Odd Glitch

[Josephdalepi]

a while back, i spilled ale on my motherboard.  i cleaned the hell out of it, and it all works perfectly.  the thing is, one of my motherboard sensors registers as -280ish celsius.  anyone have any idea what the hell is going on?

[Godlygamer23]

Did the sensor register that value before? Sometimes sensors can be wacky and give false readings.

[Mjvdk]

You have done what many scientists have not been able to.  You have reached absolute zero.

Gold star of approval, that's pretty badass.

[Josephdalepi]

Did the sensor register that value before? Sometimes sensors can be wacky and give false readings.

never happened before that, and its not constant. ill get a picture next time i see it.

[Godlygamer23]

never happened before that, and its not constant. ill get a picture next time i see it.

It's possible ale messed it up.

[Josephdalepi]

It's possible ale messed it up.

the rubbing alcohol cleaned it out of the cpu socket

[Godlygamer23]

the rubbing alcohol cleaned it out of the cpu socket

What CPU are you using? What temperature sensor are you looking at?

[Josephdalepi]

What CPU are you using? What temperature sensor are you looking at?

9590 on a sabertooth 990fr r2.0

it is the mb main sensor, and it just registered at -129 for  a moment.

it is now registering 25

[DebatED Nothing]

Well, I assume it's using a thermistor to sense temperature, and their resistances decrease as temperatures rise, so I imagine the connection isn't very solid, and when it disconnects it reads an "infinite" resistance, correlating to the minimum possible temperature=absolute zero (which your motherboard thinks is -280C for some reason). That's just a suggestion though. Unless you're willing to solder a new sensor in it's place, I'd just ignore it.

[Josephdalepi]

Well, I assume it's using a thermistor to sense temperature, and their resistances decrease as temperatures rise, so I imagine the connection isn't very solid, and when it disconnects it reads an "infinite" resistance, correlating to the minimum possible temperature=absolute zero (which your motherboard thinks is -280C for some reason). That's just a suggestion though. Unless you're willing to solder a new sensor in it's place, I'd just ignore it.

basically what i was doing. i was curious as to what it was and thought that the people here would like it too

[DebatED Nothing]

basically what i was doing. i was curious as to what it was and thought that the people here would like it too

It is quite an amusing little error, clearly you have plenty of room to overclock! It's funny, if you actually tried to run a PC at absolute 0 I don't think it would work due to capacitors and other components just getting completely frozen.

[Josephdalepi]

It is quite an amusing little error, clearly you have plenty of room to overclock! It's funny, if you actually tried to run a PC at absolute 0 I don't think it would work due to capacitors and other components just getting completely frozen.

strangely enough, ir wouldnt work, but mostly because at that temperature even silicone becomes a superconductor

also, its a 9590.  im pretty sure theres nothing that can handle more heat than that.