For AbitUK: temp reporting issue with BIOS 16

[Taz]

I recently tried BIOS 16 for the IP-35 Pro motherboard but it incorrectly reported the temperature of my Intel Q6600 CPU. Looking through the Abut USA forums this seems to be a known problem now. I have reverted to BIOS 14 that does report the correct temperatures for 65nm CPUs (eg. Q6600).

Thus, would you be able to find out if Abit have acknowledged this problem and intend to fix it in a future BIOS version? Once again, this is for the IP-35 Pro motherboard. It would be a shame to not be able to use a newer BIOS because of a simple temperature reporting issue (it causes havoc with alarms and fan speeds as BIOS 16 reports the temp as around 20 degrees C higher than it actually is).

[Abit_NL]

The problem is known and will be fixed with the next BIOS update.

[Taz]

^ Thanks for that info. Will that be BIOS 17?

[gilgamesh]

Taz

In the meantime have you tried a good software temp reporting program. REALTEMP is thebest and most accurate, this utility is trusted by many overclockers at xtremesystems.org

gilgamesh

[Taz]

^ Yes, I have tried both CoreTemp and RealTemp to see the problems with the various BIOS. I know that BIOS 16 has an issue, and so does the beta version of BIOS 17.

[gilgamesh]

^ Yes, I have tried both CoreTemp and RealTemp to see the problems with the various BIOS. I know that BIOS 16 has an issue, and so does the beta version of BIOS 17.

realtemp is the best, coretemp i have found to be 10c out in most cases.

gilgamesh

[BUFF]

there is a a 17B04 now, maybe that is better?