Interesting Soltek motherboard review at H|OCP

pHaestus · 05-03-2002, 01:13 PM

"That's not cooling!" you say, and you are right. But Kyle actually performed a pretty clever test to check whether the Soltek motherboard was using the internal diode for CPU temps:

"Soltek does include a hardware monitor software package. While this excited us in being able to use the on-die diode to read the core temp, we were disappointed to find out that the software did not use the on-die diode but rather a temperature sensor located in the bottom of the Socket A like we are used to seeing. This can be easily confirmed by using a canned air canister turned upside down and spraying the bottom of the Socket A with liquid Tetrafluoroethane that immediately freezes the bottom of the Socket A. You will immediately see the temperature drop in the Smartguardian software. If it did in fact use the on-die diode, you would not see an immediate response. We did verify this and Soltek confirmed our theories."

http://www.hardocp.com/reviews/mainb...v5a/index.html

I hope to see tests like this for ALL motherboards (8K3A is the subject of some debate)

Brad · 05-03-2002, 04:25 PM

I must say I do quite like soltek right now, it's just really hard to get hold of. It's so cheap and much better than shitty epox

beav · 05-03-2002, 08:16 PM

I don't get it.

If they go through all the trouble (while really it isn't that much) to get their board to read the diode in order to shut it down before burning up, why not have that temp displayed in their hardware monitoring software?

05-03-2002, 01:13 PM	#1
pHaestus Big Player Making Big Money Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: irc.lostgeek.com #procooling.com Posts: 4,782	Interesting Soltek motherboard review at H\|OCP "That's not cooling!" you say, and you are right. But Kyle actually performed a pretty clever test to check whether the Soltek motherboard was using the internal diode for CPU temps: "Soltek does include a hardware monitor software package. While this excited us in being able to use the on-die diode to read the core temp, we were disappointed to find out that the software did not use the on-die diode but rather a temperature sensor located in the bottom of the Socket A like we are used to seeing. This can be easily confirmed by using a canned air canister turned upside down and spraying the bottom of the Socket A with liquid Tetrafluoroethane that immediately freezes the bottom of the Socket A. You will immediately see the temperature drop in the Smartguardian software. If it did in fact use the on-die diode, you would not see an immediate response. We did verify this and Soltek confirmed our theories." http://www.hardocp.com/reviews/mainb...v5a/index.html I hope to see tests like this for ALL motherboards (8K3A is the subject of some debate)

05-03-2002, 04:25 PM	#2
Brad Thermophile Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Nuu Zeeelin Posts: 3,175	I must say I do quite like soltek right now, it's just really hard to get hold of. It's so cheap and much better than shitty epox __________________ 2x P3 1100's at 1400, Abit VP6, 2x Corsair 256mb PC150 sticks, 20gb 'cuda ATA-III, 2x 40gb 'cuda ATA-IV in raid 0. 20" Trinitron. No fans 2x 2400+ at 2288mhz (16.0 x 143), Iwill MPX2, 2x Kingmax PC-3200 256mb sticks, 4x 20gb 60gxp in Raid 5 on a Promise SX6000. Asus Ti4200 320/630. Cooled by Water

05-03-2002, 08:16 PM	#3
beav Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Danville Posts: 96	I don't get it. If they go through all the trouble (while really it isn't that much) to get their board to read the diode in order to shut it down before burning up, why not have that temp displayed in their hardware monitoring software? __________________ What a chump.

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