Hi there,
I've got a bit of a strange situation with my CPU core temp and I was hoping someone would have an idea as to just what is going on.
Basically I've got a C2D E6600 OC'd to 3Ghz with a Zalmann on an ASUS P5B Deluxe board which has been working fine for at least a year (CPU idling at 37C, cores at 40C). However recently the CPU temp has occasionally been jumping to 80C though both cores have remained around 37C. The first time this happened I shut my PC of straight away as I was worried about damage, the next time I had a look with Asus PC Probe (I use Speedfan normally as well as to control fan speed) and that also showed a CPU temp of 80C but core temps of 37C. I also had a look in the speedfan logs afterwards and they showed the temperature jumping by about 40C in a second.
This makes me think that it's a temperature monitoring problem as opposed to actual overheating, though it makes me worry that it's a sign that my CPU is about to give up.
Essentially I want to ask has anyone got any idea what could be causing this, and has anyone got ideas for potential fixes?
Thanks
I've got a bit of a strange situation with my CPU core temp and I was hoping someone would have an idea as to just what is going on.
Basically I've got a C2D E6600 OC'd to 3Ghz with a Zalmann on an ASUS P5B Deluxe board which has been working fine for at least a year (CPU idling at 37C, cores at 40C). However recently the CPU temp has occasionally been jumping to 80C though both cores have remained around 37C. The first time this happened I shut my PC of straight away as I was worried about damage, the next time I had a look with Asus PC Probe (I use Speedfan normally as well as to control fan speed) and that also showed a CPU temp of 80C but core temps of 37C. I also had a look in the speedfan logs afterwards and they showed the temperature jumping by about 40C in a second.
This makes me think that it's a temperature monitoring problem as opposed to actual overheating, though it makes me worry that it's a sign that my CPU is about to give up.
Essentially I want to ask has anyone got any idea what could be causing this, and has anyone got ideas for potential fixes?
Thanks