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E5200 Running at 52, idle?

daniel101191

daniel101191

daniel101191

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This seems way to high for an idle temp, i have an Akasa AK 965 (Socket 775) Aluminium with Copper Base Processor Cooler. had bit of trouble getting all the prongs down, but now its seems stirdy. Not sure any suggestions? regards.
 
You got any thermal goo in there? Was there something on the surface of the cooler (eg some kind of tab) which needed to be removed before use?

But yeah, sounds too high!
 
What are your load temps like?

It may be worth reseating it (although, i know they're a complete b*tch to put on.) - check to see that the TP has spread evenly and just reseat it.

EDIT: It wont be too little paste - more likely a poor connection with the cpu (although if your load temps are ok it's nothing to worry about.)
 
thanks for the reply, i dont know how to find my load temps, on my last computer i found it easily in the bios, but cant see to find it this time. The cooler came with the thermal paste exactly evenly spreak over it, as if it had been printed on sort of thing, what should load temps be? =]
 
Download prime95 (or orthos) and HWmonitor.

Run prime95 (or orthos) and observe the temps under load in the HWmonitor window - prime95 will put the cpu under a lot of stress/load (perfectly safe) and will increase its temps.

Let it run for a few minutes and hope that it stays under 65 ideally. If it starts to shoot up above 75 stop the test - and reseat HS!

EDIT: What is your case ventilation like?
 
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Case ventilation is good, build it 2 hours ago you see, and wires are nice, + fan at front bringing air in, one at the back pushing it out. I have done what you said, and i ran the test for 5 mins, i was using core temp to read of the temprature, and both of the cores, stayed at 52, proper wierd, any better software to read of CPU temps?
 
If the temps didn't change it sounds as though your BIOS needs updating - so that it can read the temps correctly.

EDIT: run the test again for a few minutes and this time restart the computer straight away and look at the temps there. If they still read 52 - flash the BIOS.
 
daniel101191 said:
Case ventilation is good, build it 2 hours ago you see, and wires are nice, + fan at front bringing air in, one at the back pushing it out. I have done what you said, and i ran the test for 5 mins, i was using core temp to read of the temprature, and both of the cores, stayed at 52, proper wierd, any better software to read of CPU temps?
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Stuck thermal diode?
 
daniel101191 said:
This seems way to high for an idle temp, i have an Akasa AK 965 (Socket 775) Aluminium with Copper Base Processor Cooler. had bit of trouble getting all the prongs down, but now its seems stirdy. Not sure any suggestions?
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Hey daniel101191,

I've got an E5200/AK965 combo in a HTPC and they seem pretty well matched, from what you had said I first thought that maybe the cooler wasn't fitted correctly but then you go on to say the DTS is stuck at 52°C :confused:

As Plec has suggested it could be your motherboard needs its BIOS updating? what is your motherboard anyway? :p

Also as TheRedZealot stated you could download RealTemp 3.0 and run the Sensor-Test

I enclose some screenies of the E5200/AK965 combo running now, overvolted, overclocked and running about 45°C-60°C, this is hotter due to the weather and the fact the PC is in the hottest room in my flat heh! :o

Anyway give the suggestion a go and let us know how you get on! :cool:

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Hey thanks for your help, the combo is pretty nice, the motherboard is the Asus P5KPL - AM IN/GB

I cant seem to find it on the asus website, that exact model, and the one i thought it was ( P5KPL - AM) says its not the same as whats already installed when i try to update it.

ANDDDD

on your screenie next to the 2 52 degreesm is a high low etc, i dont have that, and urs say 52, so am i reading it wrong lol.


Thanks in advanced


EDIT: i dont think it is the bios, because the declerations and certificates in the back of the manual are from march 2009, so its like 2-3 months old, but there again what do it know? lol
 
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It will be a bit dodgy trying to update the BIOS if your not 100% sure which board you have? I looked on the ASUS global site and they have three P5KPL-AM boards :confused:

Intel Socket 775 >> Intel G31




I built a few systems based on similar ASUS boards (P5KPL-VM, P5KPL-CM) and did have a few temp related errors when using a 45nm Wolfdale chip, I think the BIOS health monitor was telling me the chip was 95°C and flashing red heh! :p

Once the BIOS was updated everything was sweet as a sweet thing, I think an update may help you but not until you know for sure which board you have! :eek:

Grab the latest Real-Temp and Coretemp below! :cool:

RealTemp 3.0

Core Temp 0.99.5 Beta
 
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