q9450 temp readings not working on 780i

Update: problem solved, I returned the processor and the new one's temperature sensors work perfectly. Apparently some of the q9450s have stuck temperature sensors.

Hello,

I just bought a q9450 oem to replace my q6600. I'm using the evga 780i and vista x64. When I put it in and loaded up coretemp to see what it was running at, I found the temp readings are stuck at 53/53/45/40 and never move from that, no matter what the load.
cpuid hardware monitor shows the same exact values and never moves (but reads cputin at 25c which moves a little under load).
Nvidia hardware monitor shows the same numbers.
Speedfan shows nothing for the four cores, but shows "CPU" at 26c and moving, similar to cpuid.
In the bios, the "CPU" reading is on par with the cpu or cputin readings in speedfan and cpuid, and it moves.

What in the world is going on? The temp ratings on the q6600 worked perfectly, except that speedfan was 15c low as has been reported.

Is there any way I can get around this problem? Everything else works perfectly, and my bios is the latest version. Today I went so far as to reinstall the os to see if it was some driver issue that driver cleaner couldn't solve, but the same thing happens after reinstall.

I'd appreciate any advice!