Phenom 9500 w/ MSI K9A2 Platinum

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We need answers now. My chip is now idling 2C above ambient and if I take the 120mm away it'll be 20C above ambient. Say the value is 20C too little, then that means I took it to 127C and no error?

The sensor might simply scale wrong and have an too low offset. Someone should drill a hole in his phenom and put a probe in there.

EDIT: DFI/sapphire mobo uses an extra sensor for cpu temp reading. There is an shutdown option in the bios whom can be set to 85°/90°/disabled. That option relies on the external sensor. Makes sens cuz it might be able to power off the system even if the prozessor locked up.

@KTE: What power consumption does an freezed system have in opposite to an locked one? For me a freezed system is a system with frozen input but not powered of. Power consumption lays between idle and load then.