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Help! Is my motherboard going to burn up?

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Noya

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I've had this Biostar TForce s939 motherboard for about...10 months, and I recall the aluminum heatsinks on it were always warm to the touch. I just installed SpeedFan for CPU temp monitoring as I've read it's better than CoreTemp, and here are the temps:
http://hidebehind.com/3AE022

I then opened the case (120mm intake/exhaust) and touched them and they are HOT!


I'm assuming one is on the onboard video chipset which I'm not using (7600gt).


What should I do...what can I do?
 
Originally posted by: PurdueRy
Don't believe it
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Are you sure?

I just placed a finger on one of the heatsinks and by the count of three I had to pull it off because of the heat. By contrast, the CPU heatsink feels cool and the GPU heatsink isn't hot either.

SpeedFan shows two 127*c temps and I have two, very hot heatsinks on the board.

I mean, I'm just browsing the web and these heatsinks are rediculously hot.
 
Originally posted by: Noya
Originally posted by: PurdueRy
Don't believe it
Click to expand...

Are you sure?

I just placed a finger on one of the heatsinks and by the count of three I had to pull it off because of the heat. By contrast, the CPU heatsink feels cool and the GPU heatsink isn't hot either.

SpeedFan shows two 127*c temps and I have two, very hot heatsinks on the board.

I mean, I'm just browsing the web and these heatsinks are rediculously hot.
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If it was 127C you would smell your board cooking.

Not to mention you wouldn't be able to touch it at all.
 
Originally posted by: Noya
http://hidebehind.com/1E6B4B
http://hidebehind.com/55C2B8


And if it's not 127*c, are the chips under the two heatsinks even being monitored?


The CPU is a 25, the 7600gt is at about 50, these heatsinks are seriously burning hot in comparison.

Are there any heatsinks on your board that you can only touch for a few seconds?
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Yes there are heatsinks I have that I can only touch for a few seconds.

Here is the datasheet for the chip:

http://www.tranzistoare.ro/dat...ets/1150/502101_DS.pdf

It burns up at 70C.

You simply have a temperature sensor that isn't working correctly. No big deal. You can try a different temperature monitoring program to see if it recognizes the temp correctly.

 
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