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[Kickass]

Ok, i built my mum a pc as hers was really old, the specs of that computer are:

AMD Duron 1800 mhz 266mhz FSB
Gigabyte Motherboard 8x AGP 400FSB & MEM
256MB Samsung Origional PC2700 DDR memory
Radeon 9200SE 64MB
40GB Western Digital Caviar.

This was a cheap £200 build for my mum, theres one problem, the temprature sensor in bios is reading at 65 degrees which is wayyyy to hot.

Its sitting under a Thermaltake Volcano 11+ cooler rated 3400+, i really dont know what to do. Theres a nice thin layer of thermal compound there and plenty of cool air in the case.

I didnt know if the temp sensor was reading so i got a temp probe out of mine and compared the 45 degree reading of my CPU2 on the heatsink which ended up 45 then the same on the duron 1800, that only went up to 32 :blink:

So according to the sensor it is 32 and the mobo its 65? what should i beleive as i cant spend any more money on her pc as it is. Should i just assume the sensor is broken? or could that be dangerous?

Cheers in Advance

KA

[bigZ]

motherboard sensors are notoriously wrong, take their reading with a large helping of salt from the salt shaker.

If the system is stable, you have nothing to worry about with regard to the temperatures that you are getting. Is the heatsink warm to the touch? How long can you touch it for before it starts to burn?

[Kickass]

my watercooling blocks feel warmer to be honest. It wouldnt burn me.

Also after taking the HSF off after use, i can do it within 20 sec of shut down it wasnt even warm :S i just wanna be sure, you know as i dont wanna see £200 of brand new kit thats not mine go down the pan!

[Greeny]

A new BIOS *might* give you different temperature readings, but I would be inclined to leave it on it's current BIOS and ignore the temps unless the machine has any other issues.:unsure:

[Pug]

Is the HSF correctly seated? It's possible to mount some coolers 180° out of whack (although I don't have 1st-hand experience of TT products).
Did the cooler already have a thermal interface pad applied? If so, adding a second layer of thermal compound may actually inhibit performance.

Is it crashing?
If not, try an intensive CPU benchmark and see if you can make it fall over that way. (Check thermal throttling options in the bios though as these could mislead you here).
If it doesn't crash then, you may be worried over nothing, as mentioned.

[toby]

you could try a proper probe that you slip under the heatsink to give you an alternate reading

[Kickass]

Thanks for the help, the heatsink i used to use on my duron 1300mhz and get temps of around 38 idle 45 load. Then it went under my MP's which started to get in the 45's on idle so i went to watercooling LOL

So the heatsink does not have any thermal pad on it as its second hand. I hoovered the fan out, it sounds like a hoover and it still says 60. Thing is it starts up and sais 49 :huh: so i really aint to sure. Mine will boot up and not hit 30 for a couple of mins.

I dont really wanna buy a temp sensor, and if i do the benchmark what would you suggest, something i can get for free preferably :D

Thanks

KA