Odd temps...

So I have been wondering about this for awhile, and oneslowz28's thread about speedfan brought it to mind to actually ask, but I didn't want to hijack another one of his threads..... :whistler:
Anyway here's the deal. When I fire up my pc and go into the bios into the pc health status. It says my cpu temp is around 50-55C. 55C and nothing is even happeneing yet?? I have my two temp probes, and they both say on average about 27C.
Also, my north and southbridge are pretty high. I'll double check when I get home cause I can't remember specific numbers right now (at work) but I was surprised.
Oh and when windows loads, my realtemp reports a happy 26ish cpu temp.

So the question is, why this big difference? :?

What CPU do you have, there have been a number that have miscalibrated internal diodes.

Even mine, which has an amazing monitoring system, is off real-world a few degrees (1-3C) because of the differences in sensor placement, etc.

Am I being asked to write about temp logging?

E8400's are notorious for temps being all screwy.

lol I have a qx9770...

I was just giving an example of a processor that cannot report the proper temperature. :)

I know, I was just answering kayin :)