Temperature help

[revl8er]

I'm having a problem with the temp of my cpu. The bios are saying that it's running at 57c - 62c, and then I tried it with everest home edition and it says it's running at 38c so which one should I believe. If it helps, I have an asus a7n8x motherboard.

 

[zAlbee]

it's normal for the BIOS temperature to be higher. In the OS, there is an idle thread which keeps it cool. In the BIOS, your CPU is essentially under 100% load...

 

[PsyMan]

Athlon XP 3200s are a nightmare regarding temperature... I had to get a cooler at 4500RPM to keep it at ~59 degrees.... Maybe it was just me though :\