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How to measure ambient temperature on an active thermal solution.

Symptom(s):
ambient temperature

Solution:
To measure the ambient temperature for an Intel® processor, locate a thermal probe approximately 0.3" above the fan inlet. Unless, the fan is reversed, where the fan is blowing air out. If the fan is blowing air out, measure approximately 0.3" from the heatsink fins, nearest to any inlet area. Measuring ambient temperature of an active thermal solution is done nearest the processor, using the above steps. An active thermal solution implies that the cooling solution on the Intel processor has a component fan.

This applies to:
Intel® Celeron® Processor Family
Intel® Pentium® 4 Processors
Intel® Pentium® III Processor

Solution ID: CS-001550 (1.0.3742630.2762891)
Date Created: 25-Dec-2002
Last Modified: 08-Oct-2006
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