asus p3b-f questions (re: hwc review)

[spa.ere]

i am in search of a great new motherboard to replace my bh6 as i need to give this one to my sis when i rebuild her computer after a strange meltdown of sorts. anyways, i looked at the hwc reviews and saw this on the asus p3b-f, and was just wondering what it meant exactly:

CPU temperature is monitored by the ASUS ASIC through the CPU's internal thermal diode (on Pentium III, Deschutes Pentium II, and PPGA370 Celeron in conjunction with the ASUS S370-D or S370-L transform card) to prevent system overheating and system damage.

does this mean that my celly 466 has an intermal diode?? thanks

[S_Klass]

Originally posted by spa.ere:
Deschutes Pentium II, and PPGA370 Celeron in conjunction with the ASUS S370-D or S370-L transform card)...

That pretty much means you need to use an ASUS S370-D or a S370-L (PPGA adapter) in conjunction with your celly466 in order to get a temp reading. The other processors can do it stand alone but not the PPGA370 cellys.



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[spa.ere]

oh, i just didn't nkow that any cpu's had an internal thermal diode, silly me so is everyone who has like 3 thermal readings on their mobo's getting one from the cpu, and the other 2 from the motherboard? (eg abit-be6-2, i saw duckman had three readings). oh wait, but duckman has a 466 too, hm, or am i mistaken

[Hardware911]

i got an asus P3B-f mobo and love it!!! very stable and fast...i also have an abit BE6-2. the asus doesnt have as mant O/C settings but it has enough its a kick *** board