ASUS Motherboard temperature

I have a new PC with an ASUS P5KPL-AM/PS motherboard.

When I run PC Probe II which came with it, it has a threshold for the
motherboard set at 45 degrees. With the room temperature around 30
degrees, it currently shows the motherboard temp at 46 degrees.

Is this something I should be worried about? The CPU temperature is well
below the threshold.

--
Long-time resident of Adelaide, South Australia,
which may or may not influence my opinions.

annily wrote:

I have a new PC with an ASUS P5KPL-AM/PS motherboard.

When I run PC Probe II which came with it, it has a threshold for the
motherboard set at 45 degrees. With the room temperature around 30
degrees, it currently shows the motherboard temp at 46 degrees.

Is this something I should be worried about? The CPU temperature is well
below the threshold.


My mobile must have scrambled my bwain because my telepathy is not
working so I can't tell what processor it is.

But 46 is not a lot, if it's an AMD, if it's not 55+ it's not working.
And if it's a iQuad Core, somebody get me some eggs and a slab of
bacon...

"annily" <annily@ihopethisdoesntexist.com> wrote in message
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I have a new PC with an ASUS P5KPL-AM/PS motherboard.

When I run PC Probe II which came with it, it has a threshold for the
motherboard set at 45 degrees. With the room temperature around 30
degrees, it currently shows the motherboard temp at 46 degrees.

Is this something I should be worried about? The CPU temperature is well
below the threshold.

--
Long-time resident of Adelaide, South Australia,
which may or may not influence my opinions.

More fans boy..below 40 is comertable.

. wrote:

"annily" <annily@ihopethisdoesntexist.com> wrote in message
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I have a new PC with an ASUS P5KPL-AM/PS motherboard.

When I run PC Probe II which came with it, it has a threshold for the
motherboard set at 45 degrees. With the room temperature around 30
degrees, it currently shows the motherboard temp at 46 degrees.

Is this something I should be worried about? The CPU temperature is
well below the threshold.

--
Long-time resident of Adelaide, South Australia,
which may or may not influence my opinions.

More fans boy..below 40 is comertable.

According to PC Probe II (I haven't looked inside the case) the only fan
seems to be the CPU, because when I try to enable the "chassis" and
"power" fan options, it generates a warning and says those fan speeds
are zero.

I don't know who actually built the system, but I bought it through
Deals Direct. I assume they would have put more fans in if they thought
it needed them.

--
Long-time resident of Adelaide, South Australia,
which may or may not influence my opinions.

annily wrote:
son of a bitch wrote:
annily wrote:

I have a new PC with an ASUS P5KPL-AM/PS motherboard.

When I run PC Probe II which came with it, it has a threshold for the
motherboard set at 45 degrees. With the room temperature around 30
degrees, it currently shows the motherboard temp at 46 degrees.

Is this something I should be worried about? The CPU temperature is
well below the threshold.


My mobile must have scrambled my bwain because my telepathy is not
working so I can't tell what processor it is.

But 46 is not a lot, if it's an AMD, if it's not 55+ it's not working.
And if it's a iQuad Core, somebody get me some eggs and a slab of
bacon...


It not the CPU temperature I'm worried about. It's the motherboard
temperature. As I said, the CPU temperature is well below the threshold
(38 vs 65 currently, but that's in a air-conditioned environment of 26
degrees). The CPU is an Intel Core 2 Duo E8400.


My Mistake

46 for a Mother is way way too hot regardless of what system.

The motherboard gets hot from air blowing off the Processor
Depending on the Case, If the Fans in Power Supply aren't blowing
enough air out (dust) then the box will slowly overheat.

If the Heatsink on Processor gets clogged or even half clogged with
dust, the Fan will sound like Jet trying to cool it. This will also
raise the temperature in the Box.

The most common fault by far, is the CPU Heatsink clogged (after
Microsoft of Course).

Heatsink's on 3D's Videos also get clogged, these can really cook
if dirty or the fans stops on Card.

Basic test, if you can't touch the Heatsink when the PC is Idle, it's cook'n

son of a bitch wrote:
annily wrote:
son of a bitch wrote:
annily wrote:

I have a new PC with an ASUS P5KPL-AM/PS motherboard.

When I run PC Probe II which came with it, it has a threshold for
the motherboard set at 45 degrees. With the room temperature around
30 degrees, it currently shows the motherboard temp at 46 degrees.

Is this something I should be worried about? The CPU temperature is
well below the threshold.


My mobile must have scrambled my bwain because my telepathy is not
working so I can't tell what processor it is.

But 46 is not a lot, if it's an AMD, if it's not 55+ it's not working.
And if it's a iQuad Core, somebody get me some eggs and a slab of
bacon...


It not the CPU temperature I'm worried about. It's the motherboard
temperature. As I said, the CPU temperature is well below the
threshold (38 vs 65 currently, but that's in a air-conditioned
environment of 26 degrees). The CPU is an Intel Core 2 Duo E8400.


My Mistake

46 for a Mother is way way too hot regardless of what system.


Well, that seems to be in conflict with Fred's comments on ASUS
motherboards, but thanks for the info. I'll have a look inside, but I
doubt that clogging would be a problem, as the hardware is only a few
weeks old.

