Very Hot CPU - Maybe

[Dennis Pettigrew]

I've got a BX6 R.2 MB. I used to have an Abit utility motherboard monitor and my CPU Temp was about 40 C. I upgraded to XP and the motherboard monitor would not work. I downloaded the latest Dr HW for this board and kept getting a driver failure - doesn't seem to function with XP.

I downloaded a couple of other MB monitors and they say my Motherboard temp is about 40 and my CPU temp is 120 C - Gawd - is that possible - I have a temp prob coming right out of the exhaust from the cpu fan and it measures 40 C. - and yes - the fan is running.

I just can't believe this thing could be that hot - I've felt the CPU and it doesn't seem hot.

Any suggestions on getting the Abit utility to work with this board? Maybe the sensors screwed up - anyone everhad that problem before?

thanks for any help.

LK

 

[DanO]

Use MotherBoard Monitor (MBM), forget the ABIT HW monitoring program. Make sure you configure MBM correctly and everything should be fine.

Download from http://mbm.livewiredev.com/

This is the de-facto standard in free pc hw monitoring utilities

Good Luck!

"Dennis Pettigrew" wrote:

I've got a BX6 R.2 MB. I used to have an Abit utility motherboard monitor and my CPU Temp was about 40 C. I upgraded to XP and the motherboard monitor would not work. I downloaded the latest Dr HW for this board and kept getting a driver failure - doesn't seem to function with XP.

I downloaded a couple of other MB monitors and they say my Motherboard temp is about 40 and my CPU temp is 120 C - Gawd - is that possible - I have a temp prob coming right out of the exhaust from the cpu fan and it measures 40 C. - and yes - the fan is running.

I just can't believe this thing could be that hot - I've felt the CPU and it doesn't seem hot.

Any suggestions on getting the Abit utility to work with this board? Maybe the sensors screwed up - anyone everhad that problem before?

thanks for any help.

LK

 

[Dennis Pettigrew]

Dan0 -

Thanks for the reply - yeah I've got the MBM and another one - they both show these very high temps - in the 125 C range. I felt the CPU and it just feels warm - I think it may be the sensor - I'll probably live with it. Thanks again for the adivice.

"DanO" wrote:

Use MotherBoard Monitor (MBM), forget the ABIT HW monitoring program. Make sure you configure MBM correctly and everything should be fine.

Download from http://mbm.livewiredev.com/

This is the de-facto standard in free pc hw monitoring utilities

Good Luck!

"Dennis Pettigrew" wrote:

I've got a BX6 R.2 MB. I used to have an Abit utility motherboard monitor and my CPU Temp was about 40 C. I upgraded to XP and the motherboard monitor would not work. I downloaded the latest Dr HW for this board and kept getting a driver failure - doesn't seem to function with XP.

I downloaded a couple of other MB monitors and they say my Motherboard temp is about 40 and my CPU temp is 120 C - Gawd - is that possible - I have a temp prob coming right out of the exhaust from the cpu fan and it measures 40 C. - and yes - the fan is running.

I just can't believe this thing could be that hot - I've felt the CPU and it
doesn't seem hot.

Any suggestions on getting the Abit utility to work with this board? Maybe the sensors screwed up - anyone everhad that problem before?

thanks for any help.

LK

 

[Me]

http://www.livewiredev.com/bbs/showthread.php?s=211ba8d82a4b803a96b19cefeed49e4b&threadid=2661

http://mbm.livewiredev.com/mobolist.html

Make sure you have the correct winbond sensor selected for the CPU.

"Dennis Pettigrew" wrote:

I've got a BX6 R.2 MB. I used to have an Abit utility motherboard monitor and my CPU Temp was about 40 C. I upgraded to XP and the motherboard monitor would not work. I downloaded the latest Dr HW for this board and kept getting a driver failure - doesn't seem to function with XP.

I downloaded a couple of other MB monitors and they say my Motherboard temp is about 40 and my CPU temp is 120 C - Gawd - is that possible - I have a temp prob coming right out of the exhaust from the cpu fan and it measures 40 C. - and yes - the fan is running.

