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Is uGuru fairly accurate?

Texun

Texun

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I just built a system using the Abit AV8 with a stock 3800 (Antec TP430, WinXP) and noticed something odd with the temps in uGuru. After gaming it may be near 59C and within 2-3 seconds it will report a temp as low as 46 and sometimes even 35C.

I checked the BIOS (also updated to the latest available) and the temps average about 10C higher than what uGuru or MBM report. I'm using the Abit AN7 settings with MBM and it reports the same as the uGuru.

The BIOS readings are stable and don't fluctuate as much as when reading them from teh desktop so I am thinking the BIOS is probably more accurate.

Is anyone else seeing this?
 
How are you reading the bios readings from the desktop? That is essentially what all temp sensor programs do, they take the temperature the bios puts out and show it to you in a prettier way. They also account for some miscalibrations of the bios readings.
 
The BIOS readings are stable and don't fluctuate as much as when reading them from the desktop so I am thinking the BIOS is probably more accurate.
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Typo on my part. By posting "them" I meant the temps... reading the temps from the desktop. I understand temp sensors should take readings the same as the BIOS, but when reading temps from the desktop through MBM or uGuru the temps can jump up and down by 10C over a period of 2 seconds. When reading from the BIOS the temps are stable, higher than uGuru and MBM but stable.
 
The uGuru chip, if you take the sticker off, is just a Winbond keyboard controller chip. I would not trust its accuracy too much.
 
Originally posted by: Slaimus
The uGuru chip, if you take the sticker off, is just a Winbond keyboard controller chip. I would not trust its accuracy too much.
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Understood, but I trust this one even less.

According the Abit, they did build a BIOS release that was supposed to resolve a temp issue and I have it but I don't see the fix. That ~10C swing over a span of 1-2 seconds had me wondering. Never saw that with any past Abit, ASUS, MSI, Shuttle or other boards I've had.

 
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