> -----Original Message----- > From: Jonathan Hutchins > > > On Tuesday 20 January 2004 04:53 pm, Brian Densmore wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Jonathan Hutchins ... > > > temp3: +255.4°C (limit = +80°C, hysteresis = +75°C) > ... > > > I think the temps are way off - I really doubt that I have > > > something running at 255 degrees... > > > Interesting temperature, 255, as in 2^8-1. I'd almost be tempted to > > believe that temp3 isn't detecting anything and rather > > than indicating a 0 temperature it is indicating an 'infinite' > > temperature. The other two temps look realistic for CPU and case > > temps respectively. You wouldn't happen to know what the third temp > > is supposed to measure? > > Come to think of it, I have CPU and MB sensors, but I don't > think there is a > third sensor. Good call. Where's the .4 come from though? That's a complicated question that would be hard to answer without a lecture in binary logic, digital electronics, and binary to decimal conversion. That said, I suspect the .4 is just a random fluctuation specific to your specific MB and could very well vary over time in your MB and between yours and other MBs of the same series. If I am correct and the circuit is converting temperature from an analog or decimal representation and storing it as a binary. It is because not all decimals can be represented 'exactly' in binary logic. For example try to represent 1/37 using base 2. Of course I could be remembering my college coursework in electronics and computer engineering wrong. It's been such a loooooooooong time and I never get much chance to use it. ;) Brian