If genuine Asus P2B m/bs have temperature sensor and fake ones don't,
here is how you check for it:

Reboot, go to BIOS setup, check mb temperature.  My P2B board
temperature when first turned on is a little above ambient, around
86 Fahrenheit; after warming up it reads 95 or 96 F.  My chip is
an overclocked Celeron 300->450.

Hope this helps.

Michael Eissenstadt

Rick Swartz wrote:
>
> On Sunday, July 04, 1999 9:42 PM Robert Bowen asked:
>
> > 2 Questions regarding this...
> >
> > 1. Is there an american link to these serial numbers?  The asuscom.de is a
> > foreign site.  I can't follow anything to one of the links.
>
> Rob, I took a superficial look but I couldn't find an american site that
> carries the numbers. As a matter of fact I got a 404 using the american link
> on the german site. Contact me offlist if you want me to send them to you
> via mail, I'll also be posting them on my website under the info section at
> www.swartz-clan.com for anyone else that is interested, it may take me a few
> hours to get around to it so please be patient. For the people that don't
> want to search the entire ASUS site here are the exact URLs: for the P2B
> (http://www.asuscom.de/de/p2b-fakes.htm) and for the P2B-F
> (http://www.asuscom.de/de/p2b-f-fakes.htm) ASUS has put up two more bits of
> info regarding the forgeries:
>
> 1) Original ASUS boards ALWAYS have a temperature sensor.
> 2) The forgeries have a second serial number glued over the original one on
> the box.
>
> > 2. Is there a way to check the serial # without opening up the PC?  We
> have
> > about 40 of these boards in a lab and I really don't want to open each
> one.
> >  Is the serial# displayed at boot?
>
> I'm sorry to say I have no idea, I don't own an ASUS board, but maybe
> another list member can help you out.
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Rick S.
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