Some driver help

Post by **4g3nt_Smith** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 3:42 am

My Lanparty UT 250GB arrive Tuesday, so I've been prepping for the reinstall. I went to the DFI site to get BIOS updates and whatnot, nad noted the driver section. They have the same version number nForces as nvidia's site for one version, but also have 6.37; I don't see that on nVidia's site anywhere, but their own beta pack is in the 7.** range. Basically, I'm confused as hell, so what version/place is my best bet for nForce drivers?

Post by **Kills On Site** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 3:51 am

Well I use the 5.10 package from nVIDIA for drivers and the ABit apps for monitoring and it works perfectly, so that is what I would do if I were you

Post by **4g3nt_Smith** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 2:04 am

I'm going to try to keep all my new questions on this mobo in one thread; My case had a temp sensor for the front panel temp display, and I forgot to put it on the heatspeader of the CPU, so I just jammed it between two fins on the HSF. I'm getting a temp or 101 Fahrenheit, which is ~38 celsius. Keeping in mind this is whilst formatting my hard-drive to install windows, so I can't get to the BIOS (which oddly didn't prompt me to set up anything, just booted to CD instantly) nor to a monitoring app, and that its wedged between teo big slices of metal whose sole purpose is to absorb and dissipate heat, is this a good reading?

Post by **Kills On Site** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 4:19 am

Well I would say the tempuature is not very accurate as it is not on the processor die, but I think it is in a good enough margin of error to know that the processor isn't going to burn out while installing Windows

Post by **4g3nt_Smith** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 12:42 pm

I get 84 F idle, so I'm not too concerned. I tried to put it on thei die, but when I tried to take of the HSF, it felt like it was glued on there, and I didn't want to pull too much.

Post by **Kills On Site** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 9:21 pm

Well I have no idea what thermal paste, pad, or glue AMD uses so I don't know if the sticking is normal or not. I wouldn't put the sensor on the die as it prolly does not aid in heat transfer. The mobo manufacture's apps are most likely your best and most accurate reading of temputure where it is most critical so I would just use that app