Trusting asus probe?

[Schism]

I had an Asus A7N8X deluxe which stopped working, so I replaced it
temporarily with my old asus A7V333 and now asus probe 22204 is saying the
CPU is running at 66C, I have the same case layout and the same CPU
heatsink/fan on the A7N8X motherboard as I do on the A7V333 right now (asus
probe said it was running at 34C on the A7N8X)
I boot into the bios of the A7V333 and it says that the CPU is running at
44C, which still is warmer than it was on the A7N8X deluxe... the only
possible thing I can think of is I added a little more thermal paste to the
CPU that had came with my graphics card heatsink (heatsink silicon compound
in the little clear package), which I think is the same stuff that came with
my CPU heatsink so I thought it would work just fine... Should I go with
what asus probe says or the BIOS?

 

[Ed]

I had an Asus A7N8X deluxe which stopped working, so I replaced it
temporarily with my old asus A7V333 and now asus probe 22204 is saying the
CPU is running at 66C, I have the same case layout and the same CPU
heatsink/fan on the A7N8X motherboard as I do on the A7V333 right now (asus
probe said it was running at 34C on the A7N8X)
I boot into the bios of the A7V333 and it says that the CPU is running at
44C, which still is warmer than it was on the A7N8X deluxe... the only
possible thing I can think of is I added a little more thermal paste to the
CPU that had came with my graphics card heatsink (heatsink silicon compound
in the little clear package), which I think is the same stuff that came with
my CPU heatsink so I thought it would work just fine... Should I go with
what asus probe says or the BIOS?

You could try MBM (MotherBoard Monitor) and see what it shows for temps,
the program supports the ASUS A7V333.
http://mbm.livewiredev.com/mobolist.html

On my A7N8X, Asus PC Probe only displays the CPU socket temp, MBM shows
the CPU die temp and the cpu socket temp, not sure about the A7V333.

Ed

 

[Jim Sherman]

You might want to remove excess thermal paste. The best application
is about 2 molecules thick, as in REAL thin. An excess can actually
increase temps. The MBM suggestion is also a good cross-check.

I had an Asus A7N8X deluxe which stopped working, so I replaced it
temporarily with my old asus A7V333 and now asus probe 22204 is saying the
CPU is running at 66C, I have the same case layout and the same CPU
heatsink/fan on the A7N8X motherboard as I do on the A7V333 right now (asus
probe said it was running at 34C on the A7N8X)
I boot into the bios of the A7V333 and it says that the CPU is running at
44C, which still is warmer than it was on the A7N8X deluxe... the only
possible thing I can think of is I added a little more thermal paste to the
CPU that had came with my graphics card heatsink (heatsink silicon compound
in the little clear package), which I think is the same stuff that came with
my CPU heatsink so I thought it would work just fine... Should I go with
what asus probe says or the BIOS?

--
Jim Sherman
(e-mail address removed) < remove lower case letters,
then use what's left AS lower case

The hurrider I goes the behinder I gets; which makes sense because
the older I gets the more behind I gets. And I is gettin an old behind!

 

[Schism]

You might want to remove excess thermal paste. The best application

is about 2 molecules thick, as in REAL thin. An excess can actually
increase temps. The MBM suggestion is also a good cross-check.

MBM says the same thing as asus probe did, but now asus probe is saying the
CPU is at 45C and MBM says it's at 67C... so I'm just going to go with the
motherboard and leave it as it is.

 

[Jim Sherman]

MBM says the same thing as asus probe did, but now asus probe is saying the
CPU is at 45C and MBM says it's at 67C... so I'm just going to go with the
motherboard and leave it as it is.

Make sure that you've got the proper sensors selected in MBM. You can
get some truly strange readouts if they're set incorrectly. You might
want to be sure you're not over-volting the processor chip (in the
BIOS) and also check the fan settings to be sure you don't have Q-fan
on or something. If MBM IS correct, that's way too hot. I have a
3400+ running at 46C on a K8V Deluxe. MBM and ASUS Probe agree.

--
Jim Sherman
(e-mail address removed) < remove lower case letters,
then use what's left AS lower case

The hurrider I goes the behinder I gets; which makes sense because
the older I gets the more behind I gets. And I is gettin an old behind!