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CPU temps not reading

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There are two temperature sensors. One of them is found on the socket and the other is found in the CPU. The sensor you're attempting to read is found on the CPU.

I have built my own computer and have been using it for about 2 years now. Not many problems showed up, but I am now having an issue with my computer not being able to read my cpu temps( in the bios and on several temp monitoring software). I would like to know what component actually reads the cpu?.... motherboard is my guess. I have gamed with it for a long time, and it is just now having this problem. Please give me an answer on how to fix this... hopefully I just need to replace the fan.

 

 

(when it is being read it says 0 degrees C)

 

Specs:7850 amd Radeon graphics card

           intel i5 2500k 3.3ghz cpu (stock fan)(not overclocked)

           operating windows 7 64bit 

           2tb hard drive 

           630Watt pwer supply

           8gigs of DDR3 ram

           Z77A-G41 motherboard

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The 7850 is not a GeForce graphics card. It's a Radeon card.

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Thank you for correcting me... Do you have an idea on how to fix this?

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Yes, I have tried HwMonitor, Realtemp, and Coretemp... all of them say 0 degrees C..... on Realtemp is says "PC meter is not running"

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Are you logged in with Administrator privileges? If its a limited user account they wont read

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They temps have read in the past (recent problem).... yes I am signed in with administrator privileges. And I have made sure everything is plugged in correctly inside.

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My guess is a bad CPU sensor. Maybe one that eventually just broke.

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Is the sensor in the motherboard? I would like to know where it is.

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There are two temperature sensors. One of them is found on the socket and the other is found in the CPU. The sensor you're attempting to read is found on the CPU.

"It pays to keep an open mind, but not so open your brain falls out." - Carl Sagan.

"I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you" - Edward I. Koch

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Ok thank you, I will most likely make a completely different system soon. Just wanted to know if I could fix it before selling it to one of my buds.

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Have you played around in the BIOS at all?

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Not too much, but when I try to update it with my flash drive it says the file isn't there

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Are you putting the file in root?

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I am not sure what "root" means... sorry don't know too much on motherboards. I have extracted the file download and put it in the flash drive. Then loaded the m flash update BIOS

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What I mean by root is, are you just copying it to a flash drive?

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Do you see the text file I put on my hard drive? It's not sitting in any folder. It's on the very top "layer" in the file system. I just copied it over without putting in a folder. Is this making sense?

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Yes, I did have it in a folder... I will put it on the surface (This does make sense)

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BIOSes tend to look at the root for BIOS files. That's probably why it didn't find it.

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"I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you" - Edward I. Koch

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Update was successful, thank you for your help have a good day.

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