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| 9235 | 2001-02-26 12:34:00 | what is regarded as a 'normal operating temperature' for a desktop pc? i have recently moved to melbourne taking my nZ assembled desktop pc along with me ( pentium 2, 233 with atx lx6 mainboard and an intel 82371AB chipset) - as the weather heats up i have started experancing diffculties with the system ? i wonder if these are related to the temperature? - as the symptoms are very similar to a previous machine which had a solved temperature related fault? ( system hang at operating temp) I recently downloaded the mother board monitor software from the pcworld homepage so i could monitor the operating temp whislt working. -temp from 'sensor 1 - winbond 1' rapidly reaches the region of 40- 42 degress Centigrade and the chassis fan is reported consistently at around 4000 rpm, whislt unreported by this software the power supply and chip fans are also running ok. (the chip temperature is reported at 10 degrees in the bios) is eveything ok here ? cheers will |
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| 9236 | 2001-02-26 13:15:00 | about 3 degrees above room temp is about perfect without active cooling. at above 40 degrees cpu life span gets shorter real fast. first clean the heat sink out, dust dosn't transfer heat well! i dislike some of the intel oem heatsinks due to them running hot. while ok in airconditioned offices, closed up houses/small rooms are another story. | Guest (0) | ||
| 9237 | 2001-02-26 22:40:00 | what is active cooling - with regards to my machine running hot? - like fans an the like? - best i use this system in the winter!!! it seems always to be hot here!! i note that my laptop dosent seem to have the same symptoms (toshiba satelite) - are they better cooled? | Guest (0) | ||
| 9238 | 2001-02-28 05:24:00 | Hi, your machine is operating at a safe temp by the looks of it. Don't stress if your CPU goes over 40 degrees as it won't affect the lifespan of the CPU -it's if the case temp goes over that that things are getting dodgy. CPUs can go up to very high temps like 60+ deg safely. (Not if you are overclocking however)eg. new 1 Gz Thunderbirds are reportedly running at 55 deg under normal operation. | Guest (0) | ||
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