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General Category => Hardware => Topic started by: crackmaster114 on June 27, 2005, 08:00:05 PM

Title: Determining CPU Temp
Post by: crackmaster114 on June 27, 2005, 08:00:05 PM

Hi there,

My mate is using an AMD Athlon XP 2000+ that is rather slow and frequently freezes. My theory is that the CPU temp is too high. Hes using a Gigiabyte GA-7VKMP motherboard, does anybody have some software to determine the CPU temp - will Sisoft Sandra do the job?

Ta

Title: Determining CPU Temp
Post by: SpaceSquad on July 02, 2005, 03:56:10 PM

google "everest home edition"...get that software. It tells all about ur computer. /wink.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\';)\' />

Title: Determining CPU Temp
Post by: seanv13 on July 12, 2005, 03:55:39 AM

I have an AMD Athlon XP 2200+ CPU that runs (at the last check) at 47 Celcius, if that helps.

To find CPU temp press DELETE when booting up to enter setup and go to Computer Health Status.

Title: Determining CPU Temp
Post by: Guest on July 17, 2005, 10:49:52 PM

47 celcius is pretty high. id try to get your 2200 running a little cooler if i were you.

AMD Athlon XP 3200+@~2400MHz current temp from everest home edition:

Field   Value
CPU   33 °C  (91 °F)

Arctic Silver 5 helped out a whole lot. get some. As for your friend with the 2000+, clean out all the dust/dirt on the inside of the computer. but before that, is it built and has it always ran like that?

Title: Determining CPU Temp
Post by: SpaceSquad on July 18, 2005, 09:37:08 PM

47C is well withing limits. That temp is most likely "idle" temp...wich shouldn't exceed 55-60C.

Title: Determining CPU Temp
Post by: ciobycristy on July 24, 2005, 01:46:49 AM

it is a program wich "says" the temperature of your HDD(Hard Disk termometer), but for the CPU, search the Google

Title: Determining CPU Temp
Post by: SpaceSquad on July 24, 2005, 04:20:20 PM

[quote name=\'ciobycristy\' date=\'Jul 24 2005, 02:46 AM\']it is a program wich "says" the temperature of your HDD(Hard Disk termometer), but for the CPU, search the Google

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whaaaaaa

I have no idea what you meant....everest usually gives a good temp reading for CPU's...

If you mean that YOU only get a HDD reading...then you don't speak for the majority of users. OEM computers (dell, Hp) are usually too crappy to have any temp sensors.

Title: Determining CPU Temp
Post by: Guest on August 12, 2005, 02:19:29 AM

ur computer will restart is it gets too hot.........

well...measuring ur CPU is worthless

why not get better cooling for ur CPU?

Title: Determining CPU Temp
Post by: Walshman on August 12, 2005, 04:47:11 AM

Hey there,
  I agree with Spacesquad on the Everest Home Edition software, that is a solid program. As for idle temps and stuff, there is a gignatic range on what is acceptable - 47 celcius is not horrible with stock cooling/heatsinks, etc. Obviously more heat leads to wear and tear, but if the cpu is overheating, you will get random glicthes and freezes/ lockups, restarts. Whatever the case, a good bet to test your theory is to simply and CAREFULLY replace the thermal paste on the CPU. Be careful not to chip anything and get an EVEN layer - I use a credit card to smooth it out. As for other troubleshooting, what is the computer actively doing when it freezes? Is it idle? Under load?

-Sean