Re: OT: CPU Speed and Temperature
On 8 Jul 2003, Shri Shrikumar wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-07-08 at 00:52, Roberto Sanchez wrote:
> > I adjusted the the "FSB Frequency" down from 166 MHz to 133 MHz. I usually
> > get temps of 48-52 C after a few hours of normal use (running as a 1900+).
> > If I do anything CPU intensive (compile a kernel, zip or unzip a huge file,
> > etc.) then it hot enough that I can't even think of running it as a 2500+
> > and as a 1900+ the temps go to 53-57 C. That seems a bit high to me.
thats too high .. by around 10C-15C for midtower/full cases
> I have a P4 which has a normal temperature range of upto around 70
> degress Celsius. AMD chips are supposed to run even hotter so, 53-57
> degrees C sound fine to me. You should google around to find its
> temperature range.
a P4 should be running at about 30-35C ... in idle
i think your either your heatsink is bad or your fan is not spinning right
amd XP runs about 5-10C higher ...
cpu temps are highly dependant upon:
- good seal between heatsink and cpu ( use good thermal grease )
- good thermal coefficents between air and the heatsink to pull
the heat off the heatsink
- cpu w/ copper heatsinks are a bitch to keep cool since
copper is a good thermal conductor
- good streaming air flow across the cpu heatsinks
- number of heatsink fins also effects the cpu temp as does the
thickness of the heatsink on the cpu
all temps from bios "pc health monitor" vs lmsensors ( can be way off )
you're killing your CPU at half-life rates for every 10C increase in cpu
temp from 25C
http://www.linux-1u.net/CPU/
> Like others have suggested, I would recommend running memtest to ensure
> that there is nothing wrong with your memory modules. Also, what
seen many/few memory modules that pass memtest/memtest86 ... but fails
in 2 minutes when running a real app like compiling the kernel or
dumping/streaming data onto the network
- run some streaming video apps and it finds all kinds of hw
problems
> graphics card are you using and does it lock up even if you re not in X
memtest does NOT prove that memory is bad ...
- you can have a timing problem between mb and mem modules
- you can have timing problems between mem modules
- you can have cpu/motherboards running fsb-200 vs fsb-333 vs fsb-400 vs
fsb-533 vs fsb-800 and the corresponding memory fsb
-- be sure your jumpers are set right for the cpu and memory and
pci buss speeds
-- use a different/better memory stick ... usully is 10x more reliable of
an answer if the "system works" or not
( use kingstron, mushkin, corsair, memory sticks
( use lei, century, atp, etc...
- no manufacturers label or if their mem prices is 1/2 of
kingston/mushkin/corsair... than you've potentiall got a memory
problem out of the box
c ya
alvin
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