Cpu temperature is way off the scale

[Echelon]

Okay,

I'm getting an idle temperature of 55°C in windows, while doing nothing. No programs loaded. My idle temperature used to be around 32°C (before I reinstalled windows 98 se) but now I need to load coolingsoftware to get that temp. What gives? Is my cpu maybe damaged?? Every time my cpu gets hot, my power supply begins to peep.

So is my cpu the cause or my power supply?

Before I reinstalled win98se, BIOS every time showed a temperature of around 50°C and in windows I got a temp. reading of around 32°C. Now I get around 50°C in BIOS and around 54°C in windows.

help!!

 

[pdo]

Maybe you need to post your system if you need help.

 

[brassmonkey7]

try using cpuidle.....it might make it run a bit cooler

 

[R0b0tN1k]

Don't take those readings as accurate numbers. The temp sensors on motherboards are not accurate devices and do not provide reliable numbers. You should use them as a method of measuring temperature differences between CPU intensive tasks. Finding the baseline idle temperature is the first step.

 

[they call mr big]

maybe it's not your power supply thats beeping, maybe it's your motherboard telling you that it's overheating, check your setting in your bios. what motherboard do you have??