Concerned with CPU temps (faulty sensors or No?)

GamerGuy83

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So after having upgraded to Windows 10 I've had a few BSOD I traced all back to software problems I solved. Everything was fine after that for months, but now I got a Blue Screen of Death during a game that gave me a hardware error code. It appeared that my CPU overheated and forced a BSOD on me, and so I've spent the last few days going over things. After first it looked like my CPU fan might need replacing, but now I'm thinking I might have faulty heat sensors.

I've used multiple software programs now to see exactly what is going on with my temperatures; HWmonitor, HWinfo, Speedfan, ASUS AI Suite III, and AMD Overdrive. The Last three programs say my temperatures in my CPU are perfectly fine even when at Load with a video game. I'll get idle temperatures of around 34 degrees Celsius average, and then during a game as my fans ramp up I'll see my temperatures around 54 degrees Celsius. This is in both Speedfan and ASUS program while AMD Overdrive will say my Thermal Margin idles at 50 to 60 degrees and drops to 32 to 34 degrees Celsius during load with fan ramping up. At times it reads even lower to 23 degrees Celsius as my fan really ramps up.

HWMonitor and HWinfo, however, both tell me that while my CPU Temperature is at ~50 degrees Celsius during a game. Then my CPU Package Temperature is hitting a max of 104 degrees Celsius (while hanging around a average of 88.6 degrees Celsius)

In addition to this there are always 4 other sensors reading in HWMonitor, HWinfo, and Speedfan that giving strange readings. These sensor have a consistent 101 to 104 degrees Celsius temperature even at idle shortly after computer has started up. I think these sensors belong to the motherboard it's self since they show up under the listing for the board in HWinfo and HWMonitor.

So can anyone tell me what is going on with my Computer? Do I have faulty sensors, and if so in the CPU or in the Board (or both)? Is it instead that I actually have a serious heat issue that I need to solve?

System Specs:
ASUS Crossblade Ranger (has AMD A88x Chipset with newest 1702 Bios)
AMD A10-7850K processor 3.7 Ghz (using Stock Fan and heatsink)
EVGA Geforce GTX 750 video card (latest drivers)
Creative Soundblaster X-fi series XtremeGamer
Thermaltek Armor Series A90 Case (with Improved 2000rpm rear exhaust and a added side intake fan 1440 rpm)
 
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By looking a that your load temps are mostly sitting around 50-55 Degrees. So as thought you have nothing to worry about. Those temps are completely normal for an air cooler.

Hi, The most reliable place to check temperatures is on the BIOS as software has no affect on it.

Sometimes the temperature shown in the BIOS and that shown in the operating system can be different. However it is normally no more than 2-3 degrees. By looking at your current temperatures of the monitors I can say they look quite normal for an Air Cooler. Most CPU's will throttle when the get into the high 90's and a performance difference is almost always noticeable. Look in device manager does anything have a yellow caution on it?

You have nothing to worry about.
 

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When I load up my BIOS and let the computer sit in that for a minute the temperature I've see at highest is 41 degrees Celsius. Though I might try letting it run in BIOS longer to be sure. Is there a way to see the bios temperature with out shutting down my computer and restarting into bios?

Also are you sure I shouldn't be concerned with the CPU Package Temperatures I'm getting from those two programs? I know my CPU is rated for a Max Thermal Margin of 72.4 Degrees Celsius by AMD on their web site. So my computer reaching a Average of 88.6 degrees during a game on that temperature seems concerning.

Also nothing in device manager has a warning on it, that was one of the first things I checked after that BSOD.
 
Does the outside of your case feel warm at all when playing games?

The best thing to run a stress test and try all different monitoring tools. You will feel it on the outside of the case if the temps are reaching 80+ degrees. From there you can figure out which one is the most reliable.
 

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I haven't noticed the system feeling hot along the case of any heat coming out of either of my exhaust ports (case has a top exhaust fan and the rear). I'll double check it though to be sure. AMD Overdrive is capable of running a stability test, I'll attempt to do that and see what happens. After that I'll see about grabbing a program to use with the various monitors and see what happens.

If anyone else has some insights or anything I'll be happy for the help.
 

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Alright so I'm still running some tests but I went and took some screen shots of the idle Temps, and the Temps when running a game. Also I found that my CPU case is getting a little Warm along the side that rests behind the CPU while running a game. However the rest of the case stays cool. Even on that one side only the spot that is directly behind the CPU gets warm, the rest of that side of the case is cool.

So anyways here are the temps in 3 of the programs while system is at idle.

HWinfo - http://imgur.com/KVrJmKY
Speedfan - http://imgur.com/7vQMrGj
AMD Overdrive - http://imgur.com/5A6A1Nk

Here is the temperatures in those same 3 programs about 5 minutes after starting up a game.

HWinfo - http://imgur.com/Xx21KDx
Speedfan - http://imgur.com/0sAQV6l
AMD Overdrive - http://imgur.com/jUwSEG4
 

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Even considering the Package Temp discrepancy, and the side of my Case being warming during gaming?

If it's not my Temperatures that caused my WHEA_Uncorrectable_Error BSOD code during my gaming then I really need need to do more testing....