what temp is the 3.2GHz really running at!?!?

[alien886]

I would never think that my new super-cooled custom built pc would have any overheating problems. Just by looking at my PC's specs (mentioned in my signature), you might agree. I have 6 case fans, 2 hard drive heatsink/fans, a vga cooler, a thermal greased Zalman pure-copper 770g CPU hs/fan, etc. BTW... whats the difference between artic silver compound and the other standard thermal compounds? This appears not to be the case!

In my BIOS, the CPU temperature monitored was a whopping 75 degrees Celsius! When I had the CPU temp. Warning enabled in my Bios, I heard many beeps on numerous occasions.

Another conflicting source of CPU temp. monitoring was my CPU digital thermo sensor which red a cool 25 degrees Celcius. I looked up the maximum temperature for my CPU at intel's website, and it was 74 degrees Celcius. I don't know about you, but I don't feel confident about every turning that computer on again! A $400 processor makes me a little nervous...

Do you know of any free temperature monitoring programs that I could actually trust, and where can I download them?

 

[htmlmasterdave]

Maybe the detector on the motherboard is just bsing you. I'd make sure you installed the hsf properly, and if you have see how hot the hsf feels when you are running it. If it's cool, I'd be pretty sure the motherboard is just wrong.

 

[sandorski]

I'll second the , "check HS/fan install". You may have not put it on tight enough or in some other error concerning install. One thing about it is that HS is friggin heavy(approx 2 lbs)!

 

[andreasl]

Originally posted by: htmlmasterdave
Maybe the detector on the motherboard is just bsing you. I'd make sure you installed the hsf properly, and if you have see how hot the hsf feels when you are running it. If it's cool, I'd be pretty sure the motherboard is just wrong.

This is reversed logic. If the HSF is warm it means it is working. If it is cold then it means the contact between the core and HSF is not perfect and the heat is dissipated through other means, like directly to air. This would normally kill a CPU but the P4 is capable of thermal throttling which would save it, but the core temperature would hover around the maximum it is specced for.

 

[txxxx]

Dont worry about damaging the CPU by overheating - internal protection systems built in , that respond fast. I'll let someone else explain the thermal throttling

 

[magomago]

perhaps your case fan orientations are messed up also? However I would see that as a secondary issue as I doubt it can cause temps to skyrocket in the 70s for the CPU. Try reseating your CPU heatsink and make sure the fan is blowing air towards the processor.