Which temp is right. Mobo or via hw mon.

ghateley

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Aug 21, 2001
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Hi,

I recently installed an athlon 700 and orb fan and plan on overclocking. I noticed in my BIOS that the temp reads around 60C! When I get into Windows my hardware monitor by VIA reads around 40C. Which number is right?
 

DimZiE

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Jun 26, 2001
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i think that's a bit high even for an Orb...

IMo neither of BIOs reading or via h/w readings are really accurate..
try updating your BIOS... that might help w/ better similarities between the mobo reading and via h/w
usually the bios is more accurate..

 

saintrobyn

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Jun 18, 2001
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I would say that the BIOS is correct. It is a direct hardware readout of the probes on your system. The software could be doing so tricks that make it think the temps are lower.
 

Wind

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Jul 22, 2001
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Wht mobo u r using? Try updating the bios to c if it reflect a proper temp reading. 60C is a bit high but it still OK. I always believe tht the bios reading is more accurate.
 

Mikewarrior2

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Why is it everyone only believes the BIOS?

If you want a true reading that reflects waht the via southbridge is reading, MBM or Via HM provide accurete readings that are Uncompensated in windows. If anything, bios temps are compensated by newer/more recent bios often times compensating the reading to try to more accurately reflect socket-thermistor versus core temps.

That being said, the raw "actual" readings at the location they are measured is inaccurate as is. So in actuality, no reading is accurate.

But if you want a true load reading, you have to rely on a windows program like Via HM or MBM, since...

Bios temps are neither full load nor idle
DIfferent Bios' have different "loads"
Rebooting to read the bios after loading the cpu will still not yield full load reading



MIke