I checked the HS again and it happened that one of the corner clips had come a little loose. These push locks are CRAP !!! They all clicked in when I assembled it and was very firm.
Since then, the core temperatures using coretemp have settled at about 45 -50 under load but the bios reads 93c...
Yup...
Checked that lots of times already just to see if its moving. There is no space between the HS and chip..... The twist lock system on these heatsinks are CRAP too. Very cheap and fiddley
How do the windows programs know my cpu temperture ?? Does it take it from the bios ?
I here...
Hi all
I've just built my new rig and im having some real cpu temperature issues.
I have a retail Intel E8400 3.0gig. Im using the stock cooler which came with it on an A-bit IP35 Pro XE board.
My first problem was that the bios says my CPU temp is at 90c at idle which I think is bollox...
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