High motherboard temp?- K9AG Neo2-Digital

External Since: Oct 26, 2004 Posts: 1

I just build a new machine with the K9AG Neo2-Digital board, a "Black
Edition" AMD 64 X2 5000+, 2GB Corsair RAM...

I have a concern, perhaps unfounded, with the motherboard/mainboard
temperature being reported by MSI PC Alert 4, PC Wizard 2008, and
Speed Fan programs.

My CPU temp is <40*C, even at full load (Prime95), and is presented as
such by both the aforementioned programs as well as within my BIOS.
The motherboard temp in PC Wizard 2008 ("System" temp with PC Alert 4
or "Temp 2" within SpeedFan) is being reported as between 85* and
100*C.

My machine hasn't shut down as of yet so I don't know if the
motherboard temp being reported is truly accurate or is the temp
accurate (seems to be as several different programs report it) but is
being pulled from a sensor or spot on the board which a temperature
this high should be expected?

Any insight as to where the motherboard temp is pulled from on this
particular MSI board? Might others post their temperature readings
for comparative purposes?

Thanks for the help,

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--Howie

External Since: Jul 11, 2003 Posts: 330

In article <2icjk31hnida4noqp1eeiahmiij4kmfq7f.DeleteThis@4ax.com>,
nothere.DeleteThis@this.time says...
> I just build a new machine with the K9AG Neo2-Digital board, a "Black
> Edition" AMD 64 X2 5000+, 2GB Corsair RAM...
>
> I have a concern, perhaps unfounded, with the motherboard/mainboard
> temperature being reported by MSI PC Alert 4, PC Wizard 2008, and
> Speed Fan programs.
>
> My CPU temp is <40*C, even at full load (Prime95), and is presented as
> such by both the aforementioned programs as well as within my BIOS.
> The motherboard temp in PC Wizard 2008 ("System" temp with PC Alert 4
> or "Temp 2" within SpeedFan) is being reported as between 85* and
> 100*C.
>

First, are you sure it's reporting in Centigrade and not Farenheit?

Make sure any chipset heatsinks are properly seated and using
heatsink paste.

Motherboards with onboard video run hotter at idle than non-onboard
video motherboards, is the airflow through your case up to the task?

What are you using for a CPU cooler? If it's not blowing air down
onto the cpu and subsequently onto the adjacent chipset you may need
to change it to one that does.

If you open the case and blow a desk fan onto the motherboard does
the high temp reading go down? If not you probably have a bad temp
sensor.

You can either RMA the board or ignore the temp reading.

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Bill