Guest dizzyd Posted July 5, 2008 Posted July 5, 2008 It is summer here in London but I'm sure my cpu has never been this hot? Its averaging around 70 degrees celcius? Is this way to hot should i shut down? I've got the fan set to optimum and the case has grills to allow cooler airflow but it seems to be running super hot. Any thought most welcome.. AMD X2 6000 2gb ram 500gb hd xp pro
Guest Unknown Posted July 5, 2008 Posted July 5, 2008 Re: Hot CPU!? I don't think that is too hot. However if you Google 'max computer temperature' and read heat sync guide it will tell you maximum temp for your computer module. "dizzyd" <dizzyd@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:662A7B72-C08F-499F-8D97-5CDE0353BE3F@microsoft.com... > It is summer here in London but I'm sure my cpu has never been this hot? > Its > averaging around 70 degrees celcius? Is this way to hot should i shut > down? > I've got the fan set to optimum and the case has grills to allow cooler > airflow but it seems to be running super hot. Any thought most welcome.. > > AMD X2 6000 > 2gb ram > 500gb hd > xp pro
Guest Kenneth Posted July 5, 2008 Posted July 5, 2008 Re: Hot CPU!? 70c may be verging on the max for your pc. Check here: http://www.technibble.com/what-is-my-computers-maximum-cpu-temperature/ "Unknown" <unknown@unknown.kom> wrote in message news:DUNbk.9766$89.1503@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com... >I don't think that is too hot. However if you Google 'max computer >temperature' and read heat sync guide it will tell you maximum temp for >your computer module. > "dizzyd" <dizzyd@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:662A7B72-C08F-499F-8D97-5CDE0353BE3F@microsoft.com... >> It is summer here in London but I'm sure my cpu has never been this hot? >> Its >> averaging around 70 degrees celcius? Is this way to hot should i shut >> down? >> I've got the fan set to optimum and the case has grills to allow cooler >> airflow but it seems to be running super hot. Any thought most welcome.. >> >> AMD X2 6000 >> 2gb ram >> 500gb hd >> xp pro > >
Guest dizzyd Posted July 5, 2008 Posted July 5, 2008 Re: Hot CPU!? The Amd recommendation is max 63 celcius for my cpu which is now at 75 degrees celcius. Its not even a hot day here? IM gonna shut down soon just incase it burns out. The only reason im not so worried is the mobo temp app goes from yellow to orange to red and im still only just in the yellow. I asume red would be the time to switch off im hoping if my cpu got that hot it would switch off automatically. Im suprised as when i bought the cpu i read reviews of temperatures half what its at. The stock cooler seemed to be quality i'm not sure buying another one will make any difference? Any recommendations for good coolers? "Kenneth" wrote: > 70c may be verging on the max for your pc. Check here: > http://www.technibble.com/what-is-my-computers-maximum-cpu-temperature/ > > > > "Unknown" <unknown@unknown.kom> wrote in message > news:DUNbk.9766$89.1503@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com... > >I don't think that is too hot. However if you Google 'max computer > >temperature' and read heat sync guide it will tell you maximum temp for > >your computer module. > > "dizzyd" <dizzyd@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > > news:662A7B72-C08F-499F-8D97-5CDE0353BE3F@microsoft.com... > >> It is summer here in London but I'm sure my cpu has never been this hot? > >> Its > >> averaging around 70 degrees celcius? Is this way to hot should i shut > >> down? > >> I've got the fan set to optimum and the case has grills to allow cooler > >> airflow but it seems to be running super hot. Any thought most welcome.. > >> > >> AMD X2 6000 > >> 2gb ram > >> 500gb hd > >> xp pro > > > > > > >
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted July 5, 2008 Posted July 5, 2008 Re: Hot CPU!? On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 13:27:00 -0700, dizzyd <dizzyd@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > The Amd recommendation is max 63 celcius for my cpu which is now at 75 > degrees celcius. Its not even a hot day here? IM gonna shut down soon just > incase it burns out. The only reason im not so worried is the mobo temp app > goes from yellow to orange to red and im still only just in the yellow. I > asume red would be the time to switch off im hoping if my cpu got that hot it > would switch off automatically. Im suprised as when i bought the cpu i read > reviews of temperatures half what its at. The stock cooler seemed to be > quality i'm not sure buying another one will make any difference? Any > recommendations for good coolers? Have you opened the case, and blown out accumulated dust and gunk? That accumulation will make everything run hotter than normal. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup
