Does Anyone Know The Physical Location Of The Kv7 Motherboard Temperature Sensor?
The KV7 has an oddity where the CPU temp is about three degrees lower than the system temp. I can’t spot the board temperature sensor location. If anyone knows. I’d appreciate the info. RTM’d but no mention of the sensor location in the manual or the Abit website. I don’t think this is a bug, or indeed anything that needs resolution – just my curiosity itching. All my other boards have always had a warmer CPU. There’s a constant 3*C spread at idle (40*C CPU – 43*C board) is typical. They both track ambient air temp in lockstep. Under load, the board will heat up faster and further than the CPU (43*C CPU – 50*C board) is typical. I think this is due to having a huge slug of copper sitting on the CPU and no active cooling for the board sensor. The temperatures converge back to the 3*C spread. My prime suspicion is that it might be adjacent to the NB and under the umbrella of the NB heat sink/fan. The next candidate would be near the memory sticks. Or anywhere else that produces heat link
