90c ??

CharlieCharlie · 9 Mar 2010 at 21:37

Just installed SpeedFan ahead of possibly overclocking my CPU a little and got the following results:

What on earth is Temp3 all about?

And is it ok to overclock my CPU? (my spec is in my signature)

Strawberry · 9 Mar 2010 at 21:47

Might be something like northbridge I'd be careful. Try carefully seeing if any of the heatsinks on your mobo are too hot to touch.

RJC · 9 Mar 2010 at 21:49

Could be faulty reading, try HW Monitor and Core temp.

Redmint · 9 Mar 2010 at 21:53

One of my Asus motherboards has a ridiculously high 'Temp1' I've tried touching the northbridge heatsink and it can't be anywhere near what it's claiming though (100+).

Strawberry · 9 Mar 2010 at 21:56

Redmint said:
One of my Asus motherboards has a ridiculously high 'Temp1' I've tried touching the northbridge heatsink and it can't be anywhere near what it's claiming though (100+).

To me that's rather an indicator of the heatsink not being installed properly (ridiculously high inside temp and cool heatsink).

Diggsy · 9 Mar 2010 at 21:57

As above, its probably the Northbridge, and if that reading is accurate, its very high. I think I read that Gigabyte released a V2.0 of that board with a larger heatsink, but not sure about that.

Either way, get a fan on the heatsink and see what happens to the temps.

Jokester · 9 Mar 2010 at 21:59

More likely the PWMIC, always scorching hot, especially under load.

CharlieCharlie · 9 Mar 2010 at 22:13

Take it the Northbridge is the thing with the ugly heatsink on? Touched it and it is very hot.

What options have I got? Get a new motherboard?

As you can see, it's peaking at a very high temperature :eek:

Strawberry · 9 Mar 2010 at 22:42

Maybe your board is faulty. Try contacting Gigabyte and seeing if they'll take a look at it.
Before that try directing a fan directly at it and seeing if the temps improve.

It could still be that you're just feeling 45°C though and you think it's 90°C, if the temperature sensor is faulty.

CharlieCharlie · 10 Mar 2010 at 11:35

Got a fan blowing on the Northbridge and it doesn't affect it at all, so guessing it's a faulty sensor?

Been running a few tests to stress the system a bit and it's all stable. Ignoring the TMPIN2 temperature (which showed at over 100C!!), is there anything to worry about with the other temperatures? I decoded a video and ran a game on high settings to get the 'Max' results. Currently got my CPU overclocked from 2.4ghz to 2.7ghz by just changing the Bus speed and nothing else, and it all 'seems' stable atm

PaulyD · 10 Mar 2010 at 13:46

Does the temperature change at all or stay at that figure? If it doesnt change then I would agree a dodgy sensor, if it does then I would agree with Jokester.

PC would crash long before the NB hit 90c

CharlieCharlie · 10 Mar 2010 at 15:45

It got up to 102c according to the picture in my last post without any noticeable change to the system operation. Games were running nice and smooth.

PaulyD · 10 Mar 2010 at 16:22

CharlieCharlie said:
It got up to 102c according to the picture in my last post without any noticeable change to the system operation. Games were running nice and smooth.

Ahh don't get to see pics at work so didn't even know a pic was there