K8N Neo2-FX new CPU temperature problem

Well, I'm not sure if this problem is unique, but I didn't find any help by using search or google.
Problem is this: CPU temperature keeps going up slowly but very persistent and then the computer shuts down about somewhere between 80-82 degrees Celsius (says BIOS). Heatsink is warm when is touch it, i would say the CPU is max 40-50 degrees "hot". CPU is 3500+ Venice. These 2 are brand new parts. BIOS version is 1.B.
Computer was running fine one evening, night and morning (about 10 hours) with Windows XP, and then all started: shutdown. I waited couple minutes, re-started, went to BIOS H/W monitor. Temperature reading was about 50, then it was slowly rising to 80 degrees and shutdown. I instantly restarted and went to BIOS. Temp was about 70 and rising. I shutdown it manually, touched the heatsink and it felt perfectly normal (warm). I'm using the boxed cooler that came with the CPU. Fan speed is about 3150 rpm.
Right now only attached parts are PSU, MB, CPU, AGP card and 512MB DDR so I just can go to BIOS and check the temp. I have tried different PSU, AGP card and memory, the problem stays. It always starts from a reasonable value: 25 degrees after being down for a while and higher if i have tried it on. It takes about 2 minutes to go from 30 to 80 degrees.
Is this a sensor problem, CPU problem or what? One more notice: Motherbard monitor gave strange temps in Windows. Most of the time it was OK (50-55), but then both values were 0, and then back to normal. I noticed the zero values before the 1st crash too so this can be a sensor problem.
Installation failure is not possible, i have worked with computer HW over 10 years. I removed the heatsink, put it back and it fits perfectly. There is no way the CPU is 80 degrees hot. I've touched thousands warm heatsinks.
Should I send the MB/CPU package back or do you have any tricks I can try?
Thanks for reading and sharing my pain

Quote from: inf on 26-October-06, 14:57:17
I didn't change the thermal compound when I removed the heatsink. I checked that it is OK, some sort of gray grease, but not anything compared to arctic silver, but not a rubbery "pad" either.
Like I said that original compound is a one shot deal. It needs to be replaced... with the same material according to AMD for warranty purposes.
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- I decided to start the computer to Windows, everything seemed to be ok, MBM showed 42 degrees about 1 minute. Then it got to 45-46 and stayed there.
- I downloaded the SpeedFan and installed it. Core temp 45, Vcore 1,40 - 1,41V. Stared the screen couple minutes, stable.
- I decided to try with a load. I Started 3DMark2001 for 5s and shut it. Core temp was 65! Very fast peak Then it went down to 53 and the weird dance began... 53-63-54-64-54-64-53-63... with the same rate than SpeedFan refresh rate. This state was stable now, I stared the screen 5 minutes and the graph showed 10 degree peaks all the time, fully idle CPU.
- Another start with 3DMark, now 30s and i halted it. 80 degrees! Heatsink was as warm as normal heatsink can be in idle computers. And then it went back to 53-63-53-63 dance.
- 15 minutes passed and I decided to boot to see BIOS values.
Weirdest part: BIOS is showing 67 degrees, rising 1 degree/ 2 secs to 80 and shutdown Vcore 1,37 - 1,39.
Conclusion: Windows is more stable than BIOS In BIOS it raises the temp to 80 and crashes, but in Windows I can do surfing and normal work and the temps stays reasonable as long as I put minimal load to CPU.
Like Syar said, CPU "halts" in Windows will result in lower temp.
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Now I really think there is some kind of sensor failure. 10 degree dance in idle state is not normal. Fast peaks are normal if the heatsink is not touching the whole CPU (core) surface, but in this case it's fine. Crashing in BIOS is 1st time for me if the computer is idle stable in Windows. I'm sending both back, CPU and MB.
When you get the 10 degree jump, what does SpeedFan show for CPU usage? Also Look in Task manager/Performance to see what the CPU graph looks like and if you run Process Explorer from www.sysinternals.com you will be able to see which process is using CPU. It sounds to me like there is a process which is running at some interval and that just a small amount of CPU usage is boosting temperature excessively. Before giving up on it, I'd recheck heatsink fitting with fresh thermal compound -- a good heatsink paste, like Artic Silver will be sufficient -- to be sure, before giving up on it.

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