[CUBE] Normal Cube Operating Temp?...

atoa at krak.net atoa at krak.net
Sat Mar 13 19:50:27 PST 2004


Not to mention that the video card can burn up without appreciably raising
the CPU temp. Happened to me with my GF3.

On Sun, 14 Mar 2004, Riba wrote:

> > M-kay... Installed GF 3 and got ThermoInDock to monitor the temp...
> > Range is 111 to 126 F so far...
> >
> > Two Questions:
> >
> > 1] What is being monitored? [Where's the sensor?]...
>
> It is in the G4 CPU. It monitors the temperature of the processor
> itself.
>
> > 2] Is this range good?...
>
> The range values are actually meaningless because the sensor tolerance
> is very high, meaning that the values you get often do not match the
> real temperature at all. This is useful as a relative measure, so it
> makes sense to look at the temperature reading without GF3, and then do
> the same with GF3 card. That way you will see the relative change in
> temperature between two setups.
>
>
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