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Where is the Sensor?

navidb2020
Level 7
Where is the Sensor on the Mainboard?
I mean that Sensor, which regulates/knows the temperature of the CPU/GPU and tells the fans to slow down or not, based on temperature
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xeromist
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The CPU/GPU sensors are inside of the chip packages. Most CPUs will actually have multiple sensors so they can track individual cores vs the overall package temperature.
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