PC Wiring

[dark_princess_666]

Hi everyone. Any help is much appreciated.

 

I have bought a Casecom Kj3391 PC Case and attempting my first built.

I have seen so many videos and instructions and it all seemesd well until I saw

the wires on the PC Case.

 

I more or less know where all the wires go accept for one.

 

It is 2 red wires connected together and labelled "CPU".

 

Anyone have any ideas where it goes?

It does not have the black connector, more like 2 pins in a plactic see through tube.

[Dalo Harkin]

can you post a pic please - they sound like these

http://www.build-your-own-computer.net/image-files/computer-wiring-01.jpg

 

But they could be anything without a pic

[dark_princess_666]

UPDATE

 

Images can be found here.

 

http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu125/dark_princess_666/photo.jpg

http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu125/dark_princess_666/photo2.jpg

 

I read in another forum that this might be a temperature sensor for a front panel fan control/display unit and that you do not connect it to anything.

 

link:

 

a CPU wire, colored red - Topic Powered by Infopop

[Jelly Bean]

Do you have a temprature gauge on the front of your computer?

 

My case has one and it is possible that that wire is the temp sensor and can be placed on your CPU or hard drive,myne is on my hard drive as usaly mainboards have there own CPU temp sensor.

 

Do not worry others will input.

 

Wait for a second opinion.

 

Do you have the case manual?

[dark_princess_666]

Thank you for your comment Jelly Bean.

 

My case does have a temp gauge at the from.

There is a manual for the case but it does not mention anything about the wires.

 

Can you confirm the photo that i placed on the link as temp sensor.

 

Thanks

[Jelly Bean]

To me it looks like a temp sensor.

 

I think the link you posted from another forum the last post is correct.

 

I am just checking this site for any information: CASECOM Technology: case,front panel,Power Supply,Construction,PC case

 

Do you have LCD display on the front of your tower as this would show temp of your hard drive if you taped the wire to it.

 

Still trying to check on the wire.

[dark_princess_666]

I found this link which shows a picture of the front temperature sensor.

 

Google Image Result for http://img.tomshardware.com/us/2005/06/07/10_mammoth_cpu_coolers/asus_temperature_sensor.jpg

 

Thanks for your help Jelly Bean

 

:):cool:

[Jelly Bean]

Your welcome,your first picture looked a little diffrent to my sensor.So it confused me a little.

 

I would realy not bother with it anywere near the CPU but put on your HDD.

[dark_princess_666]

Duly noted. Will do.

 

My CPU will be covered by the fan anyway.

 

Regards dark princess

[Dalo Harkin]

Sorry it took so long to come back, as Jelly has said they are indeed temperature probes and they are desinged to go under the heatsink and ontop of the CPU, put them on at the same time as the thermal paste if you decide to use them.

[dark_princess_666]

Thanks for the info Dalo Harkim

[dark_princess_666]

Spelt it wrong sorry Dalo Harkin:o

[Cobra]

NEVER place anything between the heatsink and CPU except heatsink compound. Since very small foreign particles (dirt, fingerprints, etc.) can interfere with proper heat transfer from the CPU to the heatsink, a temp sensor could prove disasterous.

[Dalo Harkin]

NEVER place anything between the heatsink and CPU except heatsink compound. Since very small foreign particles (dirt, fingerprints, etc.) can interfere with proper heat transfer from the CPU to the heatsink, a temp sensor could prove disasterous.

 

Says who, EVERYONE adds them between the compound and heatsink, as they give accurate results there.

[Tootech]

I tend to agree with Cobra - perhaps the caveat is that if the thermocouple is of the thin flat variety you can get away with it at the temps CPU's operate at.

 

The heatsink paste is a couplant, not a gap filler and once you introduce anything between the two flat surfaces you upset the balance of forces on the CPU - ie all of the clamping force is balanced on the sensor, not the much larger area of the CPU.

 

The sensor itself is a good conductor of heat, although its casing is not, that will tend to slightly reduce the thermal capabilities of the assembly, perhaps in this application not to any detriment.

 

It is also important to note that there are two types of thermocouple (sensor) the flat variety and the ball variety. Under no cirumstances should the ball variety be placed between a CPU and heatsink.

 

Would I do it - no, I'd do this - its best practice.

 

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[Plastic Nev]

If you don't fancy using the temperature probe at all, leave the wires disconnected and perhaps tied out of the way. When all is said and done the internal temperature sensor within the CPU itself can be monitored by the appropriate software, and is more likely to be more accurate.

 

A silly use could be to bring the wires out of the case, connect them by a lead to a thermocouple, to monitor your own temperature, just to make sure you stay cool while reading this forum :D :D

Nev.

[Cobra]

Says who, EVERYONE adds them between the compound and heatsink, as they give accurate results there.

 

Says Me, and 'everyone' doesn't add them between the compound and heatsink. I would never do such a thing.