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Thread ID: 23675	2002-08-22 04:20:00	Athlon XP Overheating Query	doog (402)	Press F1

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73125	2002-08-22 04:20:00	Hello all I am looking to upgrade to a new PC. I have been told that Athlon XPs have a bad problem of overheating and melting down. I have only heard this from one person. So I am wondering is this true? This was at a PC store and the salesman seemed to be implying that if this happens it may not be possible to get a replacement as it may not fall under warranty - obviously that is a PC store to avoid like ebola. However what I want to know is what are peoples experiences with Athlon XP CPUs? Do they overheat and burn out or is this just rubbish by a dodgy salesperson trying to sell the competition CPU?	doog (402)
73126	2002-08-22 04:41:00	Provided that you use the fan recommended, you will have no problems. Bye	Peter H (220)
73127	2002-08-22 05:04:00	Check out Tweak'e and his wednesday news, that has a bit of info regarding the latest AMD chips! Chilling_Silence	Chilling_Silence (9)
73128	2002-08-22 07:04:00	athlons tend to run very hot hence you need to be mare carefull with the cooling . if the heatsink falls off the cpu it WILL fry . however that is very rare . a more comman problem is fan failing and the pc crashing due to cpu overheating . provided you use a half decent heatsink and have a case that has a decent cooling solution then you will not have a problem . man i hate bullshit salespeople .	tweak'e (174)
73129	2002-08-22 19:07:00	I think a lot of the talk about over-heating Athlons comes from intel. I am running an athlon slightly overclocked and the cpu temp has NEVER got over 40. Chassis temp about 38. They are excellant. Jack	JJJJJ (528)
73130	2002-08-22 22:12:00	My Athlon XP1700 ran fine using just the plain heatsink and fan that came with the chip. If you're worried about over heating or live somewhere hot (like Mercury) then you can get a top notch cooler from about $40-50 that should keep you nice and cool.	Scott Bartley (836)
73131	2002-08-23 00:05:00	38 case temp with 40 cpu tremp? something dosn't sound right . 38 is way to hot . and its really hard/rare to get cpu temp within 2 degrees of case temp . as a contrast my 1 . 4 t'bird is 26 cpu, 21 case and 17 room temp . (at idle as i write this with cooling prog win98se) 40 case temp is considered frying . poor old hardrives, vid cards don't like that sort of temp .	tweak'e (174)
73132	2002-08-23 00:26:00	Are you sure you know what you are talking about? According to my M/B manual the normal operating temp is between 40 +45 Degrees. I have an Athlon 2000+ in a MIS KT3 Ultra m/b. With fsb set to 100 Mhz the temp is about 38. With fsb at 133 where it is supposed to be temp is about 40. With fsb at 140 (where I have it temp is still about 40) The m/b has a built in alarm that rings bells and blows whistles when temp reaches 75. I also have an extra fan fitted blowing external air directly on to cpu. That means I have an extra hole cut in my case so fresh is is sucked in. What sorf of thermomater are you useing? Mine are built into the m/b by the manufacturer. Jack	JJJJJ (528)
73133	2002-08-23 00:38:00	>normal operating temp is between 40 +45 Degrees.] CPU temp not case temp. btw my cpu temp hits 50 when under hard use. 1.4 t'birds run extremly hot, a lot hotter than atho XP's. i use mobo temp sensors and an external senor to measure room temp and case temp(to make sure mobo is reading corectly) note- some motherboards don't read temps correctly. it sounds like you don't have enough case airflow. if you don't get rid of all the hot air the case temp will go up and overheat everything else.	tweak'e (174)
73134	2002-08-23 00:43:00	Also...if your case temperature sensor is resting against something hot, then it won't be giving you the actual air temperature inside the case. It will be giving you the temperature of that particular piece of metal.	Scott Bartley (836)
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