CPU Temp Over 60 °C
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Phantasm66
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Its not about to fry on the spot (mehopes) but its still in mildly unhealthy land.
When you say 2 coolers, is the 2nd one a case fan, and is it the right way round?
How good is the heatsink that you have on the CPU? Does it have a copper base?
If its a slower fan, its possible you will be able to get a replacement heat sink and faster fan, and just screw off the old fan and put on the new one....
I would be trying to get the idle temp down into 40s.
When you say 2 coolers, is the 2nd one a case fan, and is it the right way round?
How good is the heatsink that you have on the CPU? Does it have a copper base?
If its a slower fan, its possible you will be able to get a replacement heat sink and faster fan, and just screw off the old fan and put on the new one....
I would be trying to get the idle temp down into 40s.
PanicX
Posts: 648 +1
That can't be correct
13.5v is way to high for your CPU, AMD's white paper shows that the voltage should not excede 5.25v
AMD Athlon XP Processor model 8 Data Sheet (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
You may want to check out AMD's Thermal, Mechanical and Chassis Cooling Design Guide (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
If your PC is running and is stable at 60c under a load, you're well within the limitations of your processor which can handle temperatures up to 90c. You may want to check to see if 13.5 is your multiplier, not the voltage.
13.5v is way to high for your CPU, AMD's white paper shows that the voltage should not excede 5.25v
AMD Athlon XP Processor model 8 Data Sheet (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
You may want to check out AMD's Thermal, Mechanical and Chassis Cooling Design Guide (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
If your PC is running and is stable at 60c under a load, you're well within the limitations of your processor which can handle temperatures up to 90c. You may want to check to see if 13.5 is your multiplier, not the voltage.
StormBringer
Posts: 2,218 +0
all voltages in the machine can vary by +/-10%
I'm pretty sure though, that you are either misidentifying the voltage you are looking at, or the software you are using is configured wrong, or it just doesn't work with your particular board.
As far as 13.5v, that is fine for a value that is supposed to be 12v, and I would not be at all surprised if you were to later find it at 11.5v or somewhere around that.
Personally, 60c under load would be a little high for my personal prefs, but it isn't going to cause any damage. I personally try to stay between 45-55c, usually around 48c is where both my AMD machines stay.
I'm pretty sure though, that you are either misidentifying the voltage you are looking at, or the software you are using is configured wrong, or it just doesn't work with your particular board.
As far as 13.5v, that is fine for a value that is supposed to be 12v, and I would not be at all surprised if you were to later find it at 11.5v or somewhere around that.
Personally, 60c under load would be a little high for my personal prefs, but it isn't going to cause any damage. I personally try to stay between 45-55c, usually around 48c is where both my AMD machines stay.
Crazy
Posts: 138 +0
If you want to lower the temperature use cpuidle.
http://www.cpuidle.de/
It lowered my amd 2000+ from 50°C to 31°C when idle.
Realy good program for a amd processor.
I resently installed it on my mothers pc witch was running betweeen 55°C and 62°C and now its running on 40°C
Greets Crazy
http://www.cpuidle.de/
It lowered my amd 2000+ from 50°C to 31°C when idle.
Realy good program for a amd processor.
I resently installed it on my mothers pc witch was running betweeen 55°C and 62°C and now its running on 40°C
Greets Crazy
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