AMD Athlon x4 II 760k Faulty Temperature Sensors

DennisJohnHarro · 5 Jan 2014 at 12:11

I have recently finished building my mini-itx gaming computer

SPECS:

Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced
Corsair CX500M
GIGABYTE GA-F2A88XN-WIFI
AMD Athlon x4 II 760k
Stock AMD CPU Cooler
8GB Corsair Vengence LP (CL9 1600)
AMD R9 270X MSI HAWK Edition

I have installed windows and set up the computer. But my CPU temperatures seem abnormally high even at around 50% load. When the Computer is idle the temperature sensors on hwmonitor and the bios read 60-70 degrees Celcius (I have never seen the temperature go below 50 degrees Celcius). Even if I leave the computer off for a few hours as soon as I boot it the temperature is already reading 60-70 degrees Celcius.

Something Else · 5 Jan 2014 at 13:47

Sure the cpu cooler is mounted correctly with thermal paste correctly applied?

Hagar · 5 Jan 2014 at 14:05

What are the other temps like? mainboard, NB, SB, gfx card?
Is the airflow on the case adequate?
Is the case in a hot location?
Does the graphics card expel hot air inside the case?

What are the temps like with the top/side off?

d_brennen · 5 Jan 2014 at 14:11

Use AMD Overdrive

DennisJohnHarro · 5 Jan 2014 at 14:25

The cooler is 100% correctly mounted and the thermal paste is correct. It is a mini itx case with alright airflow (Cm elite 120 advanced) and the GPU does expel hot air in the case

Hagar · 5 Jan 2014 at 14:28

Can you show the top half of the HWmonitor screen?

DennisJohnHarro · 5 Jan 2014 at 14:38

This is a few seconds after boot and it has already reached 79.C (CPU)

Mrnob · 5 Jan 2014 at 14:41

I would go ahead and try out core temp and real temp and see what they both say

http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/
http://www.techpowerup.com/realtemp/

DennisJohnHarro · 5 Jan 2014 at 14:41

Images of pc:

DennisJohnHarro · 5 Jan 2014 at 14:42

Mrnob said:
I would go ahead and try out core temp and real temp and see what they both say

Core Temp reads 0.C and Real temp doesnt support my cpu

Smoogels · 5 Jan 2014 at 14:43

Looking at your HWmonitor screenshots it seems odd how it reads -7 as a minmum but I have also noticed a seemingly high vcore voltage. The latest screenshot say 1.4v at the top. What is the voltage set to in the BIOs? My 8350 is only 1.36v

DennisJohnHarro · 5 Jan 2014 at 14:48

Smoogels said:
Looking at your HWmonitor screenshots it seems odd how it reads -7 as a minmum but I have also noticed a seemingly high vcore voltage. The latest screenshot say 1.4v at the top. What is the voltage set to in the BIOs? My 8350 is only 1.36v

1.404v

d_brennen · 5 Jan 2014 at 14:56

Have you tried AMD Overdrive yet?

DennisJohnHarro · 5 Jan 2014 at 14:57

d_brennen said:
Have you tried AMD Overdrive yet?

trying it now

DennisJohnHarro · 5 Jan 2014 at 15:15

IDLE:

MED LOAD (UNIGINE HEAVEN):

PRIME 95:

Akagi · 5 Jan 2014 at 15:26

Lots of temperature monitoring apps don't play nicely with FM2 chips, particularly HWMonitor. Though the last time I encountered this issue Overdrive was reporting correctly.

What are your BIOS temps?

DennisJohnHarro · 5 Jan 2014 at 15:29

acme15 said:
Lots of temperature monitoring apps don't play nicely with FM2 chips, particularly HWMonitor. Though the last time I encountered this issue Overdrive was reporting correctly.

What are your BIOS temps?

They say the same as hwmonitor 60-70 at idle ( I think hwmonitor reads the same temps as the bios) are the amd overdrive temps = temp - ambient? cause when its idle i get like 0.C

d_brennen · 5 Jan 2014 at 15:30

Can't be ambient, you'd notice 0c ambient temps

Is there a bios update available?

DennisJohnHarro · 5 Jan 2014 at 15:33

d_brennen said:
Can't be ambient, you'd notice 0c ambient temps

Is there a bios update available?

No I mean does amd overdrive calculate its cpu temp by doing 'cpu temp' - (minus) 'ambien temp'?
I have updated my bios to f2 from f1

Akagi · 5 Jan 2014 at 15:38

I believe he meant core temperature minus ambient temperature, but you certainly would notice 0C ambient.