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I've already contacted Gigabyte with the following result: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Model Name : GA-P31-DS3L(rev. 1.0) -------------------------- M/B Rev : 1.0 BIOS Ver : F3 Serial No. : 010471933182816521SN0731405108 Purchase...

The temps with the all aluminum stock cooler are pretty much the same, but ironically the fan runs at a lower RPM and is quieter. Isn't the sensor in the chip package itself rather than on the motherboard? I was thinking maybe there was an incompatibility between that CPU and that motherboard...

Yes, I've used Coretemp and it showed basically the same temps as TAT, Speedfan, and Gigabytes system monitoring utility.

I have a Pentium E2180 on a Gigabyte GA-P31-DS3L that has been flashed with the latest BIOS. I have tried both the stock Intel all aluminum cooler as well as an Intel copper-cored HSF from a retail P4. At stock CPU speed (2GHz) under full load using TAT and with the copper cored HSF, I am...