Accurate Temperature reading?

[Questor]

I had posted this in another area with no result, now that I found this thread, I am hoping it works to get an answer of some sort:

ASUS A7N8X Deluxe board, XP 2600/333 and Vantec VA4-C7040 Heat sink/fan. On boot up of course it I go to BIOS to make setting and while there notice the MB Temp is 77 degrees (Ok np there) but right below that it says CPU Temp 189 degree F. My reaction was one of serious surprise. I take the board out of case and run it on a bench...177 degrees...slowly moved up to 190 degrees. Keep in mind this was within the first 60 seconds of the new systems very first start up.

Nothing smelled hot, the air blowing out of the heat sink slots seemed rather cool when I placed my hand near it (yah yah I know, not very accurate /shrug).

Long story short...does this motherboard have a history of bad cpu temp sensors or incorrect reading cpu temp sensors?

Oh, and used Arctic Silver 3 thermal grease, properly applied.

Questor

 

[CurtCold]

I've heard of problems with A7n8x and not showing the proper cooling temp. You can download motherboard moniter from Cnet to give you a better Idea of what temps are. If you were at 190, which is roughly 88C, then yeah you'd have a meltdown. 90C is max temp for Athlon processors. I would make sure the HSF is on correctly, as if it is on backwards this could cause some abnormal temps.

Also if your system even boots at these temps I would be suprised. Most new motherboards won't even boot to the bios if the processor is heating up too fast.