[Technical Support][Technical Support]CPU Temperature stays at 40 C |
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| paulvu2 |
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11/28/2008,6:14:08 PM
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The temperature of my motherboard A7DA-S always shows at 40 C no mater what I did. From the time I boot the computer --> ran stress test for 20 minutes --> let it be idle for 2 hours, the temperature stayed at 40 C. Does that happen to your motherboard ?
My system: CPU: AMD 9950 BE, Motherboard: A7DA-S, Memory: Corsair 8500, graphic card: HD3850.
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| ifed32 |
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12/2/2008,4:22:48 AM
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The same here.In the Bios and Fox One.My system is much like yours except memory brand.
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| paulvu2 |
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12/2/2008,5:10:00 PM
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Thanks for your input. Now I know that I'm not alone.
I contacted Technical Support. They said it is a feature of the Foxconn BIOS. If Foxconn does that intentionally then why they make smart-fan options. We all know that the smart-fan feature totally depends on the CPU temperature.
What a weird BIOS.
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| Viczhao |
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12/2/2008,11:21:48 PM
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What's the BIOS version of your motherboard ?
I thinks you can update 81BF1P05 to have a try.
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| paulvu2 |
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12/3/2008,10:36:42 AM
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I tried both BIOS versions. Same result.
I changed CPU to AMD X2 5200P and heatsink as well. The temperature always displayed 40 C degree.
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| Viczhao |
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12/3/2008,6:10:09 PM
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Maybe the motherboard has fault, contact with the retailer to check the motherboard.
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| paulvu2 |
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12/4/2008,1:06:46 PM
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RMA the last board then received a new board this morning. I got the same problem. CPU temperature stays at 40 c degree thanks to Foxconn firmware coders. Is 40 the only number they know ? Will they fix this problem ? Should I try RMA again and again until I get a motherboard that has the correct temperature displayed ?
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| wizzard0003 |
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12/5/2008,12:11:46 PM
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Mine does the same thing...
Google for Core Temp 0.99.3 and see if that works for you...
It did for me... ;)
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Foxconn A7DA-S - BIOS 81BF1P08 / Phenom II x4 940BE / 18 x 200 @ 3600MHz
2 x 4GB Kits (8GB Total) G.Skill PI Black F2-6400CL4D-4GBPI-B @ 4-4-4-12 24 2t
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| paulvu2 |
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12/5/2008,6:31:11 PM
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Core Temp works for me as well but what I need is Smart-Fan function which totally depends on CPU temperature of the BIOS. With constant CPU temperature like this, Smart-Fan function becomes Stupid-Fan function that can kill the CPU. I stick an external therometer to the copper base of the heatsink then run a stress test for 2 minutes, the external therometer displays 46 degree but FoxOne only shows 40 degree and of cource the fans run at lowest speed. I hope Foxconn releases a new firmware to fix this before my CPU got burned.
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| wizzard0003 |
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12/6/2008,1:19:35 AM
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I hear you, paulvu2...
Maybe it will be fixed when they release the Phenom II BIOS (hope
it's soon)...
I run at 100% and don't use smartfan but I can see it would suck for
those that do...
Their "Live Update" utility is garbage as well... I get a small window
with most of the content beyond view and I can't expand it to see
what's there...
I love this board but Foxconn's software, et al, are the pits... :(
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Foxconn A7DA-S - BIOS 81BF1P08 / Phenom II x4 940BE / 18 x 200 @ 3600MHz
2 x 4GB Kits (8GB Total) G.Skill PI Black F2-6400CL4D-4GBPI-B @ 4-4-4-12 24 2t
Thermalright AXP-140 with 120mm and Ceramique / MSI R4870-T2D1G
PCP&C 750W / Samsung 2253LW 21.6" LCD - 1680 x 1050 / Floppy
Seagate 320GB 16MB Cache SATA II / DVDROM / DVDRW
Vista Home Premium 64-bit / Logitech LX7
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| paulvu2 |
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12/6/2008,6:18:15 PM
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Just like you, I do like this board very much. Low price, fully loaded features, stable overclocked & underclocked. Too bad, Foxconn coders are not as good as their boards.
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| peeratt |
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12/6/2008,10:13:13 PM
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did you make a support ticket with foxconn? this forum is user to user help, not foxconn technical help support forum. i made a support ticket and they were super fast on reply and now their engineers are working on my solution (which has nothing to do with your motherboard .....A79A-S is my board with irq issues.) i know your mad and worried but this company rocks compared to others and i am sure they will take care of you IF you make a support ticket.
good luck.
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| GadgetBuilder |
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12/13/2008,4:42:41 PM
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I have an A7DA-S with the P05 BIOS and I have the same problem with FOX
ONE and BIOS always indicating CPU temperature is 40C. The fan control
doesn't seem to work properly because it depends on the temperature
read. I submitted a ticket to Foxconn support on 12 Dec. and am
awaiting resolution.
