Help, my temps aren't being reported correctly, I think...

[fs5]

I have a Duron 600 @ 1000 1.750 volts, Alpha 6035 with a Delta fan (mini-tornado I should say), a Abit KT7, and a Fong Kai 320 which has an exhaust fan w/ a duct directly over the CPU. I don't know if my temps are being reported correctly. In the bios it reports that my CPU temp under load is 28C and my MB temp is 21C. Is that correct? I thought it should be around 40C for the CPU temp. I even touched the heatsink and it's not hot at all.

What on the MB measures temps? Maybe something is not right?

 

[fs5]

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[Mikewarrior2]

yeah, it should be in the 40C range, and the temp is being reported due to problems with all socket A mb's temp reporting.


Mike

 

[fs5]

Anything I can do about it or than measuring the temp manually?

 

[GaryTcs]

If you are using the most currend bios, then you are out of luck. But, you are in good company, we all see the wrong temp!

 

[DaddyG]

Check the clip on the Alpha. Early 605 did not have the correct clip for Socket A. Secondly, as the clip just goes through the fins it can be installed 180 off. Look at the clip and it becomes obvious which way it goes to produce pressure on the die.

KT7's are notorious for the thermistor sitting too far up in the socket, if you pushed yours down too far it won't touch the base of the cpu.

Having said this, the temps are not accurate but yours are way off.

 

[fs5]

I checked the clip and the alpha seems to be set correctly. The odd this is that my CPU temp is reported at 28C and the MB temp is reported to be 21C. Both of those readings obviously aren't off the same measuring device right? Is it just abit's BIOS is screwed?

 

[DaddyG]

Did you check the thermistor position in the socket. It should touch the cpu on the underside. Your correct that the temp readings come from different thermistors. Don't know of an ABIT bios that has the temps this far off. What version are u using ??

 

[fs5]

I've updated my BIOS, and I don't know what thermstate wire you're refering too? There was not wire in the box or any other wires I had to connect. I guess I shouldn't worry about it too much, the computer has been stable for 2 days now under winME.

 

[Mikewarrior2]

The two wires are the pins/wires that hold the thermistor that sits in the middle of the socket.


Mike

 

[fs5]

crap, you mean I have to unsit my heatsink (again) and take out my CPU to check if it's high enough? Son of a... maybe when I get my Sunon comes in the mail from 2cooltek. I'm scared!

 

[Mikewarrior2]

Sorry

But like you said, it runs fine, so you shouldn't really worry. Just keep it in mind the next time you have to take your heatsink off.



Mike

 

[fs5]

Thanks for all your help mike, I'll stick a post-it on top of the fan; doh that won't work

 

[DaddyG]

Fivespeed,

The thermistor is normally blue in color and on most ABIT KT7s it sticks out of the socket so much that the cpu won't install properly. Just about everybody has to carefully bend the theristor down a bit to get the cpu in the socket. Since it appears that you didn't do this, its a guess as to whether or not the thermistor is touching the underside of your cpu. Check it out when remove the hsf the next time.

 

[fs5]

I had nothing to do today so I sucked it up and removed my heatsink/cpu. The blue thermistor was nearly perpendicular to the mb so I bent it straight up. Then I incremently bent it back down until I could put the cpu on. Now my chip temp is 29C. Great. I think that's still wrong. I did an hour of scientific load testing (counterstrike) and still 29C. Maybe I'll do some RC5 for slashdot.org (kidding ) and see how it is under full load.

 

[Mikewarrior2]

Hmmm... it just could be that your thermistor is broken...


Mike