CPU Temp's
 

I bought the Max 3 and the 3.0E 1mb L2 (SL79L) 4 month ago, and the temp where idle 54-58 load was 62 or so, all the sudden i got alarm on temp's 86.3 degree !!! no dirt in the heatsink (Stock) then i modded an Athlon Aerocool DP 102 with 2xpapst 80mm fans to the P4 and the temp's got down to about 72 idle and load 77-79.5 degree ,now after swithin back and forth with coolers and CPU's (exclusion methode) im on 67.5 idle and 72 load (Live For Speed Windowed) and Abit EQ running, what would u guy's
suggest, what is wrong with my mobo or cpu ???? plz help

BTW i have updated my BIOS i won 6 degree by doing that

This small temp swing is next to impossible for any P4 using air cooling. I'd say your temp has been running high at the very beginning; just you did not notice.

Don't forget Abit P4 boards report higher than actual temp by a few degrees C, while Asus reports a few lower than actual. If the system is running stable, I trust the temp is wrong.

Alternative is to use external temp probe.

what do you mean with next to impossible with this small temp swing ???

the difference between idle-load temps is to small, it can't be correct...

15 to 20 degree C swing is normal for any P4 with air cooling; Somtimes higher depending on heatsink fan used. You indicated a 4 to 8 degrees change from idle to load sounds incorrect, particularly with Prescott core you are using.:D

Now i got som screen dumps from idle and load temp's

Now the load temp

please use combination of f@h/prime95 for load temps on a hyperthreaded cpu, and use them for 15-20 minutes simultaneously for load temp, a game mostly is no more then 40-45% cpuload on a hyperthreaded cpu
for idle wait ten minutes with no apps running.

Ok :)

You can download Prime95 here - http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft.htm

After install, go to option under "CPU" and "Preference" for ram and log setup.

Torture test for 15-30 minutes like calantak said.

I hope you have good case ventilation with Prescott.:)