In the meantime I have found that Speedfan can be used to read and
offset the temperature readings to reasonable values and also to
control the CPU fan on my system. I wrote an outline of my Speedfan
setup here:
http://www.gadgetbuilder.com/Computer/SpeedFanInfo.html#SpeedFanFoxconn
This seems helpful but an issue remains in that the fan speed readings
are unstable, sometimes indicating unreasonably high values for a few
seconds, making the fan speed charts difficult to interpret. Fan
control seems to work properly since it depends on temperature readings
rather than fan speed readings.. Temperature readings and their charts
seem to work properly. Overall, Speedfan seems to be a good workaround
for this issue while we wait for resolution, something that may require
a BIOS change.
John
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MB: Foxconn A7DA-S
BIOS: 81BF1P05
CPU: Athlon 4850E
Memory: Corsair Twin2X2048-6400C4D
VGA: Onboard
PSU: Antec 380
HDD: Seagate SATA 80GB
CD/DVD: BenQ 1655
OS: XP Home SP3
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2/16/2009,4:19:14 AM
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We are not gonna get a fix for this issue, are we? I dont think even someone read that but 40' constant temperature is just frustrating. Those 4 pin fan headers were one of my reasons to buy this board. I thought i can set pwm values at bios and get rid of all that fan noise.
I asked Foxconn but they said it is AMD TControl thingy...
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2/16/2009,3:49:28 PM
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In the downloads page, there's been this new BIOS file going up and down all the time since Friday, that's supposedly for "A7DA-S v3.0"... Anyone know what's the story with this thing? I've tried flashing it on my motherboard, but it's a no-go.
Could this be some sort of a 'fix' version? Or is there a new motherboard version about to come out (or has already come out), and this is the new BIOS for it?
By the way, P06 BIOS reports CPU temperature 0º all the time in my case.
At least the overclocking settings work...
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Live long and prosper...
MB: Foxconn A7DA-S
BIOS version: 81BF1P08
CPU: AMD Phenom II 940 Black Edition @3.6GHz NB 2.2GHz
Memory: Kingston HyperX KHX8500D2K2/2G DDR2-1066 2x1GB
VGA: PowerColor HD4870 512MB
PSU: Chieftec GPS-550AB-A
HDD: 3 Seagate (200GB, 500GB, 1500GB), Hitachi 1000GB, WD 250GB SATA-II
DVD: NEC ND-4551A
Audio: SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS
Monitor: NEC MultiSync 2690WUXi
OS: Windows XP Pro SP3
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| aniki |
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2/21/2009,9:07:04 AM
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i had tried to contact the sales, but no reply from them looks like support isnt that good too
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| ItzExor |
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2/24/2009,10:59:48 AM
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I got a reply on my support ticket, they claim it's not a problem:
Dear James,
According to our R&D team, please see below.
Q: Why does the CPU temperature always show 40C in the BIOS on A7DA-S/A7DA Motherboard?
A: On the latest chipset AMD RS780 chipset Motherboard, AMD uses newer BIOS CPU temperature calculation method to avoid CPU temperature error, so in the BIOS there is always showing 40C. That means your CPU temperature is blow or equal to 40C. It is normal status.
I guess an easy way to test this could be turn your cpu fan off or something, but I'm not sure I want to risk t haha. Anyone else?
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2/25/2009,6:02:41 AM
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And why does it show 0° (yup, zero, nil) in my case? Does that mean I got a superconducting Phenom?
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Live long and prosper...
MB: Foxconn A7DA-S
BIOS version: 81BF1P08
CPU: AMD Phenom II 940 Black Edition @3.6GHz NB 2.2GHz
Memory: Kingston HyperX KHX8500D2K2/2G DDR2-1066 2x1GB
VGA: PowerColor HD4870 512MB
PSU: Chieftec GPS-550AB-A
HDD: 3 Seagate (200GB, 500GB, 1500GB), Hitachi 1000GB, WD 250GB SATA-II
DVD: NEC ND-4551A
Audio: SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS
Monitor: NEC MultiSync 2690WUXi
OS: Windows XP Pro SP3
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2/25/2009,6:03:37 PM
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I initially built my computer with the Biostar 790GXA2+ motherboard and my proc temperature when idle was an amazingly low 23C. The same proc in a Foxconn A7DA-S is registering right around 40C when idle. I don't know if it is running hotter because cool and quiet isn't kicking in, or if one of the two motherboards wasn't registering temperature correctly.
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2/27/2009,3:19:49 AM
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Update: Nope, nada... Even when two cores are above 40'C, foxone shows rock solid 40'C. This is just stupid...
I dont think its true. My cpu goes beyond 40'C, when put under stress test, goes as high as 44'C. But i didnt see foxone showing anything other than 40'C even stress test running. I'll give it another try, but i dont believe it shows over 40'C.
QUOTE( ItzExor 2/24/2009 10:59:48 AM ) I got a reply on my support ticket, they claim it's not a problem: Dear James, According to our R&D team, please see below. Q: Why does the CPU temperature always show 40C in the BIOS on A7DA-S/A7DA Motherboard? A: On the latest chipset AMD RS780 chipset Motherboard, AMD uses newer BIOS CPU temperature calculation method to avoid CPU temperature error, so in the BIOS there is always showing 40C. That means your CPU temperature is blow or equal to 40C. It is normal status. I guess an easy way to test this could be turn your cpu fan off or something, but I'm not sure I want to risk t haha. Anyone else?
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