Temperatue Sensors

enf0rcerenf0rcer intrigued... Join Date: 2003-03-16 Member: 14584Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">give a dog a bone?</div> Ok, so I'd like to find out what temperature my machine is running at, and I've got no clue how to go about doing it. I figure I'd search around for some sensors that magically connect to my mobo; It's not looking too promising. I think i'll have to get some sort of external thing but the problem is what? Can you get thermal LED displays attached to a cord and sensor? Not some big box that you have to install like a CD drive, just something like a voltmeter I can probe around with.

Could I just put a thermometer in my case and guess +\- 10 degrees? heh.
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  • SandrockSandrock Join Date: 2002-12-16 Member: 10905Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    edited September 2004
    Most cheaper (<$30) digital multimeters have a temperature probe function. You can get them at nearly any hardware store.
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  • BelgarionBelgarion Join Date: 2002-07-19 Member: 973Members
    most motherboards come with thermal sensors built in for cpu and ambient temps.
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  • DragonMechDragonMech Join Date: 2003-09-19 Member: 21023Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    edited September 2004
    Does your machine run WindowsXP? I use a program called mobmeter to monitor my latop's temp, but I don't know if it would work on a desktop. Give it a shot:
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  • Dorian_GrayDorian_Gray Join Date: 2004-02-15 Member: 26581Members, Constellation
    Try MotherboardMonitor. It reports temperatures from any sensors and also fan speeds and SMART data if your hard drives support it (shows temperature/status of the hard drives).
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  • ThE_HeRoThE_HeRo Join Date: 2003-01-25 Member: 12723Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Dorian Gray+Sep 4 2004, 01:16 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Dorian Gray @ Sep 4 2004, 01:16 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Try MotherboardMonitor. It reports temperatures from any sensors and also fan speeds and SMART data if your hard drives support it (shows temperature/status of the hard drives). <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    MM owns hardcore.
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  • CreepieCreepie Join Date: 2003-02-19 Member: 13734Members
    You may find that your motherboard has temperature sensors built in. Mine has both CPU and ambient.
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