Digital Thermometer

OK, you should know the the sensor on the lead cannot be attached to the cpu. They are supposed to be seated between the heatsink and cpu for accurate readings. Problem is the pressure from the heatsink crushes the sensor.
The goal is to get the core temp, since you cant put the sensor anywhere near the core, there is no point in getting a thermometer with a lead.
If you want accurate readings, your best bet right now is to get a mobo with a thermal diode reader built into it. The newest boards support the diode that is on Athlon XP chips. I think there are 2 or 3 mobos that do this. So be sure and check/ask.

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Hmmmm, interesting problem. Id say go with a laser thermometer. Point the laser at the chip, and get a reading. Still wont get core reading, but its better than nothing.
Im not sure if the bios of systems that old display temperatures. But my understanding is most programs that read bios temps are not that accurate either.
Anyone else here know of an accurate way to read temps other than leads or bios?

(please dont say mobo moniter, its off by several degrees from what I have seen)

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Very intresting idea, i'd never thought of this, and my budget isnt very high, as i'm not rich, i had to save for months to get my xp 1800 chip, still stuck on a geforce2 TI200, cant afford those expensive ti4400 gf4's yet Whew expensive!

I was looking towards about maybe $30 for the whole thing, if not maybe a little less.

Again very good idea you had there JCLW.

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JCLW: Again your idea worked perfectly, i found a good model at Radio Shack for $19.99 that measures up to 158F and has a cylindrical sensor lead, it even talks when you press the button. It's Very ideal for inserting into a drilled hole in allunimum (no i cant spell that word), which i did try, to much success.

The only problem i see with this model is it's slow to update with rapid temp. changes, other than that it seems to be quite accurate. For anyone intrested the Radio Shack Part # is 63-1028.

I tried this idea in this old P166-MMX, it worked well, helped me find which fan works best with this heatsink, which i plan to keep using. I got it to run at 115F even overclocked to 250Mhz.

"And he said, "Let There Be Light"" -God

Glad you found something that worked - I hadn't thought of using one of those. The probe looks rather big - how far in the heatsink can you get it? Are you using thermal epoxy or paste in the hole?

If you could find out what kind of thermocouple it used you could buy a few more of them and stick one in every heatsink. Slap some cheap plugs on the end of their leads and move your thermometer around between your systems.

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i didnt get to use an epoxy just yet, as i just wanted a temporary trial to see how well it worked, i was able to use my good old black&decker power drill from like the `70s to bore a hole completely through the heatsink.

I then examined the probe closely, it turns out the white plastic around the probe is removeable if you try hard enough. I was able to get the proble down completely aginst the cpu, then used a few drops of hot glue to hold it in place. Let all dry about 10 mins, then assembled it.

As it turns out, the exaust fans used in PC power supplies, as well as the fans used to cool our heatsinks are raised slightly, which provided just enough clearence between the fan blades and the back of the wire of the probe.

I squezed the fins of the heatsink together to hold the wire of the probe back and out of the way and i got a decent semi-perment fixture.

if anyone wants i can send pictures of the finished assembly as well as the probe and thermometer.

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