Craig Ramsay Posted June 11, 2003 Share Posted June 11, 2003 Hi guys, With this warm weather my computer alarm keeps going off because it is hiting 70 degrees celsius inside and that is not even rendering!!! What is the maximum "safe" temp that my computer can run at? I don't want the computer burning the building down Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcahunak Posted June 11, 2003 Share Posted June 11, 2003 woha... 70 degrees... Man, I set mine to shutdown at 60 (it hardly goes over 45 at full load), and mine is an AMD which run the warmer than Intel. No matter how hot the wheather is, it shouldn'r be that high. Open your case and check things out. Whats your machine specs? Which cooler do you use? what thermal paste? Case fans? Are cables organized so that air can move rather fast? Dust amount...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mzagorski Posted June 11, 2003 Share Posted June 11, 2003 Hmm.. you still in Scotland mate? I know its hot... but come on.. its not *that* hot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kid Posted June 11, 2003 Share Posted June 11, 2003 warm weather in scotland, hehe that's funny. I think it's your computer that's the problem and not the environment, just a guess :winkgrin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Hess Posted June 11, 2003 Share Posted June 11, 2003 Here's some local temps for comparison... Dual 2.8 Xeon. CPU1: 38 C CPU:2 41 C Dual 1900+ MP CPU1: 44C CPU2: 45C Single 2.53B P4 CPU1: 53C (in Shuttle XPC) Single 2.6C P4 CPU1: 44C (in Shuttle XPC Newer) Single 2400+ XP CPU1: 39C Single 1800+ XP CPU1: 47C Single 2200+ XP CPU1: 45C Hope that helps for comparison. I usually set my overheat alarms to 60C. Idle temps in the 50's are usually a result of bad case airflow, generic heatsinks, or a hot environment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Ramsay Posted June 12, 2003 Author Share Posted June 12, 2003 LOL you'll never guess what happened today... MELTDOWN The computer decided to fry itself!!! The people that made the computer for me have been telling me for days that its fine for the computer to run at that temp... should have seen the guys face when he realised he is going to have to replace it under warranty LOL priceless Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergio rocha Posted June 12, 2003 Share Posted June 12, 2003 hmm.... i was able to exchange a p4 last year but it fried on the day i bought it... Did you change his clock freq? If you ever do that, remove your box covers and give it a lot of fresh air (the best way you can think of). Another VERY important thing is to use a nice polysynthetic between the processor and cooler to make good contact (i use arctic silver - www.arcticsilver.com i hope it helps your next one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Ramsay Posted June 12, 2003 Author Share Posted June 12, 2003 As far as I know the machine was not overclocked and I don't know about the processor gell stuff as I didn't build the machine but it did have quite big heat sinks and fans :???: Nevermind maybe they will listen to me next time I tell them something is wrong! Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Mottle Posted June 14, 2003 Share Posted June 14, 2003 After reading this thread I thought I'd turn on Asus Probe to check my temps, as I had not done it in a while and I was shocked to find that I was running 58/60 for the CPU and 33 for the MB temp. I opened the door to my case and the temps dropped about 4-5 degrees, so it seemed pretty obvious that I had poor case flow. I dremeled a few holes in my case ad added some more fans today(120mm on the side blowing onto the CPU and an 80mm blow hole on the top.) Been watching my temps for about 30 min now and I seemed to have locked them at 52/53/32 (Room temp 26.5C). So much better now I guess. I've never been able to run this box below 50 ever, but I am running generic heatsinks with 80mm fans attached. You'd think that with the ammount of fans in this case it would be flying! 2 - 80mm Panaflow HI (39.6cfm 32dB) on the front blowing in 2 - 80mm Panaflow HI (39.6cfm 32dB) on on each CPU 1 - 80mm Ceradyna (around 40 cfm) top blowing out 1 - 120mm Ceradyna (around 80 cfm) side port blowing onto the CPUs 1- 120mm Case fan (around 60 cfm) blowing out the back 1 - 80mm case fan blowing out the back (about 30cfm) 2 - Fans built into the Enermax power supply 1 - Fan built into the Video Card So I figure I'm intaking about 160 cfm and blowing out 130 cfm not inclusing the PS. I've got a SuperMicro case and it's a huge tower (server case) but mine it jammed full. This case is not the greatest for airflow even empty becuase it is so tall and not very much room between the two upper and lower bays. Wonder what you thought of all this Greg and everyone else. BTW this is a Dual AMD 1900+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Mottle Posted June 15, 2003 Share Posted June 15, 2003 Hey BigK, I'm actually running, rounded IDE cables, but I think I need to play with all the power cables to see what I can do. Just checked my temps and I am 49/51/28...whohoo, my first sub 50 reading ever. The room temp cooled off to 23 after the sun went down, so it's looking good. Based upon the mismatched CPU temps there is something un-even. Could be the new airflow that is not even in the case, I'll test some more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mzagorski Posted June 15, 2003 Share Posted June 15, 2003 Jeff... if I hear on the news that some tornado has just ripped through Canada... I'll know where it originated LOL. Trying doing your 3D work on nothing but a laptop with minimal cooling LOL. ... and just be careful not to get a cold front meeting a warm front.. your gonna get a thunderstorm in your case LOL Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Hess Posted June 15, 2003 Share Posted June 15, 2003 Jeff, A cpu temp different of 1-3C between the two is normal. Remember that one cpu recieves more heat then the other due to the positioning of various components in the case, and the airflow. Your temps should be fine Jeff, as long as they aren't spiking much higher. I run in the upper 40's low 50's under load with aftermarket heatsinks...and don't have even the slightest threat of a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcahunak Posted June 15, 2003 Share Posted June 15, 2003 Hi Jeff. You did good. The 1900+ are one of the warmer AMDs since they are almost the fastest TBred A type. however, with stock HSF you sure do have OK temps there. How are your cables organized? Running long and wide IDE cables sometimes block the airflow inbetween the front intake fans and the mobo area, and between the lower and upper side of the case (where the PSU already blocks most of the way). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Knourek Posted June 19, 2003 Share Posted June 19, 2003 Just a side note, you mite want to check the ASUS probe temps with your BIOS temps. More often the BIOS temps will give a more true temp reading. -dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Ramsay Posted June 23, 2003 Author Share Posted June 23, 2003 Got my PC back today all fixed and running cooler. They added a new fan to the machine and now my temps are down to about 57C/60C which is much better than before Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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