Its getting hot!

[Jay]

coretemp read right from the CPU your BIOS does not.

[Thorsson]

uGuru is more precise than Coretemp. In fact...touching the die with you finger and having a guess is more accurate than Coretemp.
It takes it directly from the bios.

Core Temp ... temperature readings are very accurate as the data is collected from a Digital Thermal Sensor (or DTS) which is located in each individual processing core, near the hottest part. This sensor is digital, which means it doesn't rely on an external circuit located on the motherboard to report temperature, its value is stored in a special register in the processor so any software can access and read it. This eliminates any inaccuracy that can be caused by external motherboard circuits and sensors and then different types of programs trying to read those sensors.

Beaten by Jay!

[D.M]

Well according to Everest Ultimate Edition:

CPU 22c
Core 1 - 34c
Core 2 - 34c
Core 3 - 32c
Core 4 - 32c

Apart from individual cores (as BIOS & uGuru dont show them) Everest and BIOS/uGuru show all the same temps exactly.

Cant see how CPU is reading 22c and all cores are higher?

[Thorsson]

Re-read the Core Temp description. The cores are the hottest part. The mobo is reporting the die temp. And all the programs take that data from the BIOS, so it's not surprising that they're all the same.

[D.M]

Yeah, sorry, was posting as when you posted 1st

[UrbanKiwi]

Thanks for all the contributions, I like the idea of suspending the mobo over a bed! As it happens I have been checking the connection by gently pulling on the heatsink and what do you know two push pins came free!

I will do a remount and report back when it is done. I will also use the fan this time around

[crazyfool]

I have a q6600 not overclocked with an artic freezer pro 7 cooler.... my temps are 40 at idles with 2 intakes directly on the proccessor... is this too high

[Stoo]

Hmm.. I guess I need to go buy something other than the stock retail HSF then..

Core temp is reading my cores at 62 and 65 idle...

[Aez]

Hmm.. I guess I need to go buy something other than the stock retail HSF then..

Core temp is reading my cores at 62 and 65 idle...

What does it get to under load? there are thermal limits and that's very close considering idle, you should be able to get a replacement if its over the limit.

[Stoo]

not sure at the moment, but it can't be good...

Any recs for the new HSF?

[Blitzen]

Core Temp ... temperature readings are very accurate as the data is collected from a Digital Thermal Sensor (or DTS) which is located in each individual processing core, near the hottest part. This sensor is digital, which means it doesn't rely on an external circuit located on the motherboard to report temperature, its value is stored in a special register in the processor so any software can access and read it. This eliminates any inaccuracy that can be caused by external motherboard circuits and sensors and then different types of programs trying to read those sensors.

Beaten by Jay!

I use Everest aswell and thats more accurate than Coretemp.

Where did you get that above statement from?

[Hunain]

I think its on the Coretemp download page, Btw when I used an Intel board, the temperatures were always higher on every program (everest, IDU, speed fan) but coretemp, coretemp reported the same temps on each core that I get now with the ASUS board, I think coretemp is more accurate than everest..

[Blitzen]

I think its on the Coretemp download page, Btw when I used an Intel board, the temperatures were always higher on every program (everest, IDU, speed fan) but coretemp, coretemp reported the same temps on each core that I get now with the ASUS board, I think coretemp is more accurate than everest..

Bit of a contradiction there.

If Coretemp reports all the temps as the same then it cant be the most accurate.

As the cores are used independently, and therefore working at different percentages, the cores are never all at the same temperature.

Also, if that statement is on the Coretemp download page, how much creedence does it deserve.
They will obviously say theirs is the most accurate.

Everest and uGuru have been know for a while to be the most accurate.

[Hunain]

Bit of a contradiction there.

If Coretemp reports all the temps as the same then it cant be the most accurate.

As the cores are used independently, and therefore working at different percentages, the cores are never all at the same temperature.

Also, if that statement is on the Coretemp download page, how much creedence does it deserve.
They will obviously say theirs is the most accurate.

Everest and uGuru have been know for a while to be the most accurate.

Yeah I wasnt vouching for the on-site info, someone else had posted it, you asked, I answered that it was from the download page

What I meant was that when I used the Intel board, the Intel Desktop Utilities showed higher overall temps compared to the ASUS board and ASUS probe, but Everest Ultimate, in both cases showed the same temperature as the respective motherboard native softwares did. Core temp was consistent , both times it showed the core temps in a similar temp range.

On the intel board, my CPU, at stock speed, used to idle at 38C, everest showed the same, coretemp showed individual core temps (which are higher than the overall CPU temp) to be at 33 - 34.

On the ASUS board, my OC'd CPU idles on 33C, everest showing the same, but coretemp still showing in the range of 36 - 38.

I hence concluded that coretemp was more realiable, as Everest seemed to follow the Motherboard Native softwares..I might be wrong, and I didnt try the uGuru though.

[UrbanKiwi]

Oh no !

I have reseated the Ninja rev B and reinstalled the motherboard and powered on the system but all I get is a black screen. I can't even get BIOS to come up. Does anyone know what might have gone wrong???

Cheers

[Sprite]

You could just get Intels TAT for temperature readings...