I'd say the temperature reader is off.
An average motherboard has dimensions 300 mm x 250 mm.
Let's say for the sake of comparison, the motherboard is made of water and is at 100ºC. Water has an thermal diffusivity of c = 2.338*10-5 m2/s.
Heat equation tells us that ∂T/∂t = c(∂2T/∂2x + ∂2T/∂2y), T=(x,y,t), 0 s <= t <= 2700 s (45 min)
Initial condition:
T(x,y,0) = 378.15 K, 0 < x < 0.3, 0 < y < 0.25
T(x,y,0) = 298.15 K at the interval boundaries
Boundary condition:
T(x,0,t) = T(x, 0.25, t) = 298.15 K for 0 <= x <= 0.3 and t >= 0
T(0,y,t) = T(0.3, y, t) = 298.15 K for 0 <= y <= 0.25 and t >= 0
Discretize into an MxNxP mesh.
h = (xi - xi-1)/M
d = (yj - yj-1)/N
n = (tk - tk-1)/P
Notation: T(xi,yj,tk) := Tijk
Approximating with Crank-Nicolson method:
(∂T/∂t)xiyjtk ~ n-1(Tijk - Tij,k-1)
(∂2T/∂2x)xiyjtk-½ ~ ½h-2(Ti+1,jk - 2Tijk + Ti-1,jk + Ti+1,j,k-1 - 2Tij,k-1 + Ti-1,j,k-1)
(∂2T/∂2y)xiyjtk-½ ~ ½d-2(Ti,j+1,k - 2Tijk + Ti,j-1,k + Ti,j+1,k-1 - 2Tij,k-1 + Ti,j-1,k-1)
Insert:
n-1(Tijk - Tij,k-1) = ½ch-2(Ti+1,jk - 2Tijk + Ti-1,jk + Ti+1,j,k-1 - 2Tij,k-1 + Ti-1,j,k-1) + ½cd-2(Ti,j+1,k - 2Tijk + Ti,j-1,k + Ti,j+1,k-1 - 2Tij,k-1 + Ti,j-1,k-1)
Let r = cnh-2 and q = cnd-2
2Tijk - 2Tij,k-1 = r(Ti+1,jk - 2Tijk + Ti-1,jk + Ti+1,j,k-1 - 2Tij,k-1 + Ti-1,j,k-1) + q(Ti,j+1,k - 2Tijk + Ti,j-1,k + Ti,j+1,k-1 - 2Tij,k-1 + Ti,j-1,k-1)
Reorder:
-rTi-1,jk - qTi,j-1,k + (2+2r+2q)Tijk - rTi+1,jk - qTi,j+1,k= rTi-1,j,k-1 + qTi,j-1,k-1 + (2-2r-2q)Tij,k-1 + rTi+1,j,k-1 + qTi,j+1,k-1
Let tk = [T1,1,k T2,1,k ... TM-1,1,k T1,2,k T2,2,k ... TM-1,2,k ... TM-1,N-1,k]T
Then, the PDE is solved by solving the equation Atk = Btk-1 + rk from k=1 to k = P where rk is a constant vector of boundary conditions.
tk = A-1(Btk-1 + rk)
The numerical solution shows that even water at a lower temperature should have gone down to almost room temperature.