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On Sat, October 15, 2005 2:27 pm, Jamie Dobbs wrote: |
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> Motherboard sensors indicate that the CPU core is running at a constant |
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> 65 degrees Celcius and this figure does not change more than a degree |
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> Should I be worried about these figures? The heatsink feels only |
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> slightly warm to the touch and I am sure it is seated correctly so I |
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> wonder if the BIOS is reporting the right temperatures. Does anyone have |
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> the same board that can help me out here? |
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Well, either it isn't seated correctly or doesn't have thermal compound |
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and so the heatsink isn't at the same temperature as the CPU, or the |
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sensor is worthless. My money is on the latter if you're sure you know |
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what you're doing. If you touch something at 65C you're going to notice |
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it FAST - set your kitchen oven to a low setting and try touching the rack |
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(then again, don't - I don't need a lawsuit). |
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If your BIOS can display CPU temp, try looking at it right after a cold |
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start. I would think that shouldn't be that hot until at least a minute |
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or two of real work is done. |
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A few months ago I was having heat issues when I'd make the box work real |
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hard. It would hit about 60C and sometime later it would get flaky. |
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Since then I've tried to avoid over-multitasking. My guess is that a new |
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RAM module I installed is responsible... |
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