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| Thread ID: 51432 | 2004-11-21 00:04:00 | Running fans at reduced speed | somebody (208) | Press F1 |
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| 294375 | 2004-11-21 00:04:00 | Hi guys, Just following on from my previous post, in order to reduce the noise from my CPU fan, I reduced the speed to 85% using the SpeedFan program. Are there any adverse effects of doing this - ie. will this reduce the life of the fan? |
somebody (208) | ||
| 294376 | 2004-11-21 02:55:00 | No. Just as long as the temperature of the CPU stays within bounds its fine. | godfather (25) | ||
| 294377 | 2004-11-21 03:28:00 | Thanks godfather. Would an AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1.4ghz CPU staying below 57 degrees under load be reasonable? | somebody (208) | ||
| 294378 | 2004-11-21 11:25:00 | A Tbird at 57c under load :O, get the poor thing a cardy, it'll catch it's death if you don't keep it snug and warm ;) Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 294379 | 2004-11-21 11:41:00 | My laptop's P4 2.8 sits at 46 minimum, 49 <->53 average and 58 being the upper limit. Ive seen it reach 66 degrees once.... I was freaking out that it was gonna fry it :-( |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 294380 | 2004-11-21 11:45:00 | I can't get my amd 3000+ xp above 55 degrees at full load :( :p | Raikyn (6293) | ||
| 294381 | 2004-11-21 19:24:00 | Thats a very good temp for a thunderbird, i wouldnt touch the fan speed on any fan used to cool a thunderbird unless you have a huge copper cooler. | Pete O'Neil (250) | ||
| 294382 | 2004-11-21 19:32:00 | Thanks guys. That CPU has run warmer before - when I first bought the PC it was running at 65degrees+ so I rang the company I bought it from, and expressed my concerns. Apparently it's "normal", and the safe upper limit is 70 degrees. I've set the shutdown temp in the BIOS to 60 degrees just to be safe. Once again, thanks everyone for your advice. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 294383 | 2004-11-21 19:34:00 | Cheers Pete. It seems OK at the moment, hitting 56 degrees max under load. I'll see what happens when the weather really warms up. | somebody (208) | ||
| 294384 | 2004-11-21 20:01:00 | I would be concerned if my temperature came within 5° of the upper limit - it's too small a window. Who's to say that there won't be a really hot summer's day and the CPU gets pushed to 100% usage for a long time causing the temp. to rise a couple more degrees? My Athlon XP 2600+ has an upper limit of 85°C, but I've set the shutdown sensor to 75°C (due to the margins of error possible with the thermal measurements). I get nervous when I see the CPU (on-die) temp. pushing 65-66°C. Your threshold of 60° seems a little low - surely you wouldn't want your computer shutting down just before you save something! |
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