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jayman_777 · 01-23-2001, 02:30 PM

I have the Asus A7V and A T-bird 900... You have 2 options with temp monitoring on the Mobo:

1)Through the BIOS, this of course doesn't help you once your past the first 5 seconds of your boot,

and

2) With the Asus Probe that comes on the drivers disc with the Mobo it self. It monitors several different things, including Fan RPM's (if your fan sends the RPM signal), CPU temp, Voltages etc... Pretty much all the same info that is in the BIOS, but in a Windows format. All of the parameters can be set to specific warning levels. ie: if CPU temp hits 55C, let me know...

I haven't had it actually shut down on me (it's never gotten that hot) but the probe does interrupt my game if something is going wrong... I have a tempermental fan that likes to send my probe mixed signals. It basically stops sending a signal so the Probe thinks the fan is dead. It's still working of course, but the probe freaks out on me.
Hope this helps... ;o)

AS for your OS, I use 98se simply based on the PNP features and stability. Still too many bugs in the newer version. i agree that 95 is more stable, but you loose too many features.

01-23-2001, 02:30 PM	#5
jayman_777 Member (7 bit) Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 94	I have the Asus A7V and A T-bird 900... You have 2 options with temp monitoring on the Mobo: 1)Through the BIOS, this of course doesn't help you once your past the first 5 seconds of your boot, and 2) With the Asus Probe that comes on the drivers disc with the Mobo it self. It monitors several different things, including Fan RPM's (if your fan sends the RPM signal), CPU temp, Voltages etc... Pretty much all the same info that is in the BIOS, but in a Windows format. All of the parameters can be set to specific warning levels. ie: if CPU temp hits 55C, let me know... I haven't had it actually shut down on me (it's never gotten that hot) but the probe does interrupt my game if something is going wrong... I have a tempermental fan that likes to send my probe mixed signals. It basically stops sending a signal so the Probe thinks the fan is dead. It's still working of course, but the probe freaks out on me. Hope this helps... ;o) AS for your OS, I use 98se simply based on the PNP features and stability. Still too many bugs in the newer version. i agree that 95 is more stable, but you loose too many features.