Hi,
Just built a new system using a KD7 board (KT400)
the system monitor reports a system temp of 40 plus degrees.
Around 39 at idle..... this is 5 degrees higher than the CPU.
is this normal for the KT400 chipset?
system spec:
KD7-RAID
XP 2400 TBred.
512 Samsung 2700
8x leadtech Ti 4200 128.... etc.
Thanks.

So let me get this straight, your system board is running at 40*+, and your CPU is running at 34*ish? How odd.

What kind of cooling do you have on your northbridge? Active (fan) or passive (just a heatsink)? Is your CPU heatsink blowing fresh air across your NB, or are the fins opened toward your RAM?

That is very odd indeed. What are you using to monitor these readings?

The ABIT KD7 board comes with an active cooling setup on it.
A cheap version of a Blue Orb.
The CPU cooler is a Vantech Aeroflow... the same as the one in my
sig.
I had heard reports of the KT400's running very hot but did'nt
think it would be this bad.
The monitor the regulation Winbond - Hardware Doctor, It reports
whats in the bios and seems spot on.

My KT400 runs at a modest 24C load with a passive heatsink...

Very odd I believe your hardware monitor sucks. Try like MBM or something different.

And try flashing your BIOS. My CPU temp used to be reported as just under 60*C, and now it's down to like 30C idle because of a flash.

I've been digging around and found a few KT400 reviews and
some, like this one:
http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.html?i=1712&p=4
have a screen shot of the bios / monitor screen.. the two that had
pic's show the system temp at around the same as mine... +-39*
so maybe it's not that odd.
The bios thing.. yes well thats one of the first things I do... get
everything up to date.
Anyhow - I still think it's a bit high, I'll slap a blue orb on it and
see if it likes that better.

The KT400 reports internal chip temp, or as in your case the
mobo manuf. uses a thermister on the board, which reports
case temp. It would be nice to see both I think?