K8N Neo2 Chipset cooling and 1.8 BIOS/temps issue

Hi,  Not really a problem thread, more some resolutions I want to share (didn't have much luck finding these answers so thought this might help someone...)
First - I've replaced my chipset cooler with the Vantec CCB-A1C (Copper).  I think mine is a fairly late revision board (though I forgot to record/photograph the chip while it was bare  ) but the stock HS had the usual rubbish tiny spot of gunk slightly off centre.  Gave it a nice (thin but even) layer of AS5 before fitting the Vantec and quite happy with the results:  The Vantec is actually considerably louder than the stock fan but by using Speedfan to throttle it back to 50% it becomes almost silent and the chipset temp hardly rises above 26C now (32C idle rising to 40+ under load previously).
And on the temps issue - I flashed the official 1.8 BIOS a little while ago and was disturbed to see my CPU temp go from high 30s to around 19C!  There was no way that could have been correct (at least 10 degrees lower than ambient?  I'm running an XP-90 but it's not magic!).
So I've been looking for news on these 1.9 bioses and popped in here http://www.lejabeach.com/MSIK8N/k8nneo2.html and found the 1.8F bios.  Have flashed and now my CPU is reporting 26C which is at least a bit more like it!  My system temp is stable at ~38C, but I have no idea of the location of that sensor so there could be other factors keeping that one high.
One question - does anyone have a definitive list of settings/temp offsets etc for Speedfan?  And maybe some diagrams showing sensor locations?  /hopeful
Apologies if any of this is old news of course!
My Specs:
Antec TrueBlue 480W
A64 3500+ Winchester w/XP-90
K8N Neo2 Platinum
1GB Corsair TwinX-XL
Club3d 6800GT w/Arctic NV5 rev2
Twin Maxtor 160GB SATA Raid 1
Creative Audigy 2

are you looking at your bios or are you using something like motherboard monitor?
oh yeah.. btw.. the case temp thermometer is top left... i discovered this with a 120mm fan pushing air over places on the motherboard

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