What temperature reading is correct?

babachicken · Jan 17, 2014

http://i.imgur.com/loljBRE.png

speccy says its extremely hot, while speedfan gives it a more realistic temperature.

what do i listen to?????

CaedenV · Jan 17, 2014

Speedfan is some old defunct software. I would avoid using it. Anything reading a negative temperature is obviously wrong unless you have ice forming inside of your case.

CaedenV · Jan 17, 2014

177*f is ~80*c
That is warm to be sure, but if under load using a stock fan then it is perfectly normal

CaedenV · Jan 17, 2014

Try using a program like HWMonitor. It is not as pretty, but it tends to give you a little more information that is useful to finding problems.

babachicken · Jan 17, 2014

CaedenV :

but im not underload !!!!!!!!!

and it is a stockfan. if you need more info its a HP computer..

CaedenV · Jan 17, 2014

install HWMonitor and see what that tells you. I have had a lot of good luck with that on a wide varieity of hardware.

Make sure that your computer can breathe and that you have plenty of space in front and behind it for it to take in and exhaust air. Also, check for dust.

Pinhedd · Jan 17, 2014

babachicken :

Use newer software such as HWInfo64. It's regularly updated to add proper support for new platforms and sensors.

babachicken · Jan 17, 2014

http://i.imgur.com/mCQq60R.png
here is screenshot from hw monitor
oh and recently i had dusted out the inside of my case with a can of pressurized air to see if the temperature problems would be fixed....

CaedenV · Jan 17, 2014

welp, looks like you are certainly got getting proper temp readings on that.

If you touch the metal bit of the heatsink does it feel like a frying pan? If not then you are probably fine.

babachicken · Jan 17, 2014

CaedenV :

i did touch the heatsink today about a minute after turning it off. it only feels a little warm.......

are the diodes reading the temperatures screwed up? My CPU doesnt seem to throttle even though it even reaches 100c at times,
it even jumps 10-15 degrees in less than a second..... ex 70C-85C immediatly

CaedenV · Jan 17, 2014

No, the diodes are reading just fine. The issue has to do with the bios/chipset sending out information that the programs don't understand correctly. If you go into Bios/Uefi then you should get accurate numbers displayed there... you just can't do that while in Windows.

Wait a few months and see if any of these programs get updated to support your motherboard. That should fix the issue.

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