i have a asus f1a55 lk r2.0, i know its old. and with that m/b i have a a4 3400 apu. iv oc'ed the apu to 3.2 ghz but software like speccy ect say my cpu temp is 11c with a max of 20c. in bios the apu and m/b are both 36c. whats wrong and what can i do?
I would try more used software like HWmonitor, OpenHardwareMonitor, Hwinfo64 or Aida64.
Also check if Asus have some specific monitoring software for your motherboard.
You'll probably see two CPU temps, one from the motherboard and one from the CPU itself. Accoding to AMD the one inside the CPU usually gives false values at idle, under load it starts to get accurate at and above 40C.
Ai suites
Air s asus`s native thing for temp monitoring
As for amd cpu temp readings
As stated. Once there is a load it will have some ratio of accuracy
So load ai suite and the system temp monitoring thing will warn you once you get to 65c
nearly.
I personally had hell sorting this
If you notice temp issues check/replace stock cooler/thermal compound
1. amd temperature sensors are not accurate- there is no way you are under ambient unless your pc is in the fridge or you're in the arctic.
2. what's to complain about? 36C is not hot at all- my graphics card idles hotter than that.
36c thats realy cool.
11c is impossible, unless you have your system locked in a fridge.
11c is impossible, unless you have your system locked in a fridge.
Pretty much :)
On the other hand, AMDs on die thermal sensors give you those values all the time at idle. All my AMD CPUs back from the Athlon have given me strange values at idle. My current FX-8350 fluctuates between 15 and 20C at idle, clearly a false value. And as I said AMD themselves specify that the reading is not reliable until the CPU is under load and above ~40C. Everything below that you can ignore.
And when we are on the subject of thermal sensors, remember that one we have in our computer hardware are cheap and not very accurate. They vary quite a lot between CPUs, and Intel and AMD both don't give you any promises on their accuracy, they are "good enough" so the CPU won't burn only. You can't really compare temps between CPUs, just trends etc on the same CPU. A moving average would be much better way to look at CPU temp, I really hope OpenHardwareMonitor implements that. A cheap ordinary thermometer you can buy at the store is probably much more accurate than the ones built into our computers.
just take the socket temp, as a point.
lol
You should not have a problem unless it gets well over 75-80C
could maybe get one of these ...
http://www.harborfreight.com/non-contact-infrared-thermometer-with-laser-targeting-69465-8905.html