--
Long-time resident of Adelaide, South Australia,
which may or may not influence my opinions.

son of a bitch wrote:
annily wrote:
son of a bitch wrote:
annily wrote:
son of a bitch wrote:
annily wrote:

I have a new PC with an ASUS P5KPL-AM/PS motherboard.

When I run PC Probe II which came with it, it has a threshold for
the motherboard set at 45 degrees. With the room temperature
around 30 degrees, it currently shows the motherboard temp at 46
degrees.

Is this something I should be worried about? The CPU temperature
is well below the threshold.


My mobile must have scrambled my bwain because my telepathy is not
working so I can't tell what processor it is.

But 46 is not a lot, if it's an AMD, if it's not 55+ it's not working.
And if it's a iQuad Core, somebody get me some eggs and a slab of
bacon...


It not the CPU temperature I'm worried about. It's the motherboard
temperature. As I said, the CPU temperature is well below the
threshold (38 vs 65 currently, but that's in a air-conditioned
environment of 26 degrees). The CPU is an Intel Core 2 Duo E8400.


My Mistake

46 for a Mother is way way too hot regardless of what system.


Well, that seems to be in conflict with Fred's comments on ASUS
motherboards, but thanks for the info. I'll have a look inside, but I
doubt that clogging would be a problem, as the hardware is only a few
weeks old.


It is unusual for a Manufacter to make that sort of Mistake

What mistake are you referring to?

--
Long-time resident of Adelaide, South Australia,
which may or may not influence my opinions.

son of a bitch wrote:
annily wrote:
son of a bitch wrote:
annily wrote:
son of a bitch wrote:
annily wrote:
son of a bitch wrote:
> annily wrote:
>>
>> I have a new PC with an ASUS P5KPL-AM/PS motherboard.
>>
>> When I run PC Probe II which came with it, it has a threshold
>> for the motherboard set at 45 degrees. With the room temperature
>> around 30 degrees, it currently shows the motherboard temp at 46
>> degrees.
>>
>> Is this something I should be worried about? The CPU temperature
>> is well below the threshold.
>>
>
> My mobile must have scrambled my bwain because my telepathy is not
> working so I can't tell what processor it is.
>
> But 46 is not a lot, if it's an AMD, if it's not 55+ it's not
> working.
> And if it's a iQuad Core, somebody get me some eggs and a slab of
> bacon...
>

It not the CPU temperature I'm worried about. It's the motherboard
temperature. As I said, the CPU temperature is well below the
threshold (38 vs 65 currently, but that's in a air-conditioned
environment of 26 degrees). The CPU is an Intel Core 2 Duo E8400.


My Mistake

46 for a Mother is way way too hot regardless of what system.


Well, that seems to be in conflict with Fred's comments on ASUS
motherboards, but thanks for the info. I'll have a look inside, but
I doubt that clogging would be a problem, as the hardware is only a
few weeks old.


It is unusual for a Manufacter to make that sort of Mistake

What mistake are you referring to?


Placing a Thermal Sensor in the middle of hot components

Ah OK. Yes, unless it was the temp of those components they were
primarily worried about. But I guess it explains why they say the sensor
reading can go up to 65, according to Fred.

--
Long-time resident of Adelaide, South Australia,
which may or may not influence my opinions.

Fred wrote:
annily wrote:
son of a bitch wrote:
annily wrote:
son of a bitch wrote:
annily wrote:
son of a bitch wrote:
> annily wrote:
>> son of a bitch wrote:
>>> annily wrote:
>>>> I have a new PC with an ASUS P5KPL-AM/PS motherboard.
>>>>
>>>> When I run PC Probe II which came with it, it has a threshold
>>>> for the motherboard set at 45 degrees. With the room
>>>> temperature around 30 degrees, it currently shows the
>>>> motherboard temp at 46 degrees.
>>>>
>>>> Is this something I should be worried about? The CPU
>>>> temperature is well below the threshold.
>>>>
>>> My mobile must have scrambled my bwain because my telepathy is
>>> not working so I can't tell what processor it is.
>>>
>>> But 46 is not a lot, if it's an AMD, if it's not 55+ it's not
>>> working.
>>> And if it's a iQuad Core, somebody get me some eggs and a slab
>>> of bacon...
>>>
>> It not the CPU temperature I'm worried about. It's the
>> motherboard temperature. As I said, the CPU temperature is well
>> below the threshold (38 vs 65 currently, but that's in a
>> air-conditioned environment of 26 degrees). The CPU is an Intel
>> Core 2 Duo E8400.
> My Mistake
>
> 46 for a Mother is way way too hot regardless of what system.
>
Well, that seems to be in conflict with Fred's comments on ASUS
motherboards, but thanks for the info. I'll have a look inside,
but I doubt that clogging would be a problem, as the hardware is
only a few weeks old.

It is unusual for a Manufacter to make that sort of Mistake
What mistake are you referring to?

Placing a Thermal Sensor in the middle of hot components
Ah OK. Yes, unless it was the temp of those components they were
primarily worried about. But I guess it explains why they say the
sensor reading can go up to 65, according to Fred.

I doubt that the placement of the sensor was a mistake. On that board the
designers have decided you should be mindful of RAM temperature for system
stability.



Yes, that make sense. Perhaps it's just a pity that PC Probe II uses a
default of 45 degrees for that threshold, but maybe that was a
compromise across different boards.

--
Long-time resident of Adelaide, South Australia,
which may or may not influence my opinions.