Vanguard wrote:

> "Ryan" <Ryan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B69F24CE-9A3D-42C0-8A65-48EE01E3387B@microsoft.com...
>
>> 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.
>
>
>
> My guess is the "fine wire" is not just one wire but a set of 3 wires
> (which really aren't that fine; i.e., they aren't as small as inferred)
> and the OP doesn't know where to connect it. This is a user that should
> NOT be building his own computer. I can see him trying to jam in the
> memory modules in backwards without a clue that they are keyed to the slot.

Back in the day, I soldered thermistors to 2-pin headers and connected
them to the appropriate spot on the motherboard to measure CPU temperature.

For the last several years, CPUs have had internal thermal diodes
accessible to the motherboard chipset - so current motherboards don't
have thermistor connections.

If the OP's system is even remotely new, it does not have an external
CPU temperature sensor. He's probably looking at a thermistor dangling
out of the power supply, which the PSU uses to control it's fan speed
based on case temperature.

As 'Bob I' said, the OP should RTFM - or perhaps in this case, ask
someone literate to RTFM for him.

Sunny