Q9550 E0 temps, stuck?

NickO · 12 Nov 2008 at 17:03

Hiya, I have just grabbed a q9550 E0 stepping and put on an Asus P5Q Deluxe board. Checking on the temps with Speedfan I am getting the following readings
; Core 0 - 41C, Core 1 - 34C, Core 2 - 34C, Core 3 - 41C.

Would like your opinions really. Not sure about the core layouts; ie is it
0-1 0-2
2-3 or 1-3 or something

I would have thought if I have not placed my Tuniq tower correctly then a side might not be getting cooled properly but with Cores 0 and 3 being higher I wondered if I had so called stuck sensors on the chip? I havent o/c'd it yet but of course plan to , is the reason why I grabbed an E0. Putting the cpu under 100% load with OOC all temps increased, it just seems Cores 0/3 sensors dont go under 41C maybe.

If thats the case would this be a long term problem for the cpu or just keep it as it is and live with it? As I got it from the US (sorry OC, will make it up with more purchases soon honest

) I dont really wanna ship it back if it will be ok.

Cheers Guys and Gals

eiko_magami · 12 Nov 2008 at 17:25

checked the IHS is flat ?

RJC · 12 Nov 2008 at 17:54

Double check temps with Real Temp & Core Temp.
Real Temp has a feature to check the core temps.

My E8600 temsps would not move if idle or full load - 40c / 41c sent a email to Intel they just said nothing is wrong, It could be the programme's or BIOS so I should contact the manufacturers, Intel mentioned the chip will protect it's self if something does happen. In the end I overclcoked to 4.4ghz @ 1.31v sensors now move about 10c.

NickO · 12 Nov 2008 at 18:21

thanks for the suggestions, I seem to remember the IHS was fine.

Have checked out the temps on those progs

Core Temp: 0 - 41C, 1 - 34C, 2 - 34C, 3 - 41C
SpeedFan : 0 - 41C, 1 - 34C, 2 - 34C, 3 - 41C
Real Temp 2.70 : 0 - 36C, 1 - 29C, 2 - 29C, 3 - 36C (-5 of the other progs)

Hmmmm. Dunno what to do really.

Edit: Realtemps 2.70 testing of sensors showed both Core 0 and 3 with 0 movement, ie stuck

Griff7520 · 4 Dec 2008 at 21:13

is there anything that can be done about stuck sensors? I bought a q9550 to day and my temps dont move at idle or full load...real temp reads 0 0 1 0 on the sensors. Running on water with temps at 38 38 35 32...they look high for me considering i am at stock.

CaptainRAVE · 4 Dec 2008 at 22:34

Common problem with the Q9550s. When overclocking just pay attention to the highest reading (usually core 0 by a large amount). Do a google search and you will see a lot of this.