Hardware monitoring

[mistanapesis]

I have recently purchased a Jetway V266A motherboard with a 900mhz Athlon. I am trying to get the computer to shutdown at a certain chip temp, but it rufuses to do so. There is a setting in the BIOS PC-Health and gives you the option to enable shutdown when chip gets to 50\55\60 degrees I have taken it up to 54 and still its not shutting down (set at 50), anyone any ideas? I`d just like some peace of mind.
P.s. I seen the Toms hardware guide of chips toasting....now I cant sleep at night

 

[kerplunkitt]

Hi there,
your Athlon 900 - i assume it's a socket A and not a Slot A?
It might be that the temperature sensor is not making contact with the underside of the processor..
Lift off the chip and if there is a small probe on the motherboard underneath, just lift it up a bit so it has a better contact - not all motherboards have this however..But you might be lucky. Then see if that works..
Sorry - that's all i can think of.. Good luck
Regards
Hyperviper