I recently acquired an Aopen MX3S motherboard, brand new, from an auction site here in Sweden, to run my scavenged PIII 1000 MHz CPU in.
I'm puzzled by the temp readings though. The cooling solution is a Spire copper heat sink I once used on a Thunderbird 1200, the fan was a very loud 5000 rpm, so I changed it for a nice and quiet 2500 rpm fan I had lying around, as I figured that a PIII doesn't run near as hot as a Thunderbird.
When I first fired it up, with the old original BIOS, the BIOS temp reading was 69°C, way too high. I suspected the cooling solution was inadequate. I visited Aopens website, took a look at the BIOS updates, and found in one of the BIOS updates the following note:
R1.13 4/30/2001
Displays the temperature on the motherboard instead of inside the CPU.
Integrates with new AOpen logo on POST screen.
Now the BIOS reports 31°C, but the HW monitoring utility still reports 69°C. The heatsink is barely warm to the touch. Does it run hot or doesn't it ?
Any ideas?
Sudum G
I'm puzzled by the temp readings though. The cooling solution is a Spire copper heat sink I once used on a Thunderbird 1200, the fan was a very loud 5000 rpm, so I changed it for a nice and quiet 2500 rpm fan I had lying around, as I figured that a PIII doesn't run near as hot as a Thunderbird.
When I first fired it up, with the old original BIOS, the BIOS temp reading was 69°C, way too high. I suspected the cooling solution was inadequate. I visited Aopens website, took a look at the BIOS updates, and found in one of the BIOS updates the following note:
R1.13 4/30/2001
Displays the temperature on the motherboard instead of inside the CPU.
Integrates with new AOpen logo on POST screen.
Now the BIOS reports 31°C, but the HW monitoring utility still reports 69°C. The heatsink is barely warm to the touch. Does it run hot or doesn't it ?
Any ideas?
Sudum G
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