What the heck is wrong with the AN7 CPU temperature readings??

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This is insane. What the hell is wrong with Abit and their asinine temperature problems on their mobo's?? :roll:

I just spent hours trying to find out which TIM works best with a Barton 3200+ on an AN7 mobo. All temps are F and only in the BIOS at idle. NOTHING is installed or hooked up yet. BIOS is v14. Started off with a cheap old s370 HSF unit w/old generic white silicone TIM @107°. Tried the RETAIL HSF unit w/the stock thermal pad and it was over 120°!! :Q Then tried the s370 unit w/Nanotherm XTC, Blue II, PCM+, and all were waaay over the 107° reading of that of the crappy generic TIM made for transistors! Temps were all over the place from 111° to 169°!!! :Q So, I tried again with the SAME generic TIM and it's 180° now!!!! :Q :Q I feel the bottom of the CPU socket and it's barely warm!! I put a flat temp sensor under the HS close to the CPU core, and it never gets over 110°. It's bad enough it's not accurate, but even if it gave consistent temps that were 50° higher than they really are would be of some help!! The fact they are about as stable as a "Tijuana crack-whore on withdrawal" ( ) really complicates matters!

Will flashing the BIOS to v15 fix this crap? I see the Readme for the v15 BIOS comments about "fixes 119° reading in BIOS" whatever that means. Maybe it's their way of admitting this mobo has one screwed up POS HW monitor and is screwed up the way the IC7 and IS7 are.

Thanks for any input.

 

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[ZoNtO]

might as well update bios. or just don't worry about the temperature monitor from abit. Have you tried motherboard monitor 5 yet?

 

[computer]

Since I didn't get any input on this, I flashed the BIOS anyway moments ago. Haven't booted it up again since because the CPU was too hot!

No, I can't install anything (or any HD) until I get this heat issue and erratic temp readings sorted out.

 

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After going to v15, CPU temps were still high, but at least consistent since flashing. I put a high speed YStech 60mm fan (40 cfm, 7000+RPM) on the retail HSF unit and that seems to have worked. Now it's about 93-100°F in the BIOS. (BTW, retail fan was on 18 cfm!!!) :Q :Q

It's still sometimes not booting. Most of the time it boots fine, other times when I short the pwr jumper, nothing happens! I have a cheap 400 watt PS on it now for testing, although it's AMD approved. I'm not putting the Antec True430 on it until it's in the case. Anyone ever heard of this boot problem?

 

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The clock settings in the BIOS were also not working. I put the Antec PS on it and now the clock is working. Very strange. I would now guess that it will also boot every time.