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« on: March 20, 2007, 03:46:23 AM »
I've got a Pentium 4, 3.0 Ghz , a 775 socket, mounted into an asus p5ad-e motherboard. And lately my fan has been a little louder than usual. I've installed something called fanspeed to check my cpu temperature, and it says it's at 60C, and I just started using my computer, and cpu usage didn't spike behind 50%

As far as I can tell the processor is working fine, but I'm slightly worried  ... any solution to this before my cpu suffers a meltdown ? if, it ofcourse is the cpu ...
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« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2007, 09:58:52 AM »
Go to Fry's and buy a new heat sink for you cpu. Thats my best suggestion.
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« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2007, 10:13:01 AM »
you could benefit from liquid cooling as well.
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« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2007, 10:14:25 AM »
As a good idea, take the motherboard out then install the HS/F.  When I was in middle school i nicked the motherboard of one of the old AMD boards...  Socket... oh lord, before 939 Tongue
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« Reply #4 on: March 21, 2007, 04:27:57 AM »
yeah, water cooling ain't exactly within my budget.

the temp spiked at some 80C ....which I think is pretty much impossible, I put my hand next to the heatsinks and the air is almost completely cool... I mean, I'm almost certain cpus can't take that much heat ,and if it really did get there that it'd reboot... don't know ....really
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« Reply #5 on: March 21, 2007, 02:01:08 PM »
In the labs I've seen cpus get upwards of 120-130C. 80C isn't even boiling yet.
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« Reply #6 on: March 21, 2007, 04:25:58 PM »
Quote from: nightolm on March 21, 2007, 02:01:08 PM
In the labs I've seen cpus get upwards of 120-130C. 80C isn't even boiling yet.

Melting point of silicon: 1687 K
(1414 °C, 2577 °F)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon
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« Reply #7 on: March 21, 2007, 06:06:32 PM »
Quote from: zizdodrian on March 21, 2007, 04:25:58 PM
Quote from: nightolm on March 21, 2007, 02:01:08 PM
In the labs I've seen cpus get upwards of 120-130C. 80C isn't even boiling yet.

Melting point of silicon: 1687 K
(1414 °C, 2577 °F)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon

hardy har har.... I've seen Athlons burn up at much less...

but anyways... I've vacuumed out the dust built up ,out of  intel's idiotically dense heatsinks...and, though I haven't checked the bios read out, the speedfan application, after restarting showed a drop, and went to 43-45c ... so it was ok then. Then I left the computer in standby and went out, and now it's reading 9c ... ... ... no comment... I'm not doing anything until it blows up in my face
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« Reply #8 on: March 21, 2007, 08:08:44 PM »
hmm... my laptop runs at 47-60c, and that's deemed normal for a Macbook. Maybe they just run hotter? Its a core duo.
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« Reply #9 on: March 21, 2007, 10:25:25 PM »
The old P4 uses the NetBurst architecture which is considered a hertz/thermal dead end.  Hence the move back towards the Core 2 chips which is a refinements of the original P3 architecture. (AMD mocked Intel for re-making a processor using the P3 concept... who is laughing now?)

The P4 is jokingly known as the space heater.. it runs hot.  Don't freak out, that chip CAN take the heat because it produces so much to stay the high clock speeds.  Just keep it cooled..

Be glad your not back in the older AMD and Pentium days.. their processors (Amd mainly) could catch fire and burn through the motherboard if the heat-sink was removed while CPU was in operation.
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« Reply #10 on: March 22, 2007, 06:38:35 PM »
Ah, its nothing. Processors don't need cooling these days.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=qnegha16j7s
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« Reply #11 on: March 24, 2007, 07:22:16 PM »
Quote from: zizdodrian on March 22, 2007, 06:38:35 PM
Ah, its nothing. Processors don't need cooling these days.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=qnegha16j7s

rotfl...
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« Reply #12 on: March 27, 2007, 07:51:50 AM »
Talking about a retro videoclip Smiley


I f you really want low noise, low heat get a VIA C7 cpu (you also get low performance for free with that Wink ).
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« Reply #13 on: March 28, 2007, 01:08:52 AM »
Quote from: SCaRa on March 27, 2007, 07:51:50 AM
Talking about a retro videoclip Smiley


I f you really want low noise, low heat get a VIA C7 cpu (you also get low performance for free with that Wink ).

A dual 900Mhz ARM9 chip will give you decent performance (for basic tasks) and emits virtually no heat at all, requires no cooling, and subsequently, makes no noise. You can get Dual ARM boards in sizes anywhere from Nano-ITX to ATX, and with all the bells and whistles of a standard motherboard.
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« Reply #14 on: April 14, 2007, 05:26:13 PM »
I've also tried the following with varying degrees of success...
 - ditching the case, just have parts bolted to the framework
 - placing a gel cool pack straight onto computer (don't use an icepack - water leaks aren't cool)
 - cleaning all the filters / vent holes
 - taking one panel off the side, and point a desk fan straight at motherboard
 - putting it inside an old beer fridge
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