ALRIGHT! My new motherboard sucks

[XPTB]

Since I'm a douchebag and didn't listen to anyone, I bought the Chaintech motherboard. So I, of course, pay for this with a broken something... again. After my 3 month old video card died and took the motherboard with it, and at the same time my car died, I came to the conclusion that I'm cursed with electronics. Now I know that's very very true.

So I install my new Chaintech and Yay I have video. Only one problem, the temperature is at 54 idle and climbing. it rounded out at about 62 in the bios. NOT GOOD. I'm using the stock AMD heat sink with AS5. I take this off and reapply AS5 exactly like the website told me to, still 54 idle and climbing.

Next up I replace the bridge that holds on the 64 bit heat sink, using the one that came with the Asus board that broke (that one had pretty good temps). Reapplyed the AS5 again for good measure and what do you know, still 54 idle and climbing.

Next phase includes putting an external fan blowing onto the heatsink while I was at work, no different.

I then took off the heatsink and installed some lame goop that came from thermaltake, thinking, with my luck, that my AS5 is faulty. I got the same temps, 54 idle and climbing.

Next I let it climb to 62 and then powered off and yanked the heatsink off as fast as I could and touched the processor, thinking it would be blazing hot.... nope. It was fine. Maybe body temperature (which would be normal idle temps).

I proceed to install windows figuring what the hell, if it blows up at least I get a neat show. After windows installed I downloaded CPUCool and DigiDoc monitoring program. Both of these gave the same readings as the bios. Which in windows it remains at about 54 idle.

Next up comes prime95. Running that the temp monitor went haywire. I jumped straight from 55 to 66 then back down to 62, then 64, then 67 and fluctuated between 64 and 67 celcius. I touched the heatsink near the base and it was kinda hot, but my Zalman video card cooler was 10 times hotter.

This leads me to believe a few things.
1: when my video card took out the mobo, it decided to F the processor up also... but I doubt it because the processor would be blazing hot to the touch.
2: Chaintech doesn't know how to make a probe so it is just reading very very inaccurately.

Any thoughts? Sorry for the long post, but I'm rather upset with all that has happened lately.

[KryoNexus]

10 bucks says it is chaintech's probe. also, windows thermal monitors read temperatures through the motherboard, so whatever the temp says in the BIOS will be the same for windows monitoring apps.

i say send it back, take the advise we gave ya and quit being a douchebag :wink:

nah, seriously though, i would first check for a bios update and if there isn't one, i probably would try to get it RMA'd.

[jurtje]

I have read about this problem before, not specifically with this motherboard, but with others. Usually a BIOS update would solve the problem. If not, so be it, just deduct 15 degrees or something of the shown temperature. Or maybe get an external probe between there.

[XPTB]

i already have the newest bios. they only had 1 update and it was just to support the AMD sempron. I don't want to freakin' RMA the board for a temperature probe, i need my computer. But that means i can't review anything anymore. This freakin' sucks

I'm not sure what to do. If I RMA the board, I won't have a computer for something like 2 weeks. I use my computer for school though. Who the hell knows

[XPTB]

nevermind... once again I'm a douchebag, read this....


http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?t=352414

[KryoNexus]

;-). glad you found the answer.

[fstroupe]

LOL...bro, I feel your pain, you bought what you could afford. You're not a douchebag. You're just a geek sans cash, who has no idea what his CPU temp is. :lol:

Next up comes prime95. Running that the temp monitor went haywire. I jumped straight from 55 to 66 then back down to 62, then 64, then 67 and fluctuated between 64 and 67 celcius.

Which is what it should have done, as Prime95 doesn't run your CPU at 100 percent all of the time.

[XPTB]

Which is what it should have done, as Prime95 doesn't run your CPU at 100 percent all of the time.

Ahhhh, that makes sense