Quote Originally Posted by vetrelec View Post
Bad temperature readings on my P5W DH
Hi i update BIOS on my P5W DH to latest version 2504 and instal new E8400.Everithing seems good but i see some small glitches.In BIOS i can read on HW Monitor CPU temp 71 degrees!!But if i touch heatsink its slight arm mostly cold.If 71degrees is right ,heatsink must be very hot.This indicates me that temperature reading is wrong.I have Coolermaster Hyper TX2,my PC is not overclocked.Second glitch i under OS.CPU-Z still shows that i have fixed x9 ratio(in BIOS i have EIST enabled),but i can hear that CPU FAN running 1900RPM and after few secs CPU enable EIST and FAN slow down to 1000RPM.For me some minor bugs still persist on BIOS 2504.Am i right?Or doing something bad?For example Everest shows both cores 65degrees without load and 75degrees under Orthos load.I touch heatpipes and its not hot.For me badreadings from diode.
And the temps were reading correctly BEFORE you updated the BIOS? Which bios did you update FROM? No one else has seen this problem...

And note that a 'cold' heatsink does not necessarily mean the temperature calibration is wrong. It can easily mean a bad mount. Try the following on for size: run your prime95 for 15 minutes, then immediately power off and remove the heatsink as quickly as possible, then, after exercising proper ESD precautions, touch the CPU. I'm willing to bet that CPU will be extremely hot.

(you will need to remove the HS as fast as possible, though).

I'm not saying that you're wrong; but you never posted any "previous" info to support your claims.