Probably. Any higher than 60 degrees is pushing things just a tad. I'd check your cooling system.

 

check at the bios may be your system is half when that temperature is reached

 

yeah that happened to me at the first time...

too hot i eneded up opening my cpu case...

but BEWARE!!! opening CPU case can cause more trouble...

 

go to pricewatch and find a volcano 7 hsf. It may not be the very best but it costs $30 after shipping and got my system from crashing temp to no more than 49 degrees C on hard burn-in programs running my cpu on max load!!!

 

I have a Volcano 6 CU set up in my comp and the temps are reaching 60 degrees. Automatically when my comp hits the 60 degree mark it turns off.

 

I'd be worried if my comp kept hitting 60c but theres a few things you can do to keep the heat down, firstly open your case and check its not too cramped by doing things like tidying your ide cables up.
Tie them up or cut them into 4 bits and fold them onto each other to create more space for the air flow, put an old psu fan (or similar) at the bottom front and at the top back sucking air in/blowing it out.
I bought a decent heatsink/fan and a delta fan, I put the delta fan on the top of the heat sink and the fan that came with the heatsink I screwed to the side of the heat sink blowing onto the ram sticks therefor cooling the cpu and the ram at the same time.
If you've got spare pci slots then take the backplate covers off them to let more air in and out.
I overclock my cpu quite a lot and with this setup my cpu never passes 40c (ish).

 

i dont know about getting a Delta fan they are just too loud. I run my XP1800+ at 2100+ and its runs at a maximum of 49C using Toast and it doesnt get hooter than that. Whats even wierder is that i am just using a standard fan and heatsink. The fan is around 5000rpm and quite quiet as well. But i do have 2 case fans, one sucking and the other blowing air. My case temp sits at around 27-32C depending on how hot the day is. I dont know why you are having such high temps. XP processors dont run as hot as the previous Athlons. Have you cleaned your PC recently? Get rid of dust and stuff. Make sure thier is nothing blocking the airflow around the case and specifically the cpu heatsink. Also maybe there is too much voltage going to the CPU? I'm not too sure could be worth a check. Hopefully that helps.

 

When you say at 2100+ you mean 1,73GHz, now don`t you?
What is the highest temp. you can run an XP processor at whitout being afraid of damaging it.

 

Its actually at about 1.75 as a matter of fact. But it does seem to crash at around 55c. Look i dont really think you can fanage a processor from heat on todays mobos. Most of them have features thats stop them from getting too hot. For example the one i have will shut down th PC automatically when it reaches a critical tempreture. Even if the fan for some reason stops working i can be assured that i will not damage the CPU. Simply for the fact that if it gets too hot, it will automatically shutdown. Not too mention that my CPU fan is monitored by sensor that warns me if their is something wrong with the actual fan, thus if it slows down to a certain extent and the temp rises too high.

But i would say that it is best to have your CPU run under 50c. Anything more is pushing it a bit. prefreably have it run around the 35-40c mark at idle and around 45-50c when stressed. If you can get it to run cooler while still pushing it, then thats even better.

 

By T-Bird operates around 59 to 64 in both idle and underload...never got any problem.( it is on 12 Hours a day)..you might wanna check you software too...!

Ali

 

Originally posted by Ali
By T-Bird operates around 59 to 64 in both idle and underload...never got any problem.( it is on 12 Hours a day)..you might wanna check you software too...!

Ali

You are running a T-Bird though, they usually run quite hot. Is it overclocked. Coz if it isnt i would probably be slightly worried. I try to keep mine below 50 because i think that anything more cant be good for prolonging the life of the CPU.

 

Thanks for the suggestions guys! I dropped 6 to 10 degrees of the breaking point.

 

I just had a thought. Which way is the fan on your CPU blowing? Is it blowing onto the CPU or is it sucking it away? If it is sucking it away turn it around and see what difference it makes. Some coolers come with the fan blowing away from the CPU. I have found that it seems to be better when there is air blowing onto the CPU.

 

my max temperature is 55 C

sorry I meant " halt " at first not " half " heheh
opening cases are more dangerous ? why is that ?
I got my case open and got an external fan for my case

 

Originally posted by Xkalibur


i think that anything more cant be good for prolonging the life of the CPU.

Well I think then I have to save for a new one already...heheheh..

