Speedfan AUX Temp

schneimj

July 26, 2007 2:21:00 PM

I built my new rig yesterday and everything went smoothly. I installed Vista 64bit Ultimate and speedfan to check my system temps. CPU and Mobo temps seem ok, but I am getting this weird reading form the AUX sensor at 127C. I'm not really sure what the AUX is referring to but my guess is its either the PSU or video card. I'm not very familiar with the speedfan program and this is my first time using it so maybe i'm just missing something which is causing it to report incorrectly. The video card (8800gtx stock cooling) seems very hot. I know these run warm, but the entire plastic cover on the heatsink is warm to to the touch. The fan is running on the card but at a very low speed, to the point where its completely silent. Don't get me wrong, I like silent, but I figured with these cards getting so hot the fan would spin at a higher rpm to cool better and therefore make some noise. I have taken the side of the case off and put a fan on there but the 127C reading didn't budge.

Another strange thing I noticed was that if I had a program open, I was using iTunes at the moment and had the visualizer on, and moved the program around by dragging it the AUX temp in speedfan dropped to ~50C. As soon as I stopped moving the window around it bounced back up to 127C. I don't know what could be the cause for this, but I have a feeling it may be just a glitch. Are there any other good programs out there to check the GPU temp?

Full Specs
Q6600 @ stock 2.4GHz
Thermalright Ultra-120x
Asus P5k Deluxe
4GB Corsair Dominator DDR2-1066
eVGA 8800GTX
Antec P180b w/ Antec 650W Trio PSU

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July 26, 2007 2:26:38 PM

schneimj said:

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I built my new rig yesterday and everything went smoothly. I installed Vista 64bit Ultimate and speedfan to check my system temps. CPU and Mobo temps seem ok, but I am getting this weird reading form the AUX sensor at 127C. I'm not really sure what the AUX is referring to but my guess is its either the PSU or video card. I'm not very familiar with the speedfan program and this is my first time using it so maybe i'm just missing something which is causing it to report incorrectly. The video card (8800gtx stock cooling) seems very hot. I know these run warm, but the entire plastic cover on the heatsink is warm to to the touch. The fan is running on the card but at a very low speed, to the point where its completely silent. Don't get me wrong, I like silent, but I figured with these cards getting so hot the fan would spin at a higher rpm to cool better and therefore make some noise. I have taken the side of the case off and put a fan on there but the 127C reading didn't budge.

Another strange thing I noticed was that if I had a program open, I was using iTunes at the moment and had the visualizer on, and moved the program around by dragging it the AUX temp in speedfan dropped to ~50C. As soon as I stopped moving the window around it bounced back up to 127C. I don't know what could be the cause for this, but I have a feeling it may be just a glitch. Are there any other good programs out there to check the GPU temp?

Full Specs
Q6600 @ stock 2.4GHz
Thermalright Ultra-120x
Asus P5k Deluxe
4GB Corsair Dominator DDR2-1066
eVGA 8800GTX
Antec P180b w/ Antec 650W Trio PSU

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I'm not really sure what the AUX is referring to but my guess is its either the PSU or video card.

The AUX reading is not being used. Disregard the reading. I think there is a way to program it to work, but in your case it means nothing. It's weird the program leaves that flame hanging there when not in use. Your temps are fine.