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"billh" <wth19542001.TakeThisOut@yahoo.ca> schreef in bericht
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 > "Linea Recta" <mccm.vos.TakeThisOut@abc.net> wrote in message
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  > > I just installed Asus Probe v2.22.04 and I was looking into the monitor
  > > summary.
  > > I noticed that two parameters were unchecked (power fan and chassis
fan),
 > so
  > > I checked them and it immediately started making a pinging sound. I got
 > the
  > > message "power fan below treshold". The same for chassis fan.
  > > I left all treshold settings to default. And I can't seem to set the
  > > tresholds below 600. I'm sure the power fan is blowing because I can
feel
  > > it.
  > >
  > > Any ideas?
  > >
  > >
  > > One other thing: when I go to the tab 'utility' the contents are grayed
 > out.
  > > What utility?
  > >
  > >
  > > MB: AsusP4b266
  > > OS: Win2kSP4.
  > >
  > >
  > >
  > > --
  > > regards,
  > >
  > > |\ /|
  > > | \/ |@rk
  > > \../
  > > \/os
  > >
  > >
 >
 > Do you have a chassis fan and if so, is it plugged into the connector on
the
 > MB? A fan other than the CPU fan (and the one inside the PS) is sometimes
 > considered optional. If you don't have one it is worth the $5-10 to get
one.

I don't think so, never noticed it. Is it essential?
I did notice that the MB temperature is a little higher than the CPU
temperature.


 > Not all power supplies have fan monitoring capability. If yours does there
 > should be a thin two-wire cable coming from the PS and it should be
plugged
 > into the fan connector on the MB as well. It only has two leads since it
is
 > just the signal wire and ground.


I'll have a look when I have my case open.



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"Linea Recta" <mccm.vos.DeleteThis@abc.net> wrote in message
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 > "billh" <wth19542001.DeleteThis@yahoo.ca> schreef in bericht
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  > >
  > > "Linea Recta" <mccm.vos.DeleteThis@abc.net> wrote in message
  > > news:c2al0r$1rgt9i$1@ID-54604.news.uni-berlin.de...
   > > > I just installed Asus Probe v2.22.04 and I was looking into the
monitor
   > > > summary.
   > > > I noticed that two parameters were unchecked (power fan and chassis
 > fan),
  > > so
   > > > I checked them and it immediately started making a pinging sound. I
got
  > > the
   > > > message "power fan below treshold". The same for chassis fan.
   > > > I left all treshold settings to default. And I can't seem to set the
   > > > tresholds below 600. I'm sure the power fan is blowing because I can
 > feel
   > > > it.
   > > >
   > > > Any ideas?
   > > >
   > > >
   > > > One other thing: when I go to the tab 'utility' the contents are
grayed
  > > out.
   > > > What utility?
   > > >
   > > >
   > > > MB: AsusP4b266
   > > > OS: Win2kSP4.
   > > >
   > > >
   > > >
   > > > --
   > > > regards,
   > > >
   > > > |\ /|
   > > > | \/ |@rk
   > > > \../
   > > > \/os
   > > >
   > > >
  > >
  > > Do you have a chassis fan and if so, is it plugged into the connector on
 > the
  > > MB? A fan other than the CPU fan (and the one inside the PS) is
sometimes
  > > considered optional. If you don't have one it is worth the $5-10 to get
 > one.
 >
 > I don't think so, never noticed it. Is it essential?
 > I did notice that the MB temperature is a little higher than the CPU
 > temperature.
 >
 >
  > > Not all power supplies have fan monitoring capability. If yours does
there
  > > should be a thin two-wire cable coming from the PS and it should be
 > plugged
  > > into the fan connector on the MB as well. It only has two leads since it
 > is
  > > just the signal wire and ground.
 >
 >
 > I'll have a look when I have my case open.
 >
 >
 >
 > --
 > regards,
 >
 > |\ /|
 > | \/ |@rk
 > \../
 > \/os
 >
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 >
 >

The CPU temperature is normally higher than the motherboard temperature
since the CPU is the biggest heat generator. Heat is the enemy of electronic
components so anything you can do to reduce the temperature of the
components is a good thing so paying a few dollars for a case fan is well
worth the money. Also, if you have bunch of ribbon cables hanging over the
motherboard try to postion them so they are away from the components so the
air can circulate better.

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"billh" <NoMail DeleteThis @Post2Newsgroup.Pls> schreef in bericht
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 > "Linea Recta" <mccm.vos DeleteThis @abc.net> wrote in message
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  > > "billh" <wth19542001 DeleteThis @yahoo.ca> schreef in bericht
  > > news:vQ42c.9355$jw2.648260@news20.bellglobal.com...
   > > >
   > > > "Linea Recta" <mccm.vos DeleteThis @abc.net> wrote in message
   > > > news:c2al0r$1rgt9i$1@ID-54604.news.uni-berlin.de...
   > > > > I just installed Asus Probe v2.22.04 and I was looking into the
 > monitor
   > > > > summary.
   > > > > I noticed that two parameters were unchecked (power fan and chassis
  > > fan),
   > > > so
   > > > > I checked them and it immediately started making a pinging sound. I
 > got
   > > > the
   > > > > message "power fan below treshold". The same for chassis fan.
   > > > > I left all treshold settings to default. And I can't seem to set the
   > > > > tresholds below 600. I'm sure the power fan is blowing because I can
  > > feel
   > > > > it.
   > > > >
   > > > > Any ideas?
   > > > >
   > > > >
   > > > > One other thing: when I go to the tab 'utility' the contents are
 > grayed
   > > > out.
   > > > > What utility?
   > > > >
   > > > >
   > > > > MB: AsusP4b266
   > > > > OS: Win2kSP4.
   > > > >
   > > > >
   > > > >
   > > > > --
   > > > > regards,
   > > > >
   > > > > |\ /|
   > > > > | \/ |@rk
   > > > > \../
   > > > > \/os
   > > > >
   > > > >
   > > >
   > > > Do you have a chassis fan and if so, is it plugged into the connector
on
  > > the
   > > > MB? A fan other than the CPU fan (and the one inside the PS) is
 > sometimes
   > > > considered optional. If you don't have one it is worth the $5-10 to
get
  > > one.
  > >
  > > I don't think so, never noticed it. Is it essential?
  > > I did notice that the MB temperature is a little higher than the CPU
  > > temperature.
  > >
  > >
   > > > Not all power supplies have fan monitoring capability. If yours does
 > there
   > > > should be a thin two-wire cable coming from the PS and it should be
  > > plugged
   > > > into the fan connector on the MB as well. It only has two leads since
it
  > > is
   > > > just the signal wire and ground.
  > >
  > >
  > > I'll have a look when I have my case open.
  > >
  > >
  > >
  > > --
  > > regards,
  > >
  > > |\ /|
  > > | \/ |@rk
  > > \../
  > > \/os
  > >
  > >
  > >
 >
 > The CPU temperature is normally higher than the motherboard temperature
 > since the CPU is the biggest heat generator.


Yes that's what I thought first too, but ofcourse the CPU gets cooled and
the MB doesn't.


 > Heat is the enemy of electronic
 > components so anything you can do to reduce the temperature of the
 > components is a good thing so paying a few dollars for a case fan is well
 > worth the money. Also, if you have bunch of ribbon cables hanging over the
 > motherboard try to postion them so they are away from the components so
the
 > air can circulate better.


I understood there even are round IDE cables nowadays.
At the moment the temperatures stay well within the margin: CPU 30C and MB
34C. Boy would it be handy if there were a copy option in Probe...



--
regards,

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