I have a X8DA6 motherboard and every time I play a 4k movie the thermal alarm goes off 
Around 60 seconds after I stop playing the movie the thermal alarm stops going off, even though the CPU temp doesn't go down at all
There is very high cpu core usage on core 1 (92% usually on a 4k movie), not sure if the alarm is just due to cpu usage and not temp.
Bios version is R2.1 and the thermal alarm setting in the bios is set to "higher" temp. I tried it at the lower temp setting, exact same problem. The thermal alarm doesn't go off when I play 1080p movies or video games, just 4k movies.
Let me know if you have any ideas. I guess worst case is I'll have to cut it off the motherboard but I don't want to wreck the motherboard if it goes wrong
Thanks!
-Jamie M.
Around 60 seconds after I stop playing the movie the thermal alarm stops going off, even though the CPU temp doesn't go down at all
There is very high cpu core usage on core 1 (92% usually on a 4k movie), not sure if the alarm is just due to cpu usage and not temp.
Bios version is R2.1 and the thermal alarm setting in the bios is set to "higher" temp. I tried it at the lower temp setting, exact same problem. The thermal alarm doesn't go off when I play 1080p movies or video games, just 4k movies.
Let me know if you have any ideas. I guess worst case is I'll have to cut it off the motherboard but I don't want to wreck the motherboard if it goes wrong
Thanks!
-Jamie M.