Ali

 

I found that by opening the case my CPU temperature drops 10+ degrees. It really helped with my overclocked Celeron, which was always on the verge of overheating. I usually keep it on now though, because of the noise. I don't need to keep it open anyways, since my CPU runs at a cool 34 degrees celcius and never goes above 45.

Xkalibur: There's still a pretty big risk with CPUs overheating. The Athlon XP still goes up in smoke if overheated, even with its thermal doide. And automatically turning off the computer isn't the best of solutions, since it can damage computer components, especially the hard drive if reading and/or writing.

 

Originally posted by Xkalibur
I just had a thought. Which way is the fan on your CPU blowing? Is it blowing onto the CPU or is it sucking it away? If it is sucking it away turn it around and see what difference it makes. Some coolers come with the fan blowing away from the CPU. I have found that it seems to be better when there is air blowing onto the CPU.

XKalibur, my fan is blowing away......

I tried everybody suggestions and I also opened the side plate of my computer case and I don't over heat anymore. I'm kind of worried about opening the case because dust and little animals might get in, but I'll try and clean it once a week if I'm going to do this.

Hmm.... what if I put an air filter on the side?

 

My Duron never heats up. It always stays at 40 Celcius

 

So far, my new comp which has a Athlon XP 1800+(moved my system specs into profile, not in sig anymore) stays stable around 50 C, which is 122 F, but even when I do intense applications, it barely goes up any, hehehehe.

 

Originally posted by ShadowDancer


XKalibur, my fan is blowing away......

I tried everybody suggestions and I also opened the side plate of my computer case and I don't over heat anymore. I'm kind of worried about opening the case because dust and little animals might get in, but I'll try and clean it once a week if I'm going to do this.

Hmm.... what if I put an air filter on the side?

Why dont you turn the fan around so its blowing onto the CPU. I found that my temp dropped a couple of degrees becuase of this.

Demigod79: seeing my hard drive cost $170 (aus) and my CPU cost $230 (aus) then i would rather have an error or even have to replace one of my harddrives, rather than my CPU. I still think there is more than enough safety features to stop your CPU overheating. There is also programs that will help you monitor it if it is a problem. These programs also allow you to set warnings when a CPU reaches a certain temp. It also alllows you to set what the computer should do when it does reach that temp. For example shutdown (properly).

I used to worry about it all the time before but now i dont even think about it. Overheating CPU's are becoming a thing of the past. There are quite a few feature around today that will help you prevent your CPU overheating. If you use some of these features then chances are you should be alright and have problem free computing. Well thats my opinion anyways. Oh yeah and the program i was talking about was Motherboard Monitor 5. A really great program to check your vital stats on your pc.

 

Whats your room temperature ?????

Ali

 

Originally posted by Ali
Whats your room temperature ?????

Ali

Probably right now it's 80 degrees or so. In about five hours it'll be 90 something.

My AC in my room broke down and I'm running fans. Here in San Antonio the temperature is getting into the mid 90s.

I've been constantly running all day long at 54 degrees Celsius. I wanna see how hot my computer is going to get in the middle of the afternoon....

 

Originally posted by ShadowDancer


Probably right now it's 80 degrees or so. In about five hours it'll be 90 something.

:eyes: :eyes: :eyes: :eyes: :eyes: R you sure...!

Well my room temperature in the noon goes to about 34 degrees so also my PC temperature goes to 60....!...after I turn on the AC it decreases to 53.....this is how things work....the hotter the place you live the higher will be the tempeartures.....!

Try puttin on two casing fans.....one in the back as exhaust and one in the front as inwards....see the picture below....!...I have not read the whole thread so I don't know I you have or not done this thing.....!

Ali

 

I'd make aure your pc is setup like the one in the pic. It seems to be a tried and tested format of making a wind tunnel so thier is a constant flow of air threw the pc case and accross the CPU.

 

in my case I have the fan that use to be on my cpu hsf blowing air in from the bottom of the 5.25 bays which is about level with my cpu and a smaller fan blowing air out of the case in the back. When I run my cpu I try watching the temp with the case open and closed and I get no temp decrease when it is open.

Oh, from what I understand it is also bad to have a vacuum in your case. First of all it helps get more dust in the case and just think about the situation...the air is the medium used to remove the heat from your system. The less air actually in the casse the less air you have taking the heat away.