GA-MA78LMT-S2(rev3.4). What is TMPIN2?

[absic]

Now there a question........what IS bulldozer going to give us/me over what we have aval right now ?
 Aussie Allan

Now that is the real question, isn't it? Hopefully, it will give us similar performance but at a much lower cost than those overpriced Intel beasties. Still, I won't be surprised if, once again, they fall short of expectations.

On the bright side though, AMD do seem to be leading the way with their ATI GPU's. 

[Dark Mantis]

Yes would have to agree there. I wouldn't put one of those nVidia cards in my system at the moment.

[Aussie Allan]

Yes would have to agree there. I wouldn't put one of those nVidia cards in my system at the moment.

 Time will tell......for the time being , My GTX480 seems to fly....runs @ 950 with water quite easily.

 Aussie Allan

[Dark Mantis]

You probably won't have nay problems at all it is purely from a statistical viewpoint that I was speaking. I am sure the vast majority of nVidia cards work fine straight out of the box but I don't like gambling.

[K1W1K1D]

Gigabyte Technical Support asked me to send a screenshot of the programs that showed TMPIN2 at 67C.
I sent them one showing HWMonitor(CPUID) and SpeedFan. I have attatched it here as well.

Their reply was,  "Since CPUID is a thrid party software, we do not know the TMPIN2 monitored for which part. We suggest you contact with the software supplier and check with them. "

I think that I will go back to them and ask what temperature sensors are fitted to the board that the programs could possibly be monitoring.

[absic]

Yes, Gigabyte do not recognise third party software and will not offer support for it. (blood from a stone.... remember!)
As a matter of interest have you tried using EasyTune for checking Temps? As a general rule I don't use it myself but in such cases it is worth installing and then sending them a screen shot of that.

[K1W1K1D]

I will reinstall Easy Tune and see what it displays.
Cheers.

[K1W1K1D]

EasyTune6 only displays two temperatures;
SYSTEM, which seems to be TMPIN0,
CPU, which seems to be TMPIN1.

[absic]

Sods law isn't it. 

As I have stated previously TMPIN2 normally points towards the Northbridge but of course, as we are dealing with computers, that doesn't have to apply with your motherboard......Aaargh!

There are a few possible scenarios here;
1. The sensor is reporting Northbridge Temps but you would need to check with HW Monitor's support for confirmation of this.
2. The sensor is not working properly and is fixed at a constant temp which is why there is no variation when you have tried to adjust the airflow through the case or when you removed the side panel. This is really not unusual and a lot of boards seem to suffer from this
3. There isn't actually a sensor for TMPIN2 on your motherboard and HW Monitor is reporting an erroneous figure. But, as you have already discovered, getting confirmation of this from Gigabyte isn't going to be easy.

[K1W1K1D]

Time for a nice sweet cup of Twinings Earl Grey and a couple of the wife's home cooked bikkies.

[absic]

lmao - I really do know that feeling! 

I have never been able to understand why something so simple is made SO complicated! 

Had a similar question about my own motherboard when I first got it (GA-890FXA-UD5 Rev. 2.1) and it took ages to get a confirmation as to what sensors where reporting which temps. In the end it was only confirmed when I pointed Gigabyte to a thread on another forum! I really can't understand why the big secret.

[Dark Mantis]

No that has always confused me. The unwillingness to impart normal motherboard information that would be very usefull at times. I can not understand why there aren't any specsheets and circuit diagrams available.