I just can't believe this thing could be that hot - I've felt the CPU and it doesn't seem hot.

Any suggestions on getting the Abit utility to work with this board? Maybe the sensors screwed up - anyone everhad that problem before?

thanks for any help.

LK

 

[Wayne Youngman]

"Dennis Pettigrew" wrote

Thanks for the reply - yeah I've got the MBM and another one - they both show these very high temps - in the 125 C range. I felt the CPU and it just feels warm - I think it may be the sensor - I'll probably live with it. Thanks again for the adivice.

Hi,

it's worth spending some time familiarising yourself with all the options in MBM 5. I suspect you have the wrong settings selected for the sensors. . .

 

[Silent]

After installing MBM go here http://mbm.livewiredev.com/comp/abit.html where there is the list of sensors on tthe motherboard, so you can rightly adjust the setting of the software.

"DanO" wrote:

Use MotherBoard Monitor (MBM), forget the ABIT HW monitoring program. Make sure you configure MBM correctly and everything should be fine.

Download from http://mbm.livewiredev.com/

This is the de-facto standard in free pc hw monitoring utilities

Good Luck!

"Dennis Pettigrew" wrote:

I've got a BX6 R.2 MB. I used to have an Abit utility motherboard monitor and my CPU Temp was about 40 C. I upgraded to XP and the motherboard monitor would not work. I downloaded the latest Dr HW for this board and kept getting a driver failure - doesn't seem to function with XP.

I downloaded a couple of other MB monitors and they say my Motherboard temp is about 40 and my CPU temp is 120 C - Gawd - is that possible - I have a temp prob coming right out of the exhaust from the cpu fan and it measures 40 C. - and yes - the fan is running.

I just can't believe this thing could be that hot - I've felt the CPU and it
doesn't seem hot.

Any suggestions on getting the Abit utility to work with this board? Maybe the sensors screwed up - anyone everhad that problem before?

thanks for any help.

LK

 

[GinTonix]

"Silent" kirjoitti viestiss�

After installing MBM go here http://mbm.livewiredev.com/comp/abit.html where there is the list of sensors on tthe motherboard, so you can rightly adjust the setting of the software.

There is a wizard available which does the dirty work for you when installing MBM. I just recently downloaded MBM to debug my SE6 and was amazed by the way too high temperatures I first got to read. Luckily I was familiar with the most common installation problems (wrong sensors) with MBM and I also knew about the list, so I went back in the net to find it. Then I accidentally bumped into the wizard and decided to give it a shot. It worked perfectly.

 

[Tom (8)]

In the FWIW department, I just installed MBM and I get exactly the same temp and voltage readings as Abit's HWM. All things being equal, I prefer the HWM format. Tom KG7-R XP1800 with OEM heatsink/fan...no overclocking. CPU at 45C with 76F room temp. Windows XP Pro

GinTonix wrote:

"Silent" kirjoitti
viestiss�
After installing MBM go here
http://mbm.livewiredev.com/comp/abit.html where there is the list of
sensors on tthe motherboard, so you can rightly adjust the setting
of the software.

There is a wizard available which does the dirty work for you when installing MBM. I just recently downloaded MBM to debug my SE6 and was amazed by the way too high temperatures I first got to read. Luckily I was familiar with the most common installation problems (wrong sensors) with MBM and I also knew about the list, so I went back in ...

 

[Billy (2)]

G'Day Tom,

I run an AMD Athlon XP 2000+ with an aftermarket heatsink and fan. It lowered my CPU temp 5C from the factory heatsink/fan. I am now running at 53C/127F on my CPU with room temp at 23C/73F. Seems your temp is fine.

Cheers,

Billy

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"tom" wrote in

In the FWIW department, I just installed MBM and I get exactly the same temp and voltage readings as Abit's HWM. All things being equal, I prefer the HWM format. Tom KG7-R XP1800 with OEM heatsink/fan...no overclocking. CPU at 45C with 76F room temp. Windows XP Pro