you can try mbm5 and see what you get for your board.
http://mbm.livewiredev.com/
also everest should also give you at least some useful info as well:
http://www.lavalys.com/
there is no utility out there that fully supports the dell version of intel motherboards but either of these will help.
i have dual xeon 3.6's - with thermal probes. the second cpu only runs about 3C hotter than the first. i checked intel's site some time ago and believe my xeon's had a rating of our 70C if i recall. you might want to double check here though my memory is not so great. i had to sort thru the spec sheets to find it.
I've got a 470 on my workbench for the second time in the last 6 months. Previously it had a problem where one of the Xeons would shut the system down due to thermal events. Replaced the heat pipe on the hotter Xeon, and that cured it. This time it's dead, and it appears that it has the dreaded "counterfeit capacitor" problem so common on the Optiplex GX270 line. There are numerous bulging capacitors on the mainboard.
Anyway, check your airflow out the back, if one processor fan is blowing cold, it is most likely the heatpipe on that processor.
kerriritter
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March 26th, 2006 16:00
http://mbm.livewiredev.com/
also everest should also give you at least some useful info as well:
http://www.lavalys.com/
there is no utility out there that fully supports the dell version of intel motherboards but either of these will help.
i have dual xeon 3.6's - with thermal probes. the second cpu only runs about 3C hotter than the first. i checked intel's site some time ago and believe my xeon's had a rating of our 70C if i recall. you might want to double check here though my memory is not so great. i had to sort thru the spec sheets to find it.
http://intel.com/products/processor/index.htm?iid=HMPAGE+Header_2_Product_Processors
tonebalone
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March 27th, 2006 17:00
I've got a 470 on my workbench for the second time in the last 6 months. Previously it had a problem where one of the Xeons would shut the system down due to thermal events. Replaced the heat pipe on the hotter Xeon, and that cured it. This time it's dead, and it appears that it has the dreaded "counterfeit capacitor" problem so common on the Optiplex GX270 line. There are numerous bulging capacitors on the mainboard.
Anyway, check your airflow out the back, if one processor fan is blowing cold, it is most likely the heatpipe on that processor.