I just purchased an Asus Terminator A7VT barebone system. Specs HD-120 gb western digital 7200 rpm CPU/Heatsink - amd 2200+ on a 2600+ heatsink Graphics - radeon 9000 128mb Ram - 512mb pc 3200 For some reason the cpu temp on my system goes form 37 C to between 50-54 C in about 10 min and the motherboard temp reached an all time high(I have never experianced this before in the past) to about 60 Celcius. I thought maybe its b/c its a very small case so I decided to take side panels off and still the same temperature readings occured. Either 1. Asus probe is wrong 2. My bios are wrong 3. I didnt put enought thermal paste 4. Something is wrong with the cpu 5. other Is it common for a computer to do this. My other pc which has a amd 2400+, radeo 9800, 40 gb, and 512 pc 2700 runs about the usual cpu 41 C and mobo like 38 C. If you guys need any additional information just post it

"Either 1. Asus probe is wrong 2. My bios are wrong" -Asus Probe displays the same information as shown in BIOS. I highly doubt this is your problem. "3. I didnt put enought thermal paste" Ahhhh... the thermal paste problem again. You should never put alot of paste. The layer should be as thin as possible. There's a link where you can read up on applying grease: http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_silver_instructions.htm 4. Something is wrong with the cpu. That temp is in my opinion normal for your CPU. Read this article: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/athlon-xp-2200.html It states 53C @idle and 61C @load. Intel P4 3.2E Ghz@ 3.8Ghz Asus P4P800-E Deluxe Kingston 2x512MB PC3200 D-Channel Asus AX800 Pro WD Caviar 160 GB WD Raptor 37 GB Zalman Reserator 1

See my answer in the CPU forum. ASUS A8N-SLI A64 3000+@220x9 1gig Corsair XMS LEADTEK PX6600GT TDH Enermax 535W Dual 80gig WD.

thank you for the information