ASUS Z97-K temperatures too high

[ghost616]

All other temps are OK, but the motherboard is just insane. Computer has been stable (CPU temps are a bit high but that's a cooler issue for another day). HWMonitor and Speccy give the insane temps, but ASUS AI Suite is a bit more realistic. I am runing Win10 Pro (upgraded from Win7), and this started happening a few days after the upgrade completed.

Should I be worried? Any tips?

 

[k1114]

Trust the mobo software. 3rd party software like hwm and speccy are not always reliable when reading mobo sensors. Cpu/gpu/everything else are standardized but mobos aren't since they only need to read themselves to operate. Others are the same so all the mobos can read them to operate.

 

[azaran]

If your motherboard hasn't suddenly burst in to flame, my first guess would be a fouled up reading from the sensor. Have the programs you're using been updated since you upgraded your OS?

 

[ghost616]

I have reinstalled Speccy but HWMonitor and AI Suite were installed after the upgrade to Win10 only. The UEFI BTW show normal temps but then again that's preboot.

Will try uninstalling them 3 programs and reinstall tomorrow. Thanks for the insight.

 

[k1114]

Reinstalling won't change anything. They need to update to properly read them. If they didn't update, they never will read it right.

 

[ghost616]

I'm not sure what you mean by "update properly". How exactly does that happen? What exactly do I do?

 

[ghost616]

Update: uninstalled/reinstalled Speccy and HWMonitor. Speccy showed 28C after reinstalling, HWMonitor remained the same. Upon restart, Speccy went back with 115C. ASUS AI Suite remained the same (31C).

I guess Speccy and HWMonitor doesn't like the sensors on this MB.

 

[k1114]

They, as in the software developers of speccy and hwm, need to update their software so they can read the sensors. There is absolutely nothing you can do as it's all on their end.