Epox 8k3a+ and 1900+...88 Celcius in MBM5??

[exorr]

Hi All,

I just installed my new mobo and processor and got the "correct" settings for detecting the CPU temp from the MBM5 website and it says my CPU is running at 88 degrees celcius?? This can't be right, when rebooting and checking the BIOS is says its at 32 celcius, I understand it will be hotter when running windows, but I have to believe that 88 is not correct. I'm using a Volcano 7+ heatsink and have the fan set to the highest setting, it sounds like a Jet engine. Anyone have any ideas on how to tell if the reading is right or not?

Thanks,
Ethan

 

[exorr]

Not to mention, that the temp doesn't change at all, it sits at 88 even if I'm running games, etc. When running games it should definetly rise!

 

[exorr]

Hmmm, I set the system shutdown option in bios to 75 celcius and it did shut my system down after booting into windows...anyone have any ideas on how to fix this problem?

Another thing, I lowered my fan speed to 3300 RPM instead of 6500 RPM and the temp didn't rise...?

 

[EKAtBzboyz]

well what sensor are you looking at in mbm5
make sure you set it to sensor 2

leave it in your bios for an hour or so and see if the temp goes up that high or not

 

[exorr]

If I leave it in BIOS for an hour and the temp stays around 35 celcius, does this mean that it really isn't running at 88?

Then again, why would my PC shut down when I set it to shuitdown at 75 or higher?

 

[Necrolezbeast]

Is the hsf seated correctly?

 

[DAPUNISHER]

I tend to trust the bios more myself but you can help narrow down the possible problems by just turning the system on and leave it in PC health for say 10min then check the CPU temp indicated and if it's still 33c place your finger near the base of the heatsink and confirm it's not so hot that you can't leave your finger there without it getting burnt. If it's not really hot when you touch it even after booting to windows and playing a game I would suspect thermal buildup that is trapping the heat right on the CPU instead of properly transfering it to the heatsink at which point I would remove it, clean off the thermal compound from both the HS and CPU and reapply a very thin coat if using a Artic Silver product and carefully reseat it and see if it resolves the problem.

 

[exorr]

Yup, I examined it for 5 minutes to make sure everything was seated the way it should be. It is.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

How hot is the heatsink to the touch?

 

[exorr]

It's not really hot to the touch. But why should it be? If my temp is 35 celcius thats only 100 f, which isn't really hot. Even if the CPU was 88 celcius, that's only 192 f

Also, wouldn't my processor burn up if it hit 89 celcius? I mean, 75 celcius should cause issues, let alone letting me surf the web, and play games for over an hour without crashing.

I did a test and set my bios to shutdown my PC when it hits 75 celcius. I set my mbm5 to WinBond2 Diode which reads at 37 celcius. Surfed the web for 10 minutes or so, without any problems, then I set mbm5 to read WinBond2 which is reading at 89 celcius, and my PC shut down immediately. Is PC Health somehow using the settings I have for mbm5?

A very confused,
Ethan

 

[dew042]

the max temp for athlons is about 95C last time i checked.

that means you need to be far below that number.

i am willing to bet its a setting probelm with the correct diode in mbm... after seeing the 89C temp have you tried restarting and going into the bois immediatly to check the temp????.... in that time it couldn't drop more than a couple degrees...

best of luck.

what i always do when setting the temperture sensors in mbm is to pick one. press apply. and the go look at the temps. i can usually tell which ones are real because the change and are in the right range 30C-60C

btw: if your cpu was at 88C it would be toast....
dew.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: dew042

i am willing to bet its a setting probelm with the correct diode in mbm... after seeing the 89C temp have you tried restarting and going into the bois immediatly to check the temp????.... in that time it couldn't drop more than a couple degrees...

Agreed. If the temp stays the same over time, regardless of being idle or under load, it's not the right sensor. Some motherboards would give a reading of 22C on Sensor 3 - it stayed that way for several hours. No idea what it was actually looking at. 88C sounds like it could be the internal diode temp for the processor, but if it doesn't change by more than a degree or so, it's not the right sensor that it's looking at.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

It's not really hot to the touch. But why should it be? If my temp is 35 celcius thats only 100 f, which isn't really hot. Even if the CPU was 88 celcius, that's only 192 f

LOL only 192f

poultry is fully cooked at a 180f, water boils at 212f, you put your finger on a 192f heatsink and you'll be nursing a burnt finger The fact that the heatsink isn't hot to the touch and that it runs fine without setting it to read from that sensor points to MBM5 being in error as others pointed out besides why not use the USDM beta310.exe available from Epox

 

[exorr]

Thanks for telling me the name of that file. I looked on the Epox site for something like that before and couldn't find it.

Yeah...I was an idiot when saying Only 192f

Lets just call it a brain fart