C2D E6300 / IP35-E Temp readings?

[MovingTarget]

I just pieced together a new system (for me anyway) and I am having an "overheating" issue. First, the specs:

Intel C2D E6300 @2.8Ghz (wolfdale)
Intel IP35-E motherboard (flashed to v18 bios)

I am getting temps in the BIOS well above the warning/shutdown temps for the cpu - around 98C. I have doublechecked the heatsink, tried another heatsink, even replaced the stock thermal compound with some arctic silver. Still 98C. I have even tried updating the bios as some of these boards were supposed to have issue with the new 45nm chips.

When I run CPU-Z's hardware monitor, I see this:

Intel Pentium hardware monitor

Temperature sensor 0 39°C (102°F) [0x3D] (Core #0)
Temperature sensor 1 39°C (102°F) [0x3D] (Core #1)

which isn't bad, but look at this:

Temperature sensor 1 98°C (208°F) [0xC4] (CPUTIN)

The temp sensors for each core seem alright, but why am I getting the overal cpu temp at 98C? Is it the board? Should I RMA the chip? What is going on here?

 

[imported_Mills]

Does it fluctuate with load or does it remain at 98? Is your reported 'case temp' so high?

Think the most likely candidate is your sensor is just broken and you can safely ignore it; never hurts to be sure though.

 

[MovingTarget]

Originally posted by: Mills
Does it fluctuate with load or does it remain at 98? Is your reported 'case temp' so high?

Think the most likely candidate is your sensor is just broken and you can safely ignore it; never hurts to be sure though.

Tested it with Prime95 last night using speedfan. It seems to remain at 98, but the core temps range anywhere from 39C to 59C depending on load. Yeah, the stock cooler sucks but those core temps should be fine iirc.

Would that sensor be on the CPU or on the motherboard itself? Thats what I'm trying to figure out. If it is on the processor, then I can still RMA. The board I'm gonna have to keep as I got it secondhand.

Thanks for the help! :beer:

 

[imported_Mills]

I believe that the only sensor on the CPU is the DTS which is what reports the Core Temperatures, the rest are the motherboard. I'm not 100% on that though.

Mills