Normal motherboard temp?

[CombineGuru]

Hi,
HWMonitor is reporting my motherboard temp to be 74*C
It is an AMD 790GX motherboard.
Is this a normal temp?

[hugg]

picture please

[CombineGuru]

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I googled TMPIN1 and read that it's motherboard temp.

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If the graphics card temps look a bit high, I'm playing TF2 :P

[JohnEdwards]

touch the northbridge chipset while the computer is on and see how hot it is, looks to me like a false reading

[Thor667]

And does that reading change? Load up a game and play for a few minutes.

[CombineGuru]

I can't touch the northbridge, it has a heatsink on it.
After a few minutes of TF2 it went to 77*C

[JohnEdwards]

yeah I mean touch the northbridge heatsink

[CombineGuru]

It feels completely cold, not even warm.

[JohnEdwards]

probably just an error then

[CombineGuru]

On my brand new PC? :(

Thanks for the help.

[Xyrec]

What the. I just checked too, it's the exact same :tinfoil:

[JohnEdwards]

HW monitor has alot of false reading on some boards like my P45 runs at 199C even though that would tend to melt my case

[Crembo]

Faulty sensors is also a very common problem... So yeah, if the heatsink isn't hot, everything is ok.

[Yuluthu]

My northbridge is showing as a constant 80 degrees, i don't want to touch it though

last time i touched something inside my case while it was running i burnt myself