CPU Temp - Sandra Posts 65C, Mobo Monitor Posts 38C ..WTF??

[Daudi]

Why is there such a big difference? Which one is more accurate? I have tbird 1ghz@1.2ghz 1.85v fop32-1 msik7tpro2...what's going on? The Bios also states 38C..what is wrong w/ sandra?

 

[Mikewarrior2]

Sandra is absolutely wrong. It usually is wrong, too.

MBM and Bios should read the same temp. And, as typical of the msi boards, they are read too low.


Mike

 

[Daudi]

so what do you think my actual temp is? mobo and case temp both read 26C

 

[dcdomain]

Sandra: 24.1c, 42.3c
PC Alert III: 20c, 40c
MBM 5: 21c, 40c

Mike, if MBM and PC Alert (MSi's) both read a little low, would that make Sandra right or closer to being right? Since it's higher than the other two temps by a bit?

 

[goophie]

wow, 65? that's way off i'd hope!

My mbm agrees with bios, usually around 105F for the cpu

i have a k7m

 

[Mikewarrior2]

DcDomain,

The problem is, Sandra isn't higher because its "compensating" the reading, its just higher for no apparent reason. If it added a +10, then I would say yes.

But there are cases, like with my setup, where Sandra reports the temp far lower than my diode reading.



Mike
P.S. MSI boards tend to read 6-10/15C too low.