Logla

Can anyone tell me the best way to fit a thermal probe to a cpu. I'm running a P4 (incase its a different setup to AMD).

I cant run the probe under the ZIF socket as the wires are too large and the way I have it atm is just running the wire under the P4 retention bracket and then resting near the cpu although I think this probably gives cooler results than are accurate.

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Asmoday

This i also would like to know...with my Barton rig it was much easier to place the thermalprobe close to the actual core...dont think it will be possible to get accurate temps with the p4 since the heat transfer plate is so large...i think that the probe would be to far away from the actual core to report a accurate temperature...

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BWX

I thought you were supposed to just put them between the gap left under the bottom of the heatsink, on top of the CPU substrate, so that the end of the probe (should be a very thin, flat "wire"), snugs right up against the edge of the CPU- usually stuck there with some small amounts of thermal tape.. I have a CPU fan that can be controlled that way, and I was thinking about testing it out soon.

Tt


See that flat little probe? Is that what it's like? That's what mine looks like.

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Logla

I saw someone on OC Forums banging on about cutting a channel into the heatsink and running the cable up that to where the centre of the core would be.

There is no way I'll be cutting into my heatsink to do that. and I certainly doubt I would attempt this with a water block.

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BWX

No, that would be idiotic, I agree... I wouldn't ever do that..

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Asmoday

Ehh...excuse my poor english..but what is "CPU substrate"??

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BWX

It's the part that isn't the actual chip-- the "PCB" of the CPU.

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Logla

But then youre an AMD man - we intel boys dont have much substrate to play with - probably about 2mm. The tip of my probe (insert innuendo here) is about 5mm wide so doesn't fit on the substrate. This is what is causing the problems.

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GutterPunk

i pondered this myself, It just seems so difficult to get an acurate tempy, i wanted to probe mine to see if my mobo was accurate enuff for me to trust it

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Dom

At one time I wondered about this too, but I came to realize that the best thing to do is not to bother using the probe sensor at all.

dj_stick

and the reasoning behind that?

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Roadee

Actually I have drilled into a heatsink before. You have to be very careful, then just use Artic Silver Epoxy to fill it in. It is pretty tedious work, but also gives very accurate results, of course depending on your probe setup. You will have to use a vice setup with a drill press. It also requires a depth gauge to be attached to your drill bit. If it isn't perfectly setup in the vice............not good!! Should ONLY be attempted by someone that knows what they are doing.

But seeing as how there are machine shops all over the place, you could always have a probe installed for you at very little cost.

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