Motherboard with External Sensor Output

gushy · 5 Nov 2007 at 16:00

Can anyone recommend a motherboard manufacturer that makes boards with the ability to hook up external readers for the sensors (fan, heat, etc)?

I know I could probably do this via USB, but that would be only once software is loaded, I'm looking for a way to read these sensors on an external device (that I will build) from the moment the power is switched on, just like the BIOS does.

I've not decided the rest of the spec of the PC I'm building yet as this will all be dependent on the availability of a mother board to meet my needs.

Anyone got any ideas?

Thanks,

BUFF · 5 Nov 2007 at 16:18

abit's uGuru series do this with their Guru clock/panel accessories (save you building something).

gushy · 5 Nov 2007 at 21:40

sweet, that sounds like exactly what I need. I'll go look it up now.

update Hmm, certainly good as I can use the uGuru motherboards with my current hardware just what I need right now; I can't seem to see any of the newer motherboards with it though.

BUFF · 5 Nov 2007 at 22:36

AW9D series 975X
AB9 series P965
IP35 Pro P35
IX38 QuadGT X38 (just being released)
IN9 32X nVidia 680i

gushy · 6 Nov 2007 at 10:25

Thanks Buff! I searched on abit's site for guru and the compatible shown for the guru panel obviously hasn't been updated. Search results only gave me the panel, two clocks and a few graphics cards.

BUFF · 6 Nov 2007 at 10:45

Hardware feedwise they should all work.
What may well not work is the additional software that does things like email alerts on them.
If it is a GC-02 or GP-02 then they were developed for use with mobos that used the 2nd rev. uGuru chip & if it's a GC-03 it was designed for use with the 3rd (current).
There was meant to be a GP-03 but it was cancelled recently for unknown reasons (at a very late date as samples had already been sent to abit branches).

gushy · 8 Nov 2007 at 17:39

well I don't need the additional software to begin with, as long as I can get hardware feeds that's good for me.

helmutcheese · 10 Nov 2007 at 03:30

I aint sure what you are asking, but the Asus Crosshair and Asus Striker Extreme, both let you use Headers on the Mobo to plug in included Temp Probes, whixch you can secure near HDD, GPU etc and make these sensors control all the Fan Speeds connected to Mobo Headers by the Temps you set in Bios read from these Probes.