Conflicting CPU Temps

[Vexis]

Hello,

I have a computer I built for my sister.

CPU I7-2600
MOBO Asus p8z68-v
Stock Cooler
WIN 7 Pro
no overclocking, standard settings, nothing special used as software.

The computer is randomly locking up. While attempting to diagnose the random lockup issue, I installed speedfan to check temps.

It is showing very high temps, but the mobo monitor is showing normal temps. I have not seen this before. Should I trust the MOBO monitor, or Speedfan? or find another program.. LOL.. Help, stuck here.

Screen shot of both reading side by side here:ImageShack® - Online Photo and Video Hosting

[ShyguyXPC]

I never use Speedfan, its too flaky on its own to get reliable temps and what not.

Try something like CPUID's HW Monitor: CPUID - System & hardware benchmark, monitoring, reporting

It could be the 86C temps your seeing is one of the Chipsets on the board since they are low profile passive heatsinks, with very little surface cooling area.


Or it could be the board is just flaky and bad... read some of the reviews on Newegg here for the board, could be something similar to what you have.

Newegg.com - ASUS P8Z68-V PRO LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

In general I just steer away from Overpriced Asus Boards period, unless you can get them dirt cheap.

IMO, Asrocks boards are more reliable as of late, but then again, to this day a lot of people still don't know that Asrock is owned by Asus.

[Vexis]

I put both HWMonitor and Core Temps on. They both showed the correct temps. Speedfan was showing 30 degrees hotter for some reason. Guess your Right Shy.. last time I use that program. Thanks so much for your help. Im not a huge Asus Fan either but my sister and brother-in-law have namebranditis.. I just do the grunt work, they do the buying..LOL

Turns out the system was overheating though. Idle was fine but at even 50% load on the cpu hit the 80's in less than 2 minutes. I tried reseating the stock cooler, and putting on fresh Artic silver, but that didn't work. For some reason the stock cooler was not kicking up rpm speed as heat increased. It stayed at the same rpm no matter what I did, even overriding the bios and manual controlling it didn't work.

I wasnt sure if the mobo wasnt sending it a message to speed up or if it was a defective cooler. I finally just replaced the stock cooler with a Hyper 212. All is now well. at 100% cpu load for 2 hours now and never more than 46 degrees as a high point.

Woot Woot.. love a solved issue.

Thanks so much! You guys rock. Big Hugs Shy, your always on the ball!

[ShyguyXPC]

No problem, good to hear it worked out.

I stopped using Speedfan years ago, as it was always showing the wrong temps, higher than it should of been, despite 3 or 4 other programs all with in a couple/few degree's of each other, which were much MUCH lower than what Speedfan showed.