Vanguard,

Thanks for clearing up that garbage of a post. I think trying to diagnose
his post is more difficult than what he is trying to figure out with his
sensor and CPU.

"Vanguard" wrote:

> "david colley" <davidcolley1964@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> news:ObExmPzBGHA.3152@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > hello
> > ive currently building a new system anyway the new tower has cpu
> > temperature censer on it now there is a very fine wire from it does this
> > go between the cpu and the fan any ideas thanks dave.
> >
>
>
> hello [Hello]
> ive [I'm] currently building a new system [missing period]
> anyway [superfluous]
> the [The] new tower has [a] CPU temperature censor [sensor] on it [missing
> period]
> now [superfluous]
> there [There] is a very find wire from it [missing period]
> does [Does] this go between the CPU and the fan [missing period]
> thanks [Thanks] [missing period]
> dave [Dave, on newline]
>
> Review your posts before submitting them. You are trying to convery to
> OTHERS what you are *trying* to say. The above was just a guess at what you
> might have actually meant to say.
>
> No identification of brand of CPU. No identification of model. "A very
> fine wire from it". What might "it" be? The fan clips or screws onto the
> heatsink and the only wire from the fan is its power (2 wires) and sense (1
> wire) using a 3-wire plug that connects to a 3-pin header on the motherboard
> marked for the CPU fan. "Between the CPU and the fan" should be a heatsink.
> If the fan is on the CPU, it is either a very old slow CPU, like a 386 or
> 486 (or Cyrix's equivalents, maybe) but which often never had fans since
> radiant transmission of heat was sufficient from a small heatsink glued atop
> the CPU, or this user forgot to install the heatsink. Between the fan and
> CPU should be a heatsink.
>
> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
>
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