I have a new computer which was built for me, which has an ASUS P5B Deluxe WiFi AP motherboard and Intel Core 2 Duo 6600 2.4GHz and 2MB RAM (2 x 1MB modules). I have an NVIDIA GeForce 7600GT video card and SoundBlaster Audigy sound card and am running Win XP with SP2 and all security updates applied The ASUS PC Probe utility keeps reporting that the CPU and Memory temperatures are too high: CPU 62 degrees Memory 51 degrees I've checked the temp in the BIOS too but it is only very slightly lower. Even at startup the BIOS reports that the CPU temp is 50 and this increases with passing seconds. BIOS version is 02.58 and AMIBIOS version is 0302. Can someone tell me what i need to do to get the temps down as am not aux fait with pc building. Folk that built the PC do not want to know. Thanks in advance Lambkin

It's possible that the HSF was installed improperly...it's also possible that the temp readings are inaccurate. There have been numerous BIOS revisions since version 0302, you may wanna consider updating.

Asus probe is not error proof and as jam suggested - update your BIOS to the latest. I would also suggest download "Core Temp" and see what temperature read out you get from that tool.

dude u can over clock your machine, check the setting i think you have over clocked system by using "ai suite" provided along with the mother board utilities(software).. turn the setting off or unistall the software should do the trick. there arre around 4 functions to overclock the machine and i presumee u have increased the voltage of some of the components. don't mess thhe systeem too much unstill the software if u don't know how to use it (find it usefull mail me at kevin1889@gmail.com for further quieries)