Unknown cause of temperature spike.

[Eduardo Trujillo]

Hello people, I've been getting random temperature spikes of 128C on one of the three temp sensors of the motherboard according to HWMonitor. I have no idea what's causing it, I have good airflow and a Corsair H55. Even weirder it doesn't happen while gaming or when I stress test with Valley and 3DMark. If I open HWMonitor again temp stay the same unless I restart the PC.
Here's how everything looks like in HWMonitor.
http://i.imgur.com/d4Ao4Oy.jpg

 

[PhatLloyd]

Those readings are incorrect. I don't believe you could reach those temps in idle. It is even to excessive for gaming. Many mobos, cpus and gpus have a safe temp. When the temp becomes to high the system shuts down to "save itself" from overheating. Try reinstalling the program to see if it continues.

 

[Eduardo Trujillo]

Those readings are incorrect. I don't believe you could reach those temps in idle. It is even to excessive for gaming. Many mobos, cpus and gpus have a safe temp. When the temp becomes to high the system shuts down to "save itself" from overheating. Try reinstalling the program to see if it continues.

Thanks for the response, I will try reinstalling it, I really hope its just a wrong reading like you stated, I don't want to melt my mobo xD

 

[Eduardo Trujillo]

Those readings are incorrect. I don't believe you could reach those temps in idle. It is even to excessive for gaming. Many mobos, cpus and gpus have a safe temp. When the temp becomes to high the system shuts down to "save itself" from overheating. Try reinstalling the program to see if it continues.

Sorry for bringing this thread up again, I tried SpeedFan and I came to the conclusion that I might have a faulty sensor because it recorded temps of -128C, which is even crazier.

 

[PhatLloyd]

Definately! The pc would have swithed itself off as a safety measure if it was getting those temps.