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| Thread ID: 49866 | 2004-10-03 08:01:00 | cpu temp | ApeNz (4220) | Press F1 |
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| 277854 | 2004-10-04 09:45:00 | the same thing is done by 'vcool' and has been around for ages too, very good program. - David |
DangerousDave (697) | ||
| 277855 | 2004-10-04 19:48:00 | Just because some crappy lil program says your CPU is running at a certain temp doesnt mean it is. For example Gigabyte AMD motherboards are known to have a variance of +/- 10 degrees. Unless your motherboard uses the chips onboard temp diode then you may aswell completely disregard any temp readings. Even then the onboard diode isnt always reliable as ive seen temps drop by more then 5 degrees mearly from a BIOS upgrade. Ive seen CPU temps that are sub ambient using air coolers, which isnt physically possible unless your using phazechange. If you set out to try and make your system run cooler based on a temp reading then your a fool. As longs as your HSF is making good contact with your CPU and you have good air flow in your case then you have nothing to worry about. With all modern systems this mean you need case fans, and not some crummy lil 80mm in the front. Atleast a good quality 80mm in the back sucking air out and a good quality 80mm suck air in the front. Run Prime95 for a couple hours, if the system doesnt crash your halfway there, touch the HSF and as long as it doesnt burn you then theres nothing wrong. | Pete O'Neil (250) | ||
| 277856 | 2004-10-04 20:24:00 | My laptop wont go below 47, sits around the 50 mark... Its a P4 2.8Ghz. Sometimes it'll get up as high as 63-65c. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 277857 | 2004-10-04 20:56:00 | Even the onboard temp diode needs compensation to get real temps as the diodes are not located in the hottest part of the chip in either AMD or Intel. Some Winbond chips that report to the BIOS can have different offsets loaded each time the PC reboots based on initial readings. | PaulD (232) | ||
| 277858 | 2004-10-04 21:15:00 | > Unless your motherboard > uses the chips onboard temp diode then you may aswell > completely disregard any temp readings . That's poor advice - even if the sensor misreads by +/- 10 degrees it can still be used as a guide . > touch the HSF and as long > as it doesnt burn you then theres nothing wrong . You should qualify that - I mean is it really wise to tell someone to touch a moving fan? A touch on the heat sink itself would be more useful, and it would also be wiser to give a person, who's apparently not too knowledgable about these things, a bit of warning regarding static . |
Greg S (201) | ||
| 277859 | 2004-10-04 21:21:00 | > You should qualify that - I mean is it really wise to > tell someone to touch a moving fan? If there stupid enough to touch a moving fan then they sure as hell shouldnt have the side off their case. |
Pete O'Neil (250) | ||
| 277860 | 2004-10-04 21:30:00 | I noticed that motherboard Monitor adjusted the CPU temp by +23 deg from the sensor reading for my XP2800+ on a Gigabyte GA- 7N400 Pro2. eg the BIOS records the temp as 23 - 28 deg and MBM displays the temp as 46 - 51 deg. | Davesdad (923) | ||
| 277861 | 2004-10-04 21:39:00 | > eg the BIOS > records the temp as 23 - 28 deg and MBM displays the > temp as 46 - 51 deg. Crumbs that's a huge variance. The MBM figures would be a lot closer to the actual I should imagine. |
Greg S (201) | ||
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