Re: AW: [SLE] Temperature questions

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Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 23:59:56 +1000
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Monaghan, John wrote:

>If by 1800+, you mean an Athlon then I am having trouble keeping an 1800+ below 65°c in this weather (it has been hot here lately); I have three fans blowing full speed. The specs say that the critical temp is 95°c (i.e. if you get anywhere near this figure then say goodbye to your processor), so I would say no need to panic yet.
>
>If you read something like overclockers.com they have useful advice (they also say that the Athlon runs hot!).
>
>If you don't have an Athlon, then you may have a problem.
>
>Mit freundlichem Gruß / Best regards
>
>John Monaghan
>Software Engineer
>
>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>Von: Richard [mailto:rick47@adelphia.net]
>Gesendet: Donnerstag, 24. Juli 2003 15:51
>An: suse-linux-e@suse.com
>Betreff: [SLE] Temperature questions
>
>
>Please excuse that this is not directly SuSE: I just traded my MB to my son's
>case and when checking the PC Health in the BIOS I noticed that the CPU temp
>was at 53C and was slowly rising, slowly that is while we sat watching. It
>seemed not to go beyond 56C but there was no real load either. This seems
>really high to me as the default "Warning Temp" is 60C. Its an 1800+ in a
>mini-tower, that is, power supply covers the CPU. Is this blocking airflow
>enough to cause this? There are no additional case fans in the case either.
>Am I going to have to look at a new case with case fans? Is there something
>else that could be causing this? Thanks for any advice. Richard
>
>
>
When I installed mine I was running at 52-54C (with the mobo temp 32C),
and it was summer. This temp seemed a bit worrying to me so I rang our
local (in Australia) distributor and spoke to the tech person there
about my worries.

The tech told me that the ideal operating temp for the 1800+ is between
35 - 47C and the usual op temp (I think it was implied that this would
be in an office) is 46 - 47C. He told me to install a couple of case
fans - one to draw the air in (front) and the other to draw it out
(rear) - and then watch the temp drop.

I installed 2 8cm fans and the operating temp dropped to 42C (with mobo
temp down to 27C).

Recently I bought a new case and discovered that it had provision for
9.2cm fans and so installed 2 of these. My operating temp for the CPU is
now 34C but goes up to 38C when pushed. It is winter here admittedly but
the computer is running in a fairly warm room.

The other thing of course in considering the op temp of the 1800+ is the
actual CPU cooler being used. The one I have installed is rated for at
least a 2000+ CPU.

One other matter to consider. While it is OK to have dust and gunk
covering components in a hi-fi equipment, it is a NO-NO when it comes to
computers because the dust traps heat and prevents its dissipation.
(Dust on fan blades doesn't help either.) [For a decent article on the
topic visit site www.dansdata.com.au and find his article titled (?)
Preventative Maintenance. While you're there, also look for an article
about oiling the bearings in fans (like the one on your CPU or the ones
we are talking about above). I oiled all my fans last week and in so
doing I also made a U-turn about being a fan (no pun intended!) of fans
with ball-bearings. I now prefer the sleeved fans because you CAN oil
them without any problems, they run quieter than the bearing ones and
won't seize up like the bearing ones.]

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