Heat issue (speedfan users read please)

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eLus1ve

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I ran the computer on my sig without the 6600gt, 1 less HD, and a stock P4 heatstink.At that time my soyo hardware monitor reported my CHA temp at 32C and my CPU temp at 45C. However when I upgraded to my current rig(sig), my soyo hardware monitor is reporting the same exact temperatures. This was a little weird so I ran Speedfan and it's reporting:
Temp 1: 32C Blue
Temp 2: 75C Red<----------
Temp 3: 20C Green
HD 0: 38C Green
HD 1: 35C Blue
HD 2: 39C Blue
Temp 1: 75C Red

Note: Green = good Blue = fair Red = not good

At the moment I'm assuming Temp 2 is my CPU temperature and 75C isn't too good. One question I have is that my heatsink is secured to the mobo but it's alittle pushed or shoved on the sides by the PSU and it's lifting the mobo with it. I'm hoping this isn't a big issue because at least it's secured together. Another question is once I applied the thermal grease on the heatsink and attach it to the CPU, is it bad to detach it and reattach it again to get a better surface area? I noticed that the thermal grease no longer had a evenly smooth surface but had little "dabs" of grease on the heatsink. Basically I need to somehow lower my CPU although the heatsink itself it nowhere warm. In addition my HD is EXTREMLY hot hot hot.
 
that is pretty toasty. it might not be the same as on my board. but temp 2 is the chipset temps, temp 1 is the cpu, and temp 3 is case temp. make sure your chipset fan is on 100% and is transferring heat properly.

then again, it could be different than mine.
 
on my AMD setup, Temp 1 is my CPU, and 3 is my chipset.
I would run NVMonitor and see what it says. It has the CPU clearly labled... plus you can check out your graphics card temp!
Also, you may want to check out the temp differences between idle and load. That might help you determin which one is your CPU.
 
If something is pressing on the HSF enough to flex the mobo you should remedie that situation even if it turns out the temps are ok right now. It seems to me that the HSF won't be able to stay firmly in contact if it's being pushed that way and everytime something bumps the frame of the box the force will be imparted to the CPU since the power supply is bolted to the frame......
 
temps with software are hit or miss .. i use speedfan not as an absolute indicator but more as a relative device..
 
regardless of what speedfan is or isn't reporting and what sensor does or doesn't correspond to what, you should not have things pressing on your HSF, let alone pressing hard enough to bend your mobo.

if the HSF isn't warm and the CPU is reading hot, that could easily be indicative of bad contact. with something pressing the HSF off to the side, there's one explanation for bad contact right there, in addition to showing a symptom of it.

yeah, temp sensors are wacked in what they report. they're only there so users can look for the sake of curiosity, and the level of precision and accuracy that they have reflects that. you don't get to see the sensor used for hardware level thermal protection. when temp sensors are reporting high, and you have a heatsink improperly installed, don't mess with the software until after you sort out the heatsink itself.

for the record, my CPU temp is sensor 2 in speedfan. it doesn't tell me much other than that a catastrophic failure has not happened YET.
 
I use my temp sensors mainly to guage a change in temps, not what the temps actually are. For example, going from 40 to 50 tells me that i have had a 25% increase in temperatures.
In that respect, i hear that thermal probes are quite accurate... it is just that you don't know if it was a 25% increase from 40 to 50 or from 48 to 60.
 
god.. I scraped off the old thermal grease and applied a fresh new surface. Then I screwed in the HSF as tight as ever and I still get the same readings. Also I just realized my gfx card is hot as hell also but since it's evga... nothing too unusual
 
I'm sure if your cpu temp was 75c, it'd start to throttle down, and you'd notice a bit of a slowdown. 75c is still a high temp for a GPU, you shoudl check your Nvidia control panel for the absolute correct GPU temp reading.
 
Rather then continuing to speculate when starting up the computer, go to your bios and look for the temps there. Then you can be sure what corresponds to what at least on your system board.
 
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