diff --git a/plugins/host_agent/routes.py b/plugins/host_agent/routes.py
index 039002f..fe6620a 100644
--- a/plugins/host_agent/routes.py
+++ b/plugins/host_agent/routes.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import asyncio
 import hashlib
+import re
 import time
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from typing import Any
@@ -90,15 +91,24 @@ def pick_host_address(current: str | None, reported: str | None) -> str | None:
     return None
 
 
+# A board's Super-I/O inputs (Nuvoton/ITE: SYSTIN, CPUTIN, AUXTIN0-4, PCH_*)
+# are thermistor pins that are often left unwired, and a floating one reads a
+# junk constant. Wired, they read the board, which runs far below this.
+_BOARD_INPUT = re.compile(r"^(SYSTIN|CPUTIN|AUXTIN\d*|PCH_)", re.IGNORECASE)
+BOARD_INPUT_CEILING_C = 100
+
+
 def counts_as_hottest(label: str, celsius: float) -> bool:
     """Whether a sensor's reading may set the host's temperature (#5759).
 
-    A Super-I/O chip's AUXTIN inputs are spare thermistor pins, usually left
-    unconnected, and a floating one reads a junk constant (VDNT-Util01: 110 °C
-    flat at every load while its CPU package moved 49-87). No running host's
-    sensor reads 0 or below, and chips shut down before 125. Each sensor's own
-    row is kept either way, so a wired AUXTIN can still be charted by name."""
-    return 0 < celsius < 125 and not label.upper().startswith("AUXTIN")
+    VDNT-Util01's SYSTIN read 114 °C and AUXTIN0-4 105-112, flat at every
+    load, while its CPU package moved 49-87 and CPUTIN read 49: unwired
+    inputs. A board input at or past 100 °C is one of those; below it, it
+    counts. No running host's sensor reads 0 or below, and chips shut down
+    before 125. Each sensor's own row is kept either way."""
+    if not 0 < celsius < 125:
+        return False
+    return not (_BOARD_INPUT.match(label) and celsius >= BOARD_INPUT_CEILING_C)
 
 
 def _expand_sample_to_metrics(
diff --git a/tests/plugins/host_agent/test_expand_metrics.py b/tests/plugins/host_agent/test_expand_metrics.py
index 22a3b57..1116889 100644
--- a/tests/plugins/host_agent/test_expand_metrics.py
+++ b/tests/plugins/host_agent/test_expand_metrics.py
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ def test_a_sensor_with_nothing_wired_to_it_does_not_set_the_host_s_temperature()
     moved 49-87, so the host read critical all week. Every sensor keeps its
     own row; only readings that can be real set the max."""
     sample = {"ts": "2026-10-14T21:00:00+00:00",
-              "temps": [{"label": "AUXTIN0", "celsius": 110.0},
+              "temps": [{"label": "SYSTIN", "celsius": 114.0},
+                        {"label": "AUXTIN0", "celsius": 110.0},
                         {"label": "PCH_CHIP_CPU_MAX_TEMP", "celsius": 0.0},
                         {"label": "AUXTIN3", "celsius": -1.0},
                         {"label": "Package id 0", "celsius": 60.0}]}
@@ -104,3 +105,11 @@ def test_stalled_mounts_are_counted_and_have_no_figures():
     assert idx[("mounts_stalled", "d3")] == 1
     assert idx[("disk_used_pct_worst", "d3")] == 50.0
     assert ("disk_used_pct", "d3:/nfs/media") not in idx
+
+
+def test_a_wired_board_input_still_counts():
+    """#5759: below 100 °C a board input is a real reading."""
+    from plugins.host_agent.routes import counts_as_hottest
+    assert counts_as_hottest("SYSTIN", 38.0) and counts_as_hottest("AUXTIN1", 60.0)
+    assert not counts_as_hottest("SYSTIN", 114.0) and not counts_as_hottest("PCH_CHIP_TEMP", 0.0)
+    assert counts_as_hottest("Package id 0", 101.0)     # a CPU past 100 is a hot CPU