Help with HWiNFO and my temps?

[asetofnewlungs]

I am running HWiNFO while playing GTAV and was wondering why I have two different CPU readings. I'm posting a picture of the HWiNFO after half an hour of playing GTAV does anything look abnormal in the picture temp/watt/volt wise and why are there two separate readings with different temperatures?

SPECS:
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0
CPU: FX-8350 (not OC at 4.0MHZ)
GPU: Radeon 7850 2gb
8 gb ddr3
600-650 watt psu

 

[ajbuckingham]

I'm pretty sure one is the core temp and one is the socket temp

 

[clutchc]

That's what happens when you use a 3rd party app to read vital statistics. The CPU temp is from the CPU cores. The CPU temp under the motherboard heading is the socket temp.

But since AMD CPUs don't show their core temps directly and/or correctly in HWinfo, it is best to use something like AOD http://www.techspot.com/downloads/4645-amd-overdrive.html
...which will actually show thermal margin: the distance to max temp of the cores.

 

[Lxno78]

I had the same question as I am using HWiNFO64 as well, it turns out AMD Overdrive can crash your system.

Overdrive starts a service called AODService when you boot your computer. This service caused my computer to cease up every other time I booted my computer.

If you follow this link you can see the following quote:

AMD OverDrive is the recommended solution from AMD - BUT I've seen issues with this program causing BSOD's. Use at your own risk!!!

Here's another link of AMD Overdrive causing problems.

Here is another person having issues with AMD Overdrive.

Another person having issues with AMD Overdrive

Just a simple Google search of "AMD Overdrive issues" or "AMD Overdrive crashing PC". Will bring up tons of results of users having trouble with the software.

I may not be the most experienced computer user, but after just a little Google searching, plus all the headache AMD Overdrive caused me, I would definitely not use AMD Overdrive. Use the BIOS or UEFI for overclocking and different software to check the CPU temperatures. My opinion, AMD Overdrive is no more reliable than the other 3rd party software, plus it can crash your computer.

 

[clutchc]

AOD is compatible with all AMD CPUs. Your problem stemmed from other issues. I have used AOD on every single AMD processor I have built with from the old Athlon II X2s to the FX 8350 and several APUs. Never a single issue related to it. And I'm talking well over 80 builds and quite a few years.

 

[Lxno78]

Does it change anything automatically? I only used it once and didn't change any settings. The one time I used it I opened the program, looked at my thermal margins, and then pretty much closed it. Was it my mobo that was incompatible?

It was certainly AODService which is AMD Overdrive that caused my problem. Which has me stumped. What else could have been wrong?

 

[clutchc]

It could very well be that AOD service was incompatible with some piece of software running on your system. One would have to go thru every piece of software/service running in the background to analyze. But if the problem was solved by uninstalling AOD, I'd not use it either. At least not until I found out what it was conflicting with. My only point was simply that AOD is indeed compatible with all AMD CPUs.

 

[Lxno78]

It could very well be that AOD service was incompatible with some piece of software running on your system.

I highly doubt that as I barely have any software on my computer. A quick Google search of "AMD Overdrive crashing PC" shows that other users experience problems with AMD Overdrive. I would say it's just really finicky software.

It may work for some people, but it causes a lot of problems for others.

 

[clutchc]

No prob. This forum is full of replies I wish I never would have written.
Have you ever run CCleaner and done the Clean and Registry portions both? It might clean up registry errors, software conflicts, junk files, and other resource-wasting junk that may be causing problems. https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner

 

[Lxno78]

Not yet, but I can definitely give it a run to clean some stuff up.