Guest Edric Posted July 6, 2008 Posted July 6, 2008 Re: Hot CPU!? On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 09:26:00 -0700, dizzyd <dizzyd@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >It is summer here in London but I'm sure my cpu has never been this hot? Its >averaging around 70 degrees celcius? Is this way to hot should i shut down? >I've got the fan set to optimum and the case has grills to allow cooler >airflow but it seems to be running super hot. Any thought most welcome.. > >AMD X2 6000 >2gb ram >500gb hd >xp pro Why ask HERE? What does this have to do with the OS? NOTHING. Ask elsewhere
Guest Unknown Posted July 6, 2008 Posted July 6, 2008 Re: Hot CPU!? You're wrong! The OS won't run if the CPU gets too hot and shuts down. "Edric" <none@nobody.net> wrote in message news:na5074l7g0ckkqvgeuv01q7oe2c9d5mpor@4ax.com... > On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 09:26:00 -0700, dizzyd > <dizzyd@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > >>It is summer here in London but I'm sure my cpu has never been this hot? >>Its >>averaging around 70 degrees celcius? Is this way to hot should i shut >>down? >>I've got the fan set to optimum and the case has grills to allow cooler >>airflow but it seems to be running super hot. Any thought most welcome.. >> >>AMD X2 6000 >>2gb ram >>500gb hd >>xp pro > Why ask HERE? What does this have to do with the OS? NOTHING. > > Ask elsewhere >
Guest HeyBub Posted July 6, 2008 Posted July 6, 2008 Re: Hot CPU!? dizzyd wrote: > It is summer here in London but I'm sure my cpu has never been this > hot? Its averaging around 70 degrees celcius? Is this way to hot > should i shut down? I've got the fan set to optimum and the case has > grills to allow cooler airflow but it seems to be running super hot. > Any thought most welcome.. > > AMD X2 6000 > 2gb ram > 500gb hd > xp pro CPUs heat up when they're working really, really hard. Are you sure some Trojan hasn't compromised your computer and is busily sending out millions of emails, or acting as a gateway for unspeakable videos?
Guest Edric Posted July 6, 2008 Posted July 6, 2008 Re: Hot CPU!? On Sun, 6 Jul 2008 09:13:57 -0500, "Unknown" <unknown@unknown.kom> wrote: >You're wrong! The OS won't run if the CPU gets too hot and shuts down. >"Edric" <none@nobody.net> wrote in message >news:na5074l7g0ckkqvgeuv01q7oe2c9d5mpor@4ax.com... >> On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 09:26:00 -0700, dizzyd >> <dizzyd@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >> >>>It is summer here in London but I'm sure my cpu has never been this hot? >>>Its >>>averaging around 70 degrees celcius? Is this way to hot should i shut >>>down? >>>I've got the fan set to optimum and the case has grills to allow cooler >>>airflow but it seems to be running super hot. Any thought most welcome.. >>> >>>AMD X2 6000 >>>2gb ram >>>500gb hd >>>xp pro >> Why ask HERE? What does this have to do with the OS? NOTHING. >> >> Ask elsewhere >> > True, but HOW hot it gets has NOTHING to do with the OS. Oh, and the reply goes down here, top-poster
Guest dizzyd Posted July 6, 2008 Posted July 6, 2008 Re: Hot CPU!? "HeyBub" wrote: > dizzyd wrote: > > It is summer here in London but I'm sure my cpu has never been this > > hot? Its averaging around 70 degrees celcius? Is this way to hot > > should i shut down? I've got the fan set to optimum and the case has > > grills to allow cooler airflow but it seems to be running super hot. > > Any thought most welcome.. > > > > AMD X2 6000 > > 2gb ram > > 500gb hd > > xp pro > > CPUs heat up when they're working really, really hard. Are you sure some > Trojan hasn't compromised your computer and is busily sending out millions > of emails, or acting as a gateway for unspeakable videos? > > Would help Edric if you suggested the place i should goto? Despite me posting on here and being wrong according to you I did recieve the info i wanted so it would seem I am in the right place. Maybe you've had a bad day and little to offer. I suggest you waste your breath somewhere else.
