Little Help?

tally2425 · 4 May 2012 at 07:25

Hi guys, Got a little problem with my CPU.

Basically when i use CPU-Z/Core Temp/Speccy. My CPU temp is in the 50-60c mark.

When i use the ASUS AI Suite i get CPU Reading of 29c

So i'm stuck with a problem of not knowing if my CPU is overheating or not, Any suggestions?

jeff6475 · 4 May 2012 at 09:16

what cpu is it ?

tally2425 · 4 May 2012 at 09:16

jeff6475 said:
what cpu is it ?

Q8200

stone_cold_Jimi · 4 May 2012 at 10:25

tally2425 said:
Hi guys, Got a little problem with my CPU.

Basically when i use CPU-Z/Core Temp/Speccy. My CPU temp is in the 50-60c mark.

When i use the ASUS AI Suite i get CPU Reading of 29c

So i'm stuck with a problem of not knowing if my CPU is overheating or not, Any suggestions?

AI Suite reads Tcase afaik. Kind of nice to know, as you can see the differential between inside and outside. But not the temp you should be looking at for your OC - Real / Core Temp show the nitty-gritty, watch them.

tally2425 · 4 May 2012 at 10:45

stone_cold_Jimi said:
AI Suite reads Tcase afaik. Kind of nice to know, as you can see the differential between inside and outside. But not the temp you should be looking at for your OC - Real / Core Temp show the nitty-gritty, watch them.

Thanks so it looks like my CPU is running hot then?

spankingtexan · 4 May 2012 at 11:22

If your 50-60c is at load then it's fine, if idle then you are running to hot

tally2425 · 4 May 2012 at 13:00

spankingtexan said:
If your 50-60c is at load then it's fine, if idle then you are running to hot

That is on idle, I have tried re seating the Heatsink about 6 time and it's a cooler master one so it's decent and i bought it as the stock was running the same temp but this has made no difference. Not sure what to do as it isn't effecting me at the moment but just wanted to know if there was anything i could do

jeff6475 · 4 May 2012 at 18:48

is the fan plugged in ?

farlow2012 · 4 May 2012 at 18:51

try hw monitor on asus bios that will give you your idle temps

tally2425 · 4 May 2012 at 19:27

jeff6475 said:
is the fan plugged in ?

Yep it's spinning

tally2425 · 4 May 2012 at 19:27

farlow2012 said:
try hw monitor on asus bios that will give you your idle temps

Will try this and get back to you

tally2425 · 4 May 2012 at 19:33

farlow2012 said:
try hw monitor on asus bios that will give you your idle temps

Checked this in the BIOS on the Hardware Monitor (HM) and it says my CPU is 29.5c

Why are other programs telling me different though?

farlow2012 · 4 May 2012 at 19:42

what motherboard you using and is ut cpu overclocked?

tally2425 · 4 May 2012 at 19:43

This is my motherboard

Asus P5QL Pro P43 Chipset LGA775 FSB1600 DDR2/1066/800 Main board

This CPU isn't overclocked, I want to overclock it but want to work out how hot it is running first

farlow2012 · 4 May 2012 at 19:45

id try clear cmos .... overclock cpu by 10mhz more just so it off stock check your temps then might correct itself

also in ai suite turn ur fan to performance ...that helps a lot for me and my p5b deluxe

tally2425 · 4 May 2012 at 19:47

farlow2012 said:
id try clear cmos .... overclock cpu by 10mhz more just so it off stock check your temps then might correct itself

Thanks for your advice mate but what is CMOS and how do i clear it? i will do it as soon as i know how to do it

farlow2012 · 4 May 2012 at 19:50

small blue thing that bridges 2 small pins

http://uk.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_775/P5QL_PRO/

download your manual and you will see

bare with me ill try get the pic and edit on paint with circle around the one you need to move

tally2425 · 4 May 2012 at 19:55

farlow2012 said:
small blue thing that bridges 2 small pins

http://uk.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_775/P5QL_PRO/

download your manual and you will see

bare with me ill try get the pic and edit on paint with circle around the one you need to move

Thanks mate really appreciate this, Do i just unplug it then plug it back in? this won't affect anything will it will just boot straight back up right?

farlow2012 · 4 May 2012 at 20:02

tally2425 said:
Thanks mate really appreciate this, Do i just unplug it then plug it back in? this won't affect anything will it will just boot straight back up right?

it will reset bios you move the the blue cap that sits on 2 of 3 small pins you move it to the next 2 pins > power up > it wont boot (dont panic) move it back and you have cleared cmos .

then you go into bios and set your hdd to first boot
then save it will restart and load up then you check your temps again. (fingers crossed) your back to normal and can then try to overclock

farlow2012 · 4 May 2012 at 20:05

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should be a button where the yellow circle is
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