I am testing a Opteron 246 with a Zalman 92mm fan, on a Tyan s2892, Im useing 'aida32' to sample temp. Im useing a Fluke 189/fvf2 with a thermo-couple record temp.
The intake air temp is 13.2c
It reads Mobo temp at 20c and CPU temp of 21c
I put some 'articSilver5' on the tip of the temp-prob and touched it to the corner of the CPU. It read at 23.2c
Isnt the CPU temp prob in the center of the CPU? and if so, why is the temp of the corner higher than the center?
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Temperature readings are not as easy as it may seem to be.
If you find a thermo-couple that can read temperatures more precise than +-1°C it is already a REALLY good one!
Is the thermocouple officially calibrated? (Normally you get some sort of certificate if it is calibrated...)
E.g.: Usual simple digital thermometers for the air temperature that cou can buy everywhere show some stuff like "23.2°C" and make the customer think: wow - it shows the temperature 0.1°C correct! - but that's just a marketing trick. These thermometers (at least when they are cheap) often vary up to 3 or 4°C!!! If you have a better one it will be +-1°C accurate and a really good (and really expensive) one maybe even less than that.
So if it is not calibrated (I think that you would need a calibrated thermocouple and tested, also calibrated software or an "build in" display) you can't say which temperature is wron. Maybe the CPU displays 1° less than the true temperature and the thermocouple about 1.5° more... mabe one is exact and the other one is far away...
I study physics and even with calibrated thermometers it can be very tricky to get a reliable and good temperature reading. You should also take care if the calibration has beed done for the temperature range you are interested in!
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