Sign in with
Sign up | Sign in
Your question

Do power supplies usually have temperature sensors to connect to the motherboard?

Last response: in Components
Share
June 6, 2013 10:28:29 PM

I've got the AS Rock Z77 Extreme4 motherboard, and the Corsair Builder Series CX 430 power supply.

I notice that I can see the CPU temperatures, fan speeds, etc. through the motherboard's BIOS. However, the PSU's fan speed and temperature do not appear. I notice that there's a connection on the motherboard—I can't recall what it was; either PSU fan or temperature.

Do power supplies usually have a connection to connect to the motherboard to provide this information? Does my power supply have this?

More about : power supplies temperature sensors connect motherboard

June 6, 2013 10:50:47 PM

Psu rarely have any information on fan speed and temp. The only ones I know that have that are the Corsair AXxxxi psu. They have a usb connecter that plug into the mobo and software to do it.
m
0
l
June 6, 2013 10:57:04 PM

Goodeggray said:
Psu rarely have any information on fan speed and temp. The only ones I know that have that are the Corsair AXxxxi psu. They have a usb connecter that plug into the mobo and software to do it.


Okay thanks. I tried to be as thorough as possible with my computer and seeing what cables I might have been missing, but I couldn't find anything. Also, I imagine the power supply I have is relatively low-end, anyway, so it probably wouldn't be the model to have these kinds of features.
m
0
l
Related resources
!