None of *that* discusses per-vendor implementation differences, such as when they choose to stick a resistor between the thermistor and the chip, changing the formulas you have to use (in software) to calculate accurate values (so what the chip manufacturer says to use for a formula is no longer accurate, and rarely if ever do the actual motherboard manufacturers public disclose such resistors/changes - it often varies per motherboard too). And back on the DTS side, TjMax and all that horseshit makes things crazy. Then there's PECI, and ACPI thermal zones, and. Therefore: "sensor" can refer to one of several different things, with the source data coming from one of several different places. It's one reason why these generic Windows hardware monitoring applications are ridiculously stupid - they really don't teach this to end-users for reasons I just do not understand. I cannot tell you how many times (bordering on a hundred?) I've heard people say "well XYZ app says my CPU is at 30C, but then ABC app says it's at 47C? Which is right?", when really XYZ is looking at DTS and averaging them, while ABC is looking at a HW monitoring IC, but both apps say "CPU Temperature". BIOSes (both classic and UEFI) are common offenders of this too, because they're choosing to "dumb down the details" for the end-user. This is all mainly (IMO) a result of what I call the "Gamer Effect", where you have kids with money who think they understand technology because they can build a PC, but in reality have zero familiarity with what's going on under the hood. You give them tools that "show them a bunch of numbers" and somehow that makes them. powerful? Gurus? I don't know the right word. Koitsu wrote: It's pretty simple: you follow the advice on their support page. It's all right I've come under the impression that this measures the whole CPU. And yeah, sorry this wasn't a good place to ask, but I did learn what I wanted to, so I'm happy. I basically learned I'm not going to need to concern myself with temperature unless I overclock the CPU (it never really got all that hot according to the vague reading, even after what I describe below), and although I've heard this isn't a good idea for a laptop, I can think of several ways to improve airflow to get the CPU cooler. I found the RAM in the computer only runs at 1GHz, which is crazy unbalanced with the rest of the system, (The speed was not listed when I got the computer) but I can at least replace that. I should probably find a good computer forum to discuss this stuff. Anyone have any suggestions? I don't want to join forums only to find out that no one is helpful and never post there.
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