E2140 overclock temperature?

P

projectghost2501

n00b
Joined
Feb 29, 2008
Messages
4
hi all,

Ok here goes... I'm a complete noob to overclocking i dont have a clue what i'm doing ^^ I got a custom PC mag which basically told you how to build and overclock a PC with and E2140 intel core duo processor. Bought all the stuff to make it then built it and overclocked as per the magazine (i have no idea what i did but it's clocked it from a 1.6 to 3 ghz) I've run orthos for an hour on blend CPU & RAM and it passed everything with no problems.

The only thing i'm i really want to know is am i cooking my processor because i dont know what the temperature should be on this CPU i've tried looking around and it looks like its ok but i wanted to check for certain.

when the system is idle it's around the 28/29 C mark and when using orthos it jumps to a max of 56 C (i've never seen it go higher than this). can anyone tell me if this is ok or whether i should be worrying?

Thanks in advance for any help you might be able to provide ^^
 
Temps are fine as suggested.

Also, you should realize what orthos is doing. Orthos stresses the CPU and RAM to pretty much 100% usage, for the full continuous loop.

The reason why we use a program like orthos to stress the overclock, is because when your computer runs 1 hour stable on orthos, under same ambient temperature, it should be stable in every other application you run.

Even videogames fail to stress your CPU and RAM to 100%.

The next step is to see if you're 24-48 hour orthos stable.
 
cool thanks ^^ i'll leave it running overnight later on in the week and see how i get on

thanks again for the help
 
ok ran orthos for 24 hrs and passed everything so i'll assume this is a stable PC but have a problem with the BIOS. Everytime i shut down PC when i try and boot it up again i have to change the BIOS settings to the overclock again and no matter what i do it doesn't wanna save them. Does anyone have any ideas as to why this is happening ? any help as always will be gratefully received
 
I've heard people having issues with that. Are you removing power completely from the computer? IE, if its connected to a power strip, are you turning that off aswell? I would try updating the BIOS to the latest version if you can. Make sure, before you do that, set the BIOS to defaults just as a precaution. Ever since I bricked my BIOS chip, I've been doing things differently and more cautious. Something I learned, do NOT flash in Windows under ANY circumstances.
 
nope not unplugging and leaving power on at the back i might try updating the BIOS as suggested but the idea kinda scares me lol
 
If you are going to do that, I suggest reading up on it if you aren't comfortable doing it. It is a really easy process that takes roughly 2min max to do. Make sure you have a floppy you can use or a usb stick of some sort. I tend to use usb sticks as they tend to be simple and you don't need an ugly looking floppy drive in your case making it look fugly.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top