well.. ive installed the directx9 already.... so is that telling that the HWMonitor and Abit Uguru tells false reading in CPU temps? actually ive changed the paste already with arctic silver...ive followed the guidelines from the artic silver web regarding how to apply it on quad core properly...maybe ive done a mistake

so r u suggesting that i should open the heatsink again and then clean the paste and reapply it again? ... well actually im using zalman cooler and it runs at 90% on 2700+ rpm... wow... this is really frustrating.. im afraid if i again mistakenly reapply the thermal paste...
oh btw.. im using alcohol to clean the paste.. ive cleaning easily the stock zalman paste.... i dont know this artic silver 5.. is it also easy to clean it?