High motherboard temperatues?

I just had windows freeze for a moment, only to find that my motherboard temperatures were about 120c. I checked it with two programs, speccy and hwmonitor, and they report the same results. What results do you guys get?

Solved, it was a false report by my motherboard. ✔

Cerawy said:

I just had windows freeze for a moment, and i did a check to find that my motherboard temperatures were about 120c. I checked with two programs, speccy and hwmonitor. I did some research and found that some people says its normal? what temperetures do you guys get?

YIKES! That is WAY TOO HIGH. Motherboard temperature should be at most 5-10'C above room ambient.

Are your case fans operating? Are there case fans?

If you open the case is it really that hot inside (120'C IS REALLY HOT - BOILING WATER is 100'C!)?

If not maybe your software is lying to you or possibly a motherboard temperature sensor has failed.

I'm guessing (1) sensor failure, or else (2) fan failure if it really is that hot inside your box (but not likely).

Cerawy said:

I just had windows freeze for a moment, and i did a check to find that my motherboard temperatures were about 120c. I checked with two programs, speccy and hwmonitor. I did some research and found that some people says its normal? what temperetures do you guys get?

Probably a bad sensor. 120C is 248F. Which is enough to ignite wood.

For comparison, my motherboard sits at approx. 22C


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Yes, the fans are blowing. My computer doesn't really seem hot, it's barely warm actually. Is it the software that's reporting the wrong temperatures? If so, is it a problem with the software or my computer?

AK6DN said:

Wood ignition temperature is 250'C to 300'C, not 120'C / 248'F. Think you got 'F and 'C confused.

Well, hotdogs, then.

Cerawy said:

yes, the fans are blowing
my computer doesn't really seem hot, it's barely warm
is it the software that's reporting the wrong temperatures?
if so, is it a problem with the software or my computer?

It's the sensor. I wouldn't worry about it.

What do you mean it's the sensor, could you clarify a bit?

@Cerawy

Also... your motherboard may not HAVE a sensor. This would also generate a reading like you're seeing.
Either way, you can safely ignore that reading.

IF the motherboard WAS operating at that temperature, it would have died long before now.