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ok, i turned on my computer and turned on the program mbm5 and it read the temperature of my cpu at 25 C and case at 44 C, in a second, it changed to 75 C for cpu and 71 C for case, wtf, what should i do, whats the problem, i need a solution fast
i have a P4 2.4 ghz cpu and a heat sink, this kind of heatsink, if any of this helps
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Chosen for your read outs? I have the same type of problem on one of my rigs using Sandra, the temps are all over the play from 15*C-55*C for the CPU.. Crazy.. I also saw this on a P4 2.6 doing the same thing your describing, but it also showed the fan speed jumping from 500RPM-30,000RPM go figure.. lol.. GL

eGo

hmm, i want to know why it is so freaking high, its at a constant 75 C and the case changes from 70 C - 80 C, the sensor 3 is at 0

You might try another monitoring program just to verify.. Or check the temps in the bios and see what they say..

hmm, ok, i'll try that, but the thing is that my computer turns off sometimes, and i have to wait a few seconds before turning it back on

Well, I'm no P4 guru.. But my understanding is that they throttle down not reboot because of overheating? I guess I could be wrong..

eGo

my friend told me i have to buy some thermal compund, and apply to the copper, he told me that the heat rubbed it off, if i get some, would that resolve the problem?

you should ALWAYS use some sort of thermal compound on your heatsink and processor. But dont overdo it.

Right now, check the fan on your heatsink and make sure its working and spinning as fast as it should and is blowing downward torwards the processor. If it is working, then remove the heatsink and put it back on to make sure its seated correctly.

As ego suggested, try another program to montior the temps, as well as whats shown in bios.

What motherboard do you have? it could just be a faulty sensor

well lets see, i did put thermal compund the first time i put the heatsink over the chip, my motherboar is a ECS elitegroup P4 motherboard L4VXA2

a couple of simple things to do

crack the case and get the dust bunnies out of your air intakes, fans, etc.

if you have some heatsink compound, clean your cpu and your heatsink and then apply a little but of the thermal paste - a little means a little - the compaound is designed to fill the scratches and surface imperfections so that the two surfaces meet

after doing all that boot it up and go into the bios

make sure the voltage is set correctly for the cpu, and it should give you a reading of the cpu temp

if the cpu temp is within range after say 10 min, then you may have mbm set up improperly

it doesn't work very well on some boards, such as dell or other propietary boards

there are other programs out there - just go to zdnet or cnet and see what is available

i restarted my computer and i went to bios, i check the cpu temp and it said 39 - 40 C, wtf, when i exited and started windows, i logged into mbm5 and the temp was still at 75, wtf, which one do i believe, the bios or mbm5, the cpu did turn off on me yesterday, o ya, can some1 give me a site to another program that reads temperatures

Do a search in google for it. I would trust the bios before I would trust MBM5 but that's me..

eGo

I am with Ego I would trust the BIOS before MBM5. I would also double check to make sure you have the right sensor's assigned in MBM

I would say, run abunch of programs and then restart real quick and check to see what the bios says then. if it is still i nthe 40 area then you are jsut fine.

Greg

well, i dl aida32, and it read my cpu at 78C-80C, motherboard is at around 76C, both programs stated that these were this high, except my bios which is weird, so now what