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Its the new black/gold X79. We are testing the board. Shipped with BIOS v0605, we've updated to 0701. Booting into the BIOS with no changes and within 30 minutes, the temp bar is in the red, fan is running at max RPM.

We use a custom Cooljag 1U cooler as the chassis is a portable. Paste is standard Arctic Silver. 45 is with the case open and the chassis cooling is on the back panel. Putting it back in place drops idle temp some. We're OK with the temp in Windows, but can't figure out why things climb to the...

New build. Booting into BIOS w/default settings, CPU temp and Fan RPMs will climb until the temperature bar is in the red (shut it down at 75 degrees Celsius). What is weird is that the problem only manifests in the BIOS. Booting into Win7 Pro, temps drop to an average 45 degrees and remain...