AMD Phenom II 720 has a core at 95°C?

[dr_bob]

Hello,

I just built my first computer and it ran without a hitch. I downloaded Speedfan to check out my temps without the case on (curious since this is all new territory for me). My temps come up fine (around 35°C) for everything but one of my cores. That core seems to always fall between 95°C - 100°C!

This seems grossly incorrect since the system is functioning fabulously without any issues. The only thing that I can think of is that I messed up with placing the CPU heatsink. When I tried placing it, I put it on backwards (my fault for not paying attention to the clips). I had to lift it off the CPU to place it correctly, which I think may have messed up the thermal paste.

Specs:
AMD Phenom II 720
Biostar TA790GX XE (micro-atx)
Silverstone Sugo SG02-F
Corsair CMPSU-400CX 400W
DVD burner
320gb hard-drive
4gb memory
(no graphics card yet, will have Radeon 4770)

 

[r_manic]

Well, if the 95C temp was true, your CPU should've friend by now. Have you tried fixing removing the heatsink, cleaning off the thermal paste, and reapplying the whole she-bang?

 

[sighQ2]

you could try AOD

 

[juncwil]

Have you tried HWMonitor, AOD, or OCCT? Pretty sure your comp would have shut itself off if it did reach that temperature.