Guest Frank-FL Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 Re: Hot CPU!? "dizzyd" <dizzyd@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E70C4E06-092B-4396-922B-E917C5FC0B69@microsoft.com... > > > "HeyBub" wrote: > >> dizzyd wrote: >> > It is summer here in London but I'm sure my cpu has never been this >> > hot? Its averaging around 70 degrees celcius? Is this way to hot >> > should i shut down? I've got the fan set to optimum and the case has >> > grills to allow cooler airflow but it seems to be running super hot. >> > Any thought most welcome.. >> > >> > AMD X2 6000 >> > 2gb ram >> > 500gb hd >> > xp pro >> >> CPUs heat up when they're working really, really hard. Are you sure some >> Trojan hasn't compromised your computer and is busily sending out millions >> of emails, or acting as a gateway for unspeakable videos? >> >> > Would help Edric if you suggested the place i should goto? Despite me > posting on here and being wrong according to you I did recieve the info i > wanted so it would seem I am in the right place. Maybe you've had a bad day > and little to offer. I suggest you waste your breath somewhere else. This is a hardware problem that is caused by several different things. Your post could be better answered at >msnews.microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware< Yes that Edric was beyond crude. Probably some pimply faced child.
Guest sgopus Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 Re: Hot CPU!? just ignore that moron, he wants to make himself poster cop, who cares where the post is top/bottom, I prefer top, as I don't like reading all the other garbage that comes with it. as for being off topic, HA! keep on keeping on! "Unknown" wrote: > You're wrong! The OS won't run if the CPU gets too hot and shuts down. > "Edric" <none@nobody.net> wrote in message > news:na5074l7g0ckkqvgeuv01q7oe2c9d5mpor@4ax.com... > > On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 09:26:00 -0700, dizzyd > > <dizzyd@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > > >>It is summer here in London but I'm sure my cpu has never been this hot? > >>Its > >>averaging around 70 degrees celcius? Is this way to hot should i shut > >>down? > >>I've got the fan set to optimum and the case has grills to allow cooler > >>airflow but it seems to be running super hot. Any thought most welcome.. > >> > >>AMD X2 6000 > >>2gb ram > >>500gb hd > >>xp pro > > Why ask HERE? What does this have to do with the OS? NOTHING. > > > > Ask elsewhere > > > > >
Guest Edric Posted July 8, 2008 Posted July 8, 2008 Re: Hot CPU!? On Sun, 6 Jul 2008 15:36:00 -0700, dizzyd <dizzyd@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > >"HeyBub" wrote: > >> dizzyd wrote: >> > It is summer here in London but I'm sure my cpu has never been this >> > hot? Its averaging around 70 degrees celcius? Is this way to hot >> > should i shut down? I've got the fan set to optimum and the case has >> > grills to allow cooler airflow but it seems to be running super hot. >> > Any thought most welcome.. >> > >> > AMD X2 6000 >> > 2gb ram >> > 500gb hd >> > xp pro >> >> CPUs heat up when they're working really, really hard. Are you sure some >> Trojan hasn't compromised your computer and is busily sending out millions >> of emails, or acting as a gateway for unspeakable videos? >> >> >Would help Edric if you suggested the place i should goto? Despite me >posting on here and being wrong according to you I did recieve the info i >wanted so it would seem I am in the right place. Maybe you've had a bad day >and little to offer. I suggest you waste your breath somewhere else. There are dozens of web-based hardware forums. Do your own research and find one.
Guest Edric Posted July 8, 2008 Posted July 8, 2008 Re: Hot CPU!? On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 16:00:31 -0400, "Frank-FL" <bbunny@bqik.net> wrote: > >"dizzyd" <dizzyd@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E70C4E06-092B-4396-922B-E917C5FC0B69@microsoft.com... >> >> >> "HeyBub" wrote: >> >>> dizzyd wrote: >>> > It is summer here in London but I'm sure my cpu has never been this >>> > hot? Its averaging around 70 degrees celcius? Is this way to hot >>> > should i shut down? I've got the fan set to optimum and the case has >>> > grills to allow cooler airflow but it seems to be running super hot. >>> > Any thought most welcome.. >>> > >>> > AMD X2 6000 >>> > 2gb ram >>> > 500gb hd >>> > xp pro >>> >>> CPUs heat up when they're working really, really hard. Are you sure some >>> Trojan hasn't compromised your computer and is busily sending out millions >>> of emails, or acting as a gateway for unspeakable videos? >>> >>> >> Would help Edric if you suggested the place i should goto? Despite me >> posting on here and being wrong according to you I did recieve the info i >> wanted so it would seem I am in the right place. Maybe you've had a bad day >> and little to offer. I suggest you waste your breath somewhere else. > >This is a hardware problem that is caused by several different things. Your post >could be better answered at >msnews.microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware< >Yes that Edric was beyond crude. Probably some pimply faced child. NO, this question does not belong in the XP.Hardware group as IT IS NOT RELATED TO THE OS.
