Wacked Out Temps

digerati · Sep 7, 2003, 10:37 AM

I've been playing the Jedi Academy Demo and it's been freezing all the time so I decided to check my cpu temp in the bios and it said 160 F so I was worried and took off the heatsink and added more as3 because it looked like there might not be enough. Now it says the temp is 170. But when I use the asus pc probe it says it's 120 f. And so I'm totally confused

Asus A7N8X Deluxe with Braton 2500 running on an Sk-7 with thermaltake smart fan 2

Dom · Sep 7, 2003, 10:40 AM

Try testing your temps with a different program, such as MBM.

digerati · Sep 7, 2003, 10:49 AM

I downloaded the progam and I'm not sure how to work it.

~~DriveEuro~~ · Sep 7, 2003, 11:07 AM

Dude, here. Speedfan. Simple. http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php
When checking temps you just look for the highest number and that'll be your CPU temp. Um, also. Check this. The more AS3 that you put on the worse it will cool the CPU. More and more acts like an insulator and actually prevents heat flow. Your best bet its to clean it off, and put a small dot on the CPU and spread it thin as one or two sheets of paper. Or better yet, ditch the crappy and messy AS3 for some radio shack grease. Works almost as well (there was a review of like 20 grease and it was one of the best), you get like 3 times as much, and you could clean it off with your finger cuz it's so easy to remove.