[SOLVED] HWmonitor is showing 120c+ on certain motherboard probes

rjcard32315

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SYSTIN, TMPIN6 and TMPIN8 on HWmontior are showing usually at least 100c+ while the other system temperatures are 50c max. Mind you this is an OEM, so motherboard cooling is not a top priority, its a ASUS ROG G20 : i7 6700, gtx 1080, 16gb ram. I have upgraded it a couple of times so im worried one of the last times i opened it, i messed up the cooling somehow.
I'm not seeing any shutdowns while playing games, but maybe it doesn't reach that high?
 
Solution
HWmonitor is generic/universal software. It doesn't read all sensors correctly.
Ignore obviously wrong readings.

Check temperatures in BIOS or with motherboard/manufacturer specific software.