mother board sensor

[mackattack]

I have a gigabyte 71xe motherboard -&nbsp;&nbsp;it has a temperature sensor for the CPU -&nbsp;&nbsp;it is a thin strip of plastic with wires in it.&nbsp;&nbsp;where the hell does it go for proper CPU temperature.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(between the cpu and the heatsink????)&nbsp;&nbsp;or just close ??<br><br><br>I have a athlon 700- what temp is too hot for this cpu.<br><br><br>Please help -&nbsp;&nbsp;i dont want to fry my new cpu&nbsp;&nbsp;

 

[Karl Blessing]

On my new Abit KA7, comes with the same, one end is a plastic white strip, the other is a pin connector, hopefully you read your Motherboard manual, the jumper part goes down on the pins on your board that receives the temperature sensor, you put the plastic strip anywhere on the CPU, I would recomend putting it on the back end, where the heatsink isnt, this way you know how hot the CPU is on one side without the heatsink(also you wont get false reading about just the heatsink) 122 Degree Farenheit is usally what most temperature programs will call the warning limit, on a non-overclocked Athlon, you might be able to get it around 90-100 degree ok, ( I've gotten mine at 80-86 once), if you want to keep it cool, I recomend a case fan in the front blowing air in, and a slot fan in the back(or case fan in top back) blowing air out, what I have, is a 5&quot; Bay fan blowing air out the front, and a slot fan blowing air out from under my 300$ video card. 3dcool.com you can find a very nice heatsink+fan for an athlon (they call it the Athlon Freezer), and you can find that big slot fan, and the 5&quot; Bay fan <p>Karl<br><a href=mailto:kb244@kb244.8m.com>kb244@kb244.8m.com</a><br><a href=

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