pentium 4 temperatures

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my p4 3.0ghz prescott reaches 72-74 degrees when under load
according to motherboard monitor 5
i have a Zalman CNPS7000B-Cu cooler
what is the average temp for these cpu's
my mobo is a p4p800s-x
could it be a bios problem telling me the wrong temp

 

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is it telling you in F or in C? mine never budges over 50ish really
but i think a P4 is rated to like almost 100

 

its celsius it is reading
i have heard that some bios give wrong temp readings,do you think this is a possibillity.other than that the system runs fine(no lockups or crashes)

cpu cool reads minus 16
cant work this out