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HW Monitor says CPUTIN temp is 124C!

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I think he's referring to the fact it's well over 100C - most modern CPUs automatically shut off or throttle before 100C, meaning you couldn't be that high and still be running.

Also, values ~128C are usually seen when a sensor is absent, for example.
 
That would get my attention.
As a comparison, I'm crunching Boinc and all cores are high 40's to low 50's. (4.5Ghz)
CPUTIN is at 38C
 
HW monitor reads mine as 124c as well after it comes out of sleep even if its for a moment and stays at 124c even if its restarted its some glitch (at least i hope it is loL) but my pc runs fine so it has to be, probably some ASUS BIOS thing - as i havent updated my bios yet, any thoughts sorry for the necro but its relevant also my cpu is stock and it resets to normal once i restart

my cpu is an i7-3930K and my board is a rampage IV extreme
 
It's impossible to have temps up at 124C because that means your CPU's pretty much roasted itself to death. Since you said it runs fine after startup that means it's a glitch, or else your computer would have died already.
 
thank you, logically i knew it was true but sometimes with crap like this that scares the crap out of me i needed someone else to confirm it you know? lol thank you again!
 
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At 124C your CPU would generate a sustained nuclear fusion reaction and melt through your motherboard, case, floor, building foundation, and theoretically, down through core of the planet, while causing great damage to your PC in the process. Fortunately this is impossible because the CPU will automatically shutoff before it gets that hot.
 
HW monitor reads mine as 124c as well after it comes out of sleep even if its for a moment and stays at 124c even if its restarted its some glitch (at least i hope it is loL) but my pc runs fine so it has to be, probably some ASUS BIOS thing - as i havent updated my bios yet, any thoughts sorry for the necro but its relevant also my cpu is stock and it resets to normal once i restart

my cpu is an i7-3930K and my board is a rampage IV extreme

That's because the Sensor is (NULL) for that Probe.

Use AIDA64 Extreme - http://www.aida64.com/downloads

AIDA64-Probe.jpg
 
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