On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 15:28:51 GMT, "HPLeft" wrote:

I'm finding that Motherboard Monitor and Fan Speed software give different
CPU temperatures than Asus Probe on an Asus A7V8X-X board. Basically, the
Motherboard Monitor and Fan temps are considerable lower than Asus Probe -
about 5 degrees F. The motherboard temperatures are identical in all three
pieces of software.

I've used the config wizard for Motherboard Monitor, and the preset config
for the Asus board. My guess is that Asus Probe is using a different
setting of some sort.

Any opinions on whether the Motherboard Monitor and Fan Speed CPU
temperature readings are more commonly used than those from Asus Probe?

Thanks in advance,

Matt C


Until recently (3 weeks ago) I had an Asus A7M266 m/b and XP2000+ CPU.
Before I had the XP2000+, I had a T/Bird 1.4Ghz CPU and listen to
this...

With the 1.4Ghz I was getting a "quoted by AsusProbe", max temps under
gameplay of about 53 degC and as low as 42 at idle, ambient room temp
was about 22+/- degC...

When I upgraded to the XP2000+ CPU, I had to update the BIOS to v1007
to get the A7M266 to accept the new CPU.. OK,, all well and done,, as
soon as I flashed the BIOS, I noticed an immediate 10 degC rise in
temperatures. I hadn't dropped in the new CPU yet and still had the
1.4Ghz in and whoa as me, temps now were quoted as 52 at idle and
about 63 under game load..
What the f**k..??? Why..???

Anyway I put the XP2000+ CPU in and the temps stayed the same 52 -
63degC... Strange..!!!

Was I to accept the new readings or the were the older ones the more
accurate or was AsusProbe at fault somehow..???

To me, Asus may well be supplying incorrect readings, no matter which
way you go... I used several different versions of AsusProbe and had
several different readings - slight but definitely different... What
were they thinking at the time..???

I have moved on recently. I now have a Gigabyte M/b and an XP3000 etc
etc and I use a program recommended to me by other disallusioned Asus
m/b users. It's called Aida32 - freeware - and it's good and gives a
complete system check... AsusProbe got bigger and bigger and did
nothing more than the first version I ever used. It is now Bloatware
and no more... Aida32 is only two-thirds the size and does so much
more...

Asus have gone "off the boil" lately, in my opinion... They are now
very average and I noticed they have a few motherboards issues lately.
That's why I chose Gigabyte instead...