So is the motherboard faulty?

Merlin5

Merlin5

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I've really been trying to get to the bottom of this for a while now. Got new heatsink on, excellent. Temp under load is 23c core, which is amazing. It used to be 43 to 44c under load with stock cooler. So I have a feeling I can probably trust my core temp? My concern is that people tell me the other temps are too high and I probably have 'bugged' sensors. It seems that hard drive temps, cpu temps and motherboard temps are reading too high. Apparently hard drive temps should only be a few degrees above ambient. While I don't know my ambient room temp, (buying a thermometer tomorrow) I'm pretty sure it's in the late teens early twenties right now. I know london temp right now is about 18C. So I'm wondering if this is down to the motherboard sensors and if so, should I be keeping the board or not? I just took this screenshot, how does it look to you regarding temps, compared to core temp?

http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/8215/screenshot531.jpg
 
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DavyBoy said:
Have you tried using a newer BIOS?

I've heard of some mobos reporting wrong temps before, and that flashing to a newer version can fix it.
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Well, I've got the latest bios davy, and have been through all 3 of them. Even been back to the original bios where the temp went down again. And I'm back on the latest bios now. I did 5 bios flashes in all. The original bios that came with the board showed lower bios temp, and the second and 3rd bios show higher temp. But in all cases, the core is always lower than all other temps. Just doesn't seem right. People say temps can be 'off', but these seem completely off the wall.
 
Motherboard is ok, I now believe it's a faulty core temp sensor on processor from what people have told me.
 
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