Temps

[slidewayz14]

I was wondering if someone could help me out..Ihave a new Asus P5E deluxe mb  and was wondering if someone could tell me where the cpu temp probe is located? Stuck on 42%c  all the time it never changes.Any help would be useful thanks.

[TheShadow]

CPU temp sensors are usually under the chip, on the mobo.

What are you using to read that temp?

If you can lay your index finger on the CPU heatsink without saying "Ouch!" it's ok.

Happy New Year!
Shadow 

[slidewayz14]

Thanks for the reply.Im using PC Wizard 2008

[Kurtiskain]

CPU temp sensors are usually under the chip, on the mobo.

What are you using to read that temp?

If you can lay your index finger on the CPU heatsink without saying "Ouch!" it's ok.

Happy New Year!
Shadow 

Sorry, not true.

If the Heat sink isn't making contact, then you won't get any heat onto it whatsoever, and your CPU could be burning up at 80 Degrees Celsius underneath

If the temperature doesn't deviate when you stress the CPU, then it is either a broken sensor or the program is not using the right address to read the sensory system at.

Try everest or speedfan to get your temps instead because "PC Wizard 2008" doesn;t sound like a good program...sounds more like malware to me 

http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php

http://www.lavalys.com/

[Calum]

PC Wizard is pretty good actually.
For your CPU, slidewayz, try "Real Temp" or "Core temp" = both good utilities that will give you an accurate temperature reading.
As Kurtis suggested, Speedfan is also good, but the temperature names may be confusing.

[Kurtiskain]

PC Wizard is pretty good actually.

Ok I'll take your word for it I know I shouldn't judge without trying it but names like spyware doctor 2008 and that sort of thing scream MALWARE to me, and this seemed to fit the mould.

As Kurtis suggested, Speedfan is also good, but the temperature names may be confusing.

True, I had to get a config for my board because it mis-labeled my temperatures.

Also, look at the hardware monitor in the BIOS to check CPU temps after the computer has been off for a while and see if it is still the same or if it slowly climbs up a bit.

[BC_Programmer]

CPU temp sensors are usually under the chip, on the mobo.

What are you using to read that temp?

If you can lay your index finger on the CPU heatsink without saying "Ouch!" it's ok.

Happy New Year!
Shadow 

Sorry, not true.

If the Heat sink isn't making contact, then you won't get any heat onto it whatsoever, and your CPU could be burning up at 80 Degrees Celsius underneath

if the heat sink's contact is so terrible as to make it so it isn't hot, then the PC would likely not boot and have other problems.

[patio]

Sigh...
I feel the pain BC...