CPU heat sink staying cool - why isn't the CPU transferring its heat to heat sink?

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Dundonald said:
Aye. Thanks for your help guys. The only way I can test shutdown temp
is by increasing the target temperature. There's no documentation that
I can find, or obvious menu options in the BIOS, that says either here
is the option to explicitly specify shutdown temperature, or, what the
% increase of the target temperature is. So for example, target
temperature I have set to 35 degrees celcius. If shutdown temperature
is 65 degrees celcius that's an 86 % increase on the target temperature.
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Has no one yet asked you what motherboard you have?
Now would be the time.
 
Rod said:
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He already said that its a


One of the downsides of over zealous snipping.
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Thank you. I Knew it had to be in the thirty some posts somewhere.....

A couple points from the Hardware monitoring section of the manual:

The CPU target temperature controls the point at which the CPU fan is
increased to begin more aggressively cooling the chip. In the manual's
sample screen, it's set to 50 deg c. You might consider a using the 50
degree setting.

Also, Updating the BIOS may resolve this bug.

What's a bit confusing, too is this bios revision number: 0908. Asus
doesn't list it for a8n-vm nor for the other boards that start a8n-vm.

It lists 0902 as latest BETA bios. It leaves open the question of Did
you update this bios form some third party website and aren't telling
us? That could play all kinds of havoc.

If this is the case, get latest release bios (0702) for a8n-vm from
asus.
 
Rod Speed wrote:

Thank you. I Knew it had to be in the thirty some posts somewhere.....

A couple points from the Hardware monitoring section of the manual:

The CPU target temperature controls the point at which the CPU fan is
increased to begin more aggressively cooling the chip. In the manual's
sample screen, it's set to 50 deg c. You might consider a using the 50
degree setting.

Also, Updating the BIOS may resolve this bug.

What's a bit confusing, too is this bios revision number: 0908. Asus
doesn't list it for a8n-vm nor for the other boards that start a8n-vm.
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I retrieved the BIOS version number using the software Everest. I'll
check Everest again tonight when I return home to make sure I didn't
miss something.
It lists 0902 as latest BETA bios. It leaves open the question of Did
you update this bios form some third party website and aren't telling
us? That could play all kinds of havoc.
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Nope I haven't updated the BIOS.
If this is the case, get latest release bios (0702) for a8n-vm from
asus.
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Thanks for your help guys.

Does version 0702 have a specific menu option for shutdown temperature
or is it the same - as in just an option of target CPU temperature? Is
it right for me to update the BIOS with what would appear an earlier
version than that which I have installed already?
 
Dundonald said:
I retrieved the BIOS version number using the software Everest. I'll
check Everest again tonight when I return home to make sure I didn't
miss something.
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Everest is good, but it is imperfect.
Nope I haven't updated the BIOS.


Thanks for your help guys.

Does version 0702 have a specific menu option for shutdown temperature
or is it the same - as in just an option of target CPU temperature?
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From what I've seen of the manual, the menu is the same. Though
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sometime updates DO add menu options.

Is
it right for me to update the BIOS with what would appear an earlier
version than that which I have installed already?
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Only if the BIOS is buggy.


Also, there are OTHER reasons, besides BIOS bugs and/or An overheating
chip that your computer could be shutting down. Bad capacitors, and
bad/insufficient power supply are on that list.
 
I retrieved the BIOS version number using the software Everest. I'll
check Everest again tonight when I return home to make sure I didn't
miss something.


Nope I haven't updated the BIOS.
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Asus boards generally have a sticker on the EEPROM denoting
the shipping bios version.

Thanks for your help guys.

Does version 0702 have a specific menu option for shutdown temperature
or is it the same - as in just an option of target CPU temperature? Is
it right for me to update the BIOS with what would appear an earlier
version than that which I have installed already?
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If you're sure it's the exact same board, I would flash the
latest (newest) NON-beta version offered on Asus' site.

It may not be worth the bother though, if your system isn't
now shutting down from overheat, you could always leave it
at the default. One other place to get more extensive info
or ask where there may be many fellow owners of that board
is at AMDMB Forums, specifically:
(though search for the info first by board model (related
threads), this is a common enough scenario that one of the
threads may've already covered it

http://forums.pcper.com/forumdisplay.php?f=8
 
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