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JingleHell

United States11308 Posts

June 18 2011 01:13 GMT

#6981

On June 18 2011 10:10 Uhh Negative wrote:
Uh oh. Speedfan is showing a temp of 127 for something but everything is low or mid 30s. Just an error probably? I watched the CPU temp in the BIOS and it stayed at like 30.

What something?

Womwomwom

5930 Posts

June 18 2011 01:18 GMT

#6982

Get RealTemp.

Look at this image to see the problems with software temperature monitoring:
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Uhh Negative

United States1090 Posts

June 18 2011 01:20 GMT

#6983

It says temp 2 and it never changes from 127. Scared me for a second. Checking out realtemp now. Video drivers are installed now. Hello resolution!

Real temp shows everything is fine. All cores running at 29-30.

JingleHell

United States11308 Posts

June 18 2011 01:21 GMT

#6984

And, if it's any consolation, speedfan is convinced one of my DIMMs is melting, but it isn't.

Funnily enough, temp2 is my RAM that speedfan is convinced is melting.

Uhh Negative

United States1090 Posts

June 18 2011 01:26 GMT

#6985

Sad thing is, I use speedfan on my tablet and I've gotten up to 90 before and I think it's actually right, lol.

Uhh Negative

United States1090 Posts

June 18 2011 01:26 GMT

#6986

So I guess I did okay installing the heatsink if I'm running at 29-30 basically idle?

JingleHell

United States11308 Posts

June 18 2011 01:29 GMT

#6987

Not necesarily. TadH was overheating with a 30C idle. Load with Prime95 to be sure.

Efficient CPU and downclocking to save power at idle can keep it cool even if it's mounted with spit, duct tape, and string.

And correction, in my case, that temp2 is NOT a memory DIMM, like google was saying. According to EVGA, for my board, the temperature being reported as dangerous is, in fact, perfectly healthy and it's my northbridge. If you open the configure tab, you can get more info and call your mobo's tech support to verify what temp it's talking about and ask them what it should be running at, then verify the temp in BIOS. And possibly slap a heatsink on it.

scarymeerkat

Canada107 Posts

June 18 2011 01:48 GMT

#6988

hmm my cpu seems to be idling around 60.... what can I do?

EDIT: how can i see stuff pertaining to my fan etc?

JingleHell

United States11308 Posts

June 18 2011 01:49 GMT

#6989

On June 18 2011 10:48 scarymeerkat wrote:
hmm my cpu seems to be idling around 60.... what can I do?

EDIT: how can i see stuff pertaining to my fan etc?

Cores or CPU?

scarymeerkat

Canada107 Posts

June 18 2011 01:51 GMT

#6990

cores... and I guess I should have checked this right at the start... but I think I played a game of sc2 and it probably got around 90 :S I really want to be careful with this though...

scarymeerkat

Canada107 Posts

June 18 2011 01:56 GMT

#6991

Now they seem to be idling around 45 degrees... If it makes any difference it's around 26 in the attic I'm in... maybe that's contributing to the excessively high temps?

JingleHell

United States11308 Posts

June 18 2011 01:57 GMT

#6992

On June 18 2011 10:51 scarymeerkat wrote:
cores... and I guess I should have checked this right at the start... but I think I played a game of sc2 and it probably got around 90 :S I really want to be careful with this though...

Cores can go higher than CPU safely. Load with prime95 and watch temps that way. If CPU gets to 60, it's going way too high but hasn't done damage yet, or if cores start getting over 80. Mind you, ideal should be a good bit below those points, but to account for bad ambient temps and potential for bad airflow, those temps won't have caused damage yet if you stop the p95 test.

scarymeerkat

Canada107 Posts

June 18 2011 02:00 GMT

#6993

Yeah... ummm... the Prime 95 thing the cores briefly got up to 100... I stopped it immediately... maybe the stock heatsink isn't doing anything??

EDIT: Also, how do I see the CPU temp? It's only showing me the cores...

Uhh Negative

United States1090 Posts

June 18 2011 02:03 GMT

#6994

RealTemp is showing a max of 55-56 so far on my cores with Prime 95 running the "blend" test.

This is with no OCing either.

JingleHell

United States11308 Posts

June 18 2011 02:05 GMT

#6995

CPU-Z shows CPU temp.

Absolutely do NOT load your CPU again without reseating that fan, Meerkat.

Check this video for the bit on installing intel heatsinks.

+ Show Spoiler +

It should say something about how the stupid little plastic things are supposed to go. If you can't get it seated right, get an aftermarket cooler.

scarymeerkat

Canada107 Posts

June 18 2011 02:06 GMT

#6996

So you think the fan isn't running at all?

JingleHell

United States11308 Posts

June 18 2011 02:09 GMT

#6997

I don't know if the fan is running or not. Did you plug it back into the motherboard? You can see CPU HSF RPM in CPU-Z. I'm guessing the stupid plastic pushpins are being cheap pieces of trash and preventing good heat transfer, though.

Uhh Negative

United States1090 Posts

June 18 2011 02:15 GMT

#6998

I don't see where you can see CPU temp in CPU-Z? Or the HSF RPM?

JingleHell

United States11308 Posts

June 18 2011 02:15 GMT

#6999

Hmmm, maybe it's just EVGA's tweaked CPU-Z that they redistribute that gives you that.

scarymeerkat

Canada107 Posts

June 18 2011 02:16 GMT

#7000

Waittt a minute... I didn't install the fan myself, my friend did. He however seemed to think the thermal paste was already on... Is that an incredible mistake?? If so where do I get thermal paste?