i downloaded speedfan and everest hopme to check my temperature.. it shows up fine on my other pc but this one just shows blank where the temp should be. does it mean there are no sensors on this board? its an older pentium3 815eea. or is there a way to enable it

I don't think that kind of software will work with every board. A hardware front panel would be a solution. With speed control. Not expensive. But then again, I don't think it'd be worth it to monitor a P3 or older PC.

yea your right. i was just curious why it didn't register with everest home. i don't do anything with the pent 3 anyway but surf the web etc. temp. shows up fine on my other pc which is newer. thanks

You could always try Motherboard monitor(mbm5) you can get it HERE (http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=311)

Regards Howard :)