Guest Unknown Posted July 8, 2008 Posted July 8, 2008 Re: Hot CPU!? I notice most all of his posts are being cancelled. That's a good sign. "sgopus" <sgopus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7BA3C390-A52A-4CB9-A5E8-50AB0C7FF97F@microsoft.com... > just ignore that moron, he wants to make himself poster cop, who cares > where > the post is top/bottom, I prefer top, as I don't like reading all the > other > garbage that comes with it. as for being off topic, HA! keep on keeping > on! > > "Unknown" wrote: > >> You're wrong! The OS won't run if the CPU gets too hot and shuts down. >> "Edric" <none@nobody.net> wrote in message >> news:na5074l7g0ckkqvgeuv01q7oe2c9d5mpor@4ax.com... >> > On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 09:26:00 -0700, dizzyd >> > <dizzyd@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >> > >> >>It is summer here in London but I'm sure my cpu has never been this >> >>hot? >> >>Its >> >>averaging around 70 degrees celcius? Is this way to hot should i shut >> >>down? >> >>I've got the fan set to optimum and the case has grills to allow cooler >> >>airflow but it seems to be running super hot. Any thought most >> >>welcome.. >> >> >> >>AMD X2 6000 >> >>2gb ram >> >>500gb hd >> >>xp pro >> > Why ask HERE? What does this have to do with the OS? NOTHING. >> > >> > Ask elsewhere >> > >> >> >>
Guest Paul Posted July 8, 2008 Posted July 8, 2008 Re: Hot CPU!? dizzyd wrote: > The Amd recommendation is max 63 celcius for my cpu which is now at 75 > degrees celcius. Its not even a hot day here? IM gonna shut down soon just > incase it burns out. The only reason im not so worried is the mobo temp app > goes from yellow to orange to red and im still only just in the yellow. I > asume red would be the time to switch off im hoping if my cpu got that hot it > would switch off automatically. Im suprised as when i bought the cpu i read > reviews of temperatures half what its at. The stock cooler seemed to be > quality i'm not sure buying another one will make any difference? Any > recommendations for good coolers? > Both current AMD and Intel processors, have THERMTRIP. If the processor gets hot enough (such as what happens when a clip breaks and the heatsink falls off), the computer will shut off with no warning. You could be in the middle of doing something, and it'll just switch off. There won't be any dialog box on the screen, saying "bye bye". That is because THERMTRIP is wired in a pretty direct path to the power supply. That is what protects the processor from burnout. To improve your cooling 1) Check all filters on the computer are dust free. I removed the filters from the front of my computer, so that the filter would not become clogged. If I didn't do that, I'd have to check the filters monthly, because they would clog quickly. 2) Make sure there is sufficient intake vent space, on the front of the computer. If there is a big fan on the back of the computer, it cannot exhaust hot air well, unless there is some good sized intake vent area on the front. 3) Make sure the BIOS automatic fan control is disabled, so that the fan will run at full speed. Some fan control algorithms are not correct, and lead to poor cooling performance. 4) Vacuum dust out of the CPU heatsink fins. I did this the other day, using an adapter kit that plugs into my vacuum cleaner hose. The wand on the end of the adapter, is about 1/2" wide and 1/4" thick, and can get between the fan blades, to clean the fin area. I got a 5C improvement in temperatures, once some of the dust was removed. 5) Check that the heatsink is still firmly secured to the socket. On some Intel LGA775 systems, the plastic peg system doesn't hold the heatsink that well, leading to variable cooling performance. I would expect the AMD sink to be a little better. If the heatsink has been removed several times for inspection, then cleaning the surfaces and applying fresh thermal paste, is recommended. HTH, Paul
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