Where do temperatures come from?

[apoena]

Where do the temperature reads from my KT7-RAID come from? I have Motherboard Monitor 5 running, and I've been wondering where the temperature readouts are collected from. Obviously my highest temp is from the CPU (Sensor 3). But what do the other 2 temps (sensors 1 & 2) tell me?

I asked the same question to the ABIT tech support and this is what they told me:

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There is a onboard thermo sensor for detecting the temperture...

one is for the CPU, the other one is the m/b (system) reading...

Jeff Wang
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Which STILL doesn't answer my question... after all OF COURSE the other reading is of the "system" (where else would it come from?)..... but WHAT PART OF IT???? And still doesn't explain why I have 3 readings instead of 2.....

Could anybody else here shed a light on this subject?

Thanx


Apoena

KT7-RAID
1GHz T-Bird
2x256 PC133
HDD0: 13GB Quantum Fireball
HDD1: Pioneer 16x DVD-ROM
HDD2: Sony CRX100E 4x2x24 CD_RW
HDD3: 50X CD-ROM
RAID0: 45 GB IBM Deskstar ATA100
RAID2: IOMEGA ZIP-100
AGP: Matrox G400 32MB Dual Head
PCI2: Sound Blaster Live! Value
PCI3: Hauppage WinTV 401
PCI4: Realtek 10/100

 

[gunthnp]

it at the motherbaord make will where or how many temp metters there are but there is usaly one at the cpu one by the vedio and the last by the memory this can tell you about how air is moving and if you need more fans i do not have map of that board so can't tell you where yours are So long and thanks for all the fish.

 

[swayda]

I'm afraid all I can do is make a couple guesses. There's certainly a sensor in your power supply, the thermocoupler. When the temperature gets too hot for safety it just shuts down the power supply. However given that is central to all microcomputers that may not be it. It could also be a sensor to detect the temperature of your disk array or if it's the lowest reading it may be the temp inside the case itself. Sorry I couldn't be more help. Don Swayser