cpu says its running at 150 degrees?

[Jacob Bowerman]

heres my build: https://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=wish_lists&wlcId=254807&action=wish_lists
ok so my computer is about 5 days old and has water-cooling (2 running as exhaust and another bigger fan 20cm fan on top of that radiator outside the case as an exhaust too). so the water cooling should be nice and cool. BUT according to 3 programs (Speedfan, open hardware monitor and core temp) the cpu core is running at 14.5 -18 degrees (while idle) yet "temperature #1" is running at 101.5 degrees (idle) and when i stress test it, cpu goes to 50 degrees and temperature goes to 150 degrees. so if it was the cpu running at 150 degrees then it shouldve melted indefinitely along with anything around it. I've got a 20 cm fan on front and 2 x 10cm fans on the side and 1 on the back. so theres plenty of cooling. so is the "temperature 1" a faulty censor or something?

http://i57.tinypic.com/2evssw5.png

the speed fan application only has categories, e.g cpu, gpu, hdd's etc etc. and it says cpu 101.5 degrees or whatever it is at the time. so im assuming its a censor around/near/on the cpu

 

[i7Baby]

What is temp1? Its probably the mobo vrm.

 

[Jacob Bowerman]

What is temp1? Its probably the mobo vrm.

i don't know what temp 1 is.im only assuming its around the cpu as i said 1 of the programs said cpu is running at 101.5 degrees and that screenshot says temp 1 is running 101.5 degrees. so im only assuming its around cpu.

even if it was a mobo vrm (although i don't know what that particularly is) isn't that still a really bad thing for anything to run at 150 degrees?

 

[i7Baby]

cpu's shut down at 100C.

Use your UEFI or HWInfo - Sensors to get the temps.

 

[Jacob Bowerman]

cpu's shut down at 100C.

Use your UEfir HWInfo - Sensors to get the temps.

thanks, i was 99.9% sure that 101.5 degrees was a lie, but i was just curious to why it would show that

 

[avarice]

A fun and interesting way to check things out is to use an IR Thermometer (less than $20 on amazon.)

Another way would be to go into bios and see what it is reporting. Most modern bios GUIs have a component temperature display.

Good luck.

 

[i7Baby]

Still check it though - Use your UEFI or HWInfo - Sensors to get the temps.

 

[Jacob Bowerman]

Still check it though - Use your UEFI or HWInfo - Sensors to get the temps.

i just used hwinfo and nothing is anywhere near 100 degrees let alone 50 or even 30 degrees. thank you very much for your help.

 

[Jacob Bowerman]

A fun and interesting way to check things out is to use an IR Thermometer (less than $20 on amazon.)

Another way would be to go into bios and see what it is reporting. Most modern bios GUIs have a component temperature display.

Good luck.

amazing i didn't think of that. but i just would've assumed that the programs would pull the temperatures from the uefi/bios etc and not make up there own temperatures (which im not saying they do)

 

[i7Baby]

OK. Stupid Speedfan. I've come across this a few times now. No-one knows what the temps are measuring. Maybe try to get info from Speedfan.

 

[Jacob Bowerman]

OK. Stupid Speedfan. I've come across this a few times now. No-one knows what the temps are measuring. Maybe try to get info from Speedfan.

speedfan:
http://i57.tinypic.com/2lrvk2.png
(it usually says 100+ degrees for cpu)

 

[i7Baby]

Yeah I've seen this before. As a Speedfan customer, you should complain. Hopefully they'll fix this issue.

 

[Jacob Bowerman]

Yeah I've seen this before. As a Speedfan customer, you should complain. Hopefully they'll fix this issue.

but it couldn't be speed fans problem as its not the onlyprogram saying 150 degrees or so. besides wouldn't the programs pull the information from hardware reading the temperatures thus making it a hardware problem?

 

[i7Baby]

It is a problem with Speedfan. It might also be a problem with other software. HWInfo seems to work OK.