No sensors for temperature on MSI 6340M Rev.5?

Question

Hi all!
Yesterday I bought the Micro-ATX MSI 6340M Rev.5 Motherboard.
I want to run programms like "Motherboard Monitor" to control the system- and cpu-temperature.
But this motherboard seems to be unable to messure such values.
Am I right or wrong??
If I'm right, is there another way to control the temp.?
Best wishes,
Eldegar von Andergast

Answer 1

Steve,
some other pieces of software ... used if you overclock your CPU or install a ZIF upgrade.
You should know that a ZIF upgrade with a G4 does report a CPU temperature with these programs, but that it is inaccurate (putting it mildly). Mine reads below room temperature. This is a feature of the G4 implementation, I was told.
I have a simple Radio Shack temperature monitor, a small probe on a one meter wire to an LCD readout. The probe wedges neatly into the heatsink, and can be shielded from cooling fan air with a small piece of foam. The wire can be lead out through the speaker area on the MT.
This probe picks up the difference in heatsink temp caused by toggling the cache on and off. It also shows that Sys 9 runs hotter than OS X, 48 C vs 42 C (varies with external temp. of course, here 26). Heavy Photoshop use will raise the OS X reading several degrees, but never to the level of Sys 9.
It also changes with its placement in the heatsink, and also with heatsink spring position. On time I didn't get the spring on right and saw a higher temp than expected so I could correct it. Also, my installation also has two small 12v fans (wired in series off the 12v disk drive supply so they run quieter) that considerably increase airflow over the CPU.
Chris