, the final reading before a spontaneous reboot was 73 thermistor, 101 diode.

06-23-2003, 05:43 AM	#56
Groth Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: MO Posts: 781	In the 30-40 range, the socket thermistor in my Abit KX-7 reads almost exactly the same as the diode temperature. At least it does now, after I carefully bent it's legs to get solid contact with the CPU and insulated the socket with a chunk of old mouse pad. During a test of how hot my Palomino would tolerate, I throttled the water flow down to ~1 liter/hour and watched the temperatures creep up. The difference between the two temps grew (and grew at a faster rate) the hotter it became. After a hair over an hour, the final reading before a spontaneous reboot was 73 thermistor, 101 diode.