Question : Problem: Temperature: How do I check the temperature of my laptop

I have a hp pavillion zx5000 and recently installed SpeedFan to monitor the temps of my heavily used laptop.

It says that my:
CPU Diode temp (Chip: VIA VT1211) is 102 Celc
ACPI (no idea what this is) 47 Celc
HD0 Drive 39 Celc

Is it possible that my chip is running at 102? Surely that is meltdown point?

Is this program very accurate or is there a safer way to monitor temps while the laptop is in use?

Regards

Answer : Problem: Temperature: How do I check the temperature of my laptop

I think the 102 °C number is wrong and due to faulty sensor or flakey software. One would suppose a decent processor protection circuit to have shut it down long before that temperature was reached. If the chip indeed gets that hot, there's a problem with the thermal coupling between the CPU and its heatsink.

You could try letting the laptop cool down and then start up the monitoring software immediatly after boot-up. If the temp seems to start at an incredibly high level (noticeably higher than room temp) and then goes on climbing to 102 °C, something is very probably wrong.
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