Anyone know a BIOS for Asus P4P800 that tells the rite temps in BIOS and in windows?

Swiftyy · December 3rd, 2005, 02:09 AM

like the topic says, i've been having temp reading issues using Asus Probe in windows.

My temps in the BIOS and in Asus Probe are totally different, I upgraded the BIOS to the newest version (which is beta) and it doesnt seem to make a difference. Anyone know a version of BIOS that tells the accurate temp both in the BIOS and windows?

or is it that the P4P800 reports wrong CPU temps no matter what BIOS im using?

thanks

squall_leonhart · December 5th, 2005, 10:14 AM

its a bug in the asus sensor chip

asus use thier own chips instead of the normal winbond..

screenager · December 5th, 2005, 10:53 AM

you can try everest to read your temps
everest is quite accurate

Swiftyy · December 5th, 2005, 01:12 PM

cool thx for the replies will try it out ^^

December 16th, 2005, 04:36 AM

No software monitor is accurate.. go get your self an actual probe

Cool Barn · December 16th, 2005, 04:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1337pirate

No software monitor is accurate.. go get your self an actual probe

Exactly right. Not to mention that if you look at your temps in the BIOS just after booting up of course they are going to be lower than if you boot into Windows, check your emails, play some games, and look at some porn. By that stage the whole system will have heated right up (and probably you as well

), so of course programs like Asus Probe are going to show a discrepancy compared to the readings in the BIOS.

squall_leonhart · December 16th, 2005, 04:30 PM

well actually my in windows temps are usually spot on with my bios

Swiftyy · December 16th, 2005, 10:39 PM

well from what i've heard from others, when your in the BIOS your comp is at 75% load,

when your in windows then its at idle, so thats why my temps are higher in the BIOS then in windows

tomslick · January 24th, 2006, 10:05 PM

Its the way it is with a p4p800 mine always been that way regardless of bios version, make sure you have a good cpu cooler and dont worry about it.

jbruneau · January 24th, 2006, 10:16 PM

Go grab a copy of SpeedFan. It will control the speed of your fans (slow them down when under 15% usage and speed them up when at 100% usage), but will run in the system tray and tell you what temps you are running.

You can also log the temps to a file, so you can watch it overnight, or when you are gaming (to see how hot it really gets, when you can't see the probe, or system tray). I grabbed it because of my ASUS A7N8X-X Socket A board.

You can check it out here: http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php