Max temperature for TMPIN1, 2 and 3

The location of the temp sensors on all GB's boards seem to be a deep, dark, well-guarded secret - we've been trying to find out forever! On the D series 775 boards, I believe (but certainly am not sure) that the CPU sensor is somewhere under the socket, in amongst the VREGs, and the MOBO/quasi-MCH sensor is somewhere near the inboard end of the first PCIe slot; for the MA7xx series, I've never seen a peep...

You'd be surprised at how hot components are regularly allowed to get in most modern commercial electronics - TVs, receivers, etc. The only reason we obsess over it in our computers is that we can read the temps! Take a look here at the Intel thermal specs for some of the northbridge pieces:
http://forums.tweaktown.com/f69/ep [...] ndex2.html
97°C, 103°C, 113°C - yipes! The only reason that PROCHOT is regularly set much lower, is that CPUs are prone to thermal 'surges' - if they don't have a good thermal interface to 'spill' heat off to, they can make a 20°C 'swing' in a couple seconds, due to core loading, and you want to 'get ahead' of that...

Yeah - you're good. That reminds me, too, that one of these days soon, I've got to do another 'fan speed lowering' tune-up. People who OC obsess endlessly about temps, when what 'kills' OCd pieces is overvolting - not heat.