T61p: GM965 gpu & TPFanControl

Hi all,



Recently "upgraded" my T61p motherboard from a Nvidia gpu to the Intel GM965 gpu. Everything looks fine so far but one item. CPU T7800 is running usually below 50 deg but there is no gpu temp showing up under TPFC. Shows up as "4 gpu n/a (0x7b)"



Tried a number of temperature sensor software programs in addition to TPFC and still no indication of gpu temp. I have read a great deal and searched the forum but can not find the answer to the question of the 965 temp monitoring. I did see one post that suggested you can sometimes lose a sensor.



So, for those using the gm 965, do you have a gpu temp sensing capability.....or, is this always missing in the 965 gpu? Or, is there some other way to measure the gpu temp? Or, is the gpu temp so low it doesn't have to be measured?



Other info: BIOS is LENOVO 7LETC1WW (2.21), 7/1/2008. The new motherboard is 42W7875. O/s is Win 7 Ultimate x32.




Many thanks for any advice.



Bob



.EDIT: Just received an input that there is no gpu temperature sensor on the GM965.

 

Welcome to the forum!

While I've already answered your question on LF, I'll re-post the answer for the future use here as well...

One will not see a GPU temp sensor in TPFC when running a T61 planar with Intel integrated graphics, because there is no such sensor per se.

With that said, that particular temperature in the given set of circumstances would be the one that I'd worry about the least.

 

Thanks again!

Bob