Originally Posted by shenry

Make sure the cooler is attached properly!! Mine wasn't although it looked like it was and I almost fried mine!! It went up to 100+ degrees in the bios!! Core Temp reported 126 degrees. Touch the HSF and see weather it's hot or not.

Also make sure your sensors are fine with the test sensors. Real temp works great for the E8400. One of my sensors is partially stuck I think...