Temp reading on a A7V mobo

[Hewy]

I just got a A7V MB with a 900 T-Bird and the temp reading in the CMOS is 10 degrees lower then what is reported in the Asusprobe utility. Has anyone had problems like this or know which reading should be read as the correct one? I'm assuming that the reading given in the CMOS is the correct value because I cannot see my CPU ( not overclocked) running at 63oC with the side taken off and a 16" fan blowing in the case in addition to the cou cooler (s***** thermaltake cooler). Any info is appreciated.

Mike

[This message has been edited by Paleo Pete (edited 12-29-2000).]

[Paleo Pete]

I would go by the higher one just to be on the safe side. I'm not sure what the temp you posted would be in Farenheit, but as a general rule if you can't hold your fingrertip on the CPU for 10 seconds it's too hot.

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[Hewy]

When i go in the CMOS it reads about 30 C for the MB and 51 C for the cpu. When I check the Asus probe utility, it reads 30 C for the MB and 61 C for the CPU. This is quite the difference in readings and I find it hard to believe that it would be running at so high of a temperature at its recommended settings, and with a 16" fan blowing through the case. The cpu fan is completely covering the cpu so its hard to touch it, but nothing is overly warm or hot. If I only had a laser temperature gun to be sure http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/smile.gif

[sleddog]

On my Asus motherboard (a CUV4X slot 370) I see exactly the opposite -- ASUSProbe gives a CPU reading 10C lower than BIOS when the machine is at idle.

Are you sure that the machine is at idle when you check AsusProbe -- no background processes running? Give it at least 5 minutes to stabilize.

51C or 61C, this seems too hot for an idle machine. What does the temp register when you run at high CPU load? Watch it carefully! I think you should be getting a maximum temp (under 100% load) of somewhere around 50C. I'd check to make sure the heatsink is seated fully on the CPU -- have some thermal paste on hand before you take it off. Remove the thermal sticky pad from the bottom of the heatsink, clean everything up well, apply a very thin layer of thermal paste and carefully replace the heatsink.

I recently got a Celeron 600 supplied with an Intel heatsink/fan. Soon as I did anything the temp would climb up to the 60s and 70s C. Finally figured out that the thermal sticky pad was mis-applied -- only 1/2 of the CPU made contact with it.

As a sidenote, don't run the machine with the heatsink off. AMD says that the T-Bird will die in less than 8 seconds....