Weird temperature results

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   I've been trying to track down a problem where my computer shuts off as if it lost power.  Recently I realized that it usually does this after being on all day, so maybe it's overheating.  I downloaded some monitoring software so I could see what kind of temperature my hardware is at.

The program lists three temperatures for my motherboard, but it just lists them as "temperature #1" and "temperature #2" and "temperature #3."  I don't know exactly what they are measuring, what these temperatures really mean, and what is a healthy range.

Temperature #3 remains fairly consistently around 30 degrees.  Temperature #1 varies a bit, but I've noticed that it will get hotter when my GPU gets hotter.  But temperature #2 is giving me weird results.

First off all, just when I'm idling and not really doing much, it varies a lot, but what is really striking is that it commonly will jump up to 120 degrees or even 125.  It never stays at a consistent temperature, but constantly spikes around between 90 to 120.
But what is REALLY odd is when I start doing something taxing with my system, it will spike exactly in tandem with my CPU temp, except in the opposite direction.  When my CPU temp spikes up, temp#2 spikes DOWN.  If I do something taxing on my system, my CPU temp will rise, and temp #2 starts to drop.

What is going on here?  What are these measuring the temperature of?  And... what kind of temperature should these be running at?

I have an ASRock 970 Extreme4, with an AMD FX-8350.

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Marscaleb Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 16 Nov 2020 Location: Utah Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote Marscaleb Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Weird temperature results Posted: 16 Nov 2020 at 3:16am
	I've been trying to track down a problem where my computer shuts off as if it lost power. Recently I realized that it usually does this after being on all day, so maybe it's overheating. I downloaded some monitoring software so I could see what kind of temperature my hardware is at. The program lists three temperatures for my motherboard, but it just lists them as "temperature #1" and "temperature #2" and "temperature #3." I don't know exactly what they are measuring, what these temperatures really mean, and what is a healthy range. Temperature #3 remains fairly consistently around 30 degrees. Temperature #1 varies a bit, but I've noticed that it will get hotter when my GPU gets hotter. But temperature #2 is giving me weird results. First off all, just when I'm idling and not really doing much, it varies a lot, but what is really striking is that it commonly will jump up to 120 degrees or even 125. It never stays at a consistent temperature, but constantly spikes around between 90 to 120. But what is REALLY odd is when I start doing something taxing with my system, it will spike exactly in tandem with my CPU temp, except in the opposite direction. When my CPU temp spikes up, temp#2 spikes DOWN. If I do something taxing on my system, my CPU temp will rise, and temp #2 starts to drop. What is going on here? What are these measuring the temperature of? And... what kind of temperature should these be running at? I have an ASRock 970 Extreme4, with an AMD FX-8350.