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Normal Temperature?

MeXPuNk3r

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i have a friend who believes his machine is overheating, what would you guys say are normal temperatures (air cooled) for a 2500+ ?
 
current my barton 2500+ running at stock speeds with a system temperature of 33c is around 50 to 51c full load. It runs at full load all the time cause I have F@H running.
 
grethor said:
current my barton 2500+ running at stock speeds with a system temperature of 33c is around 50 to 51c full load. It runs at full load all the time cause I have F@H running.
yah so his at 67C is deffinately a prob...
 
MeXPuNk3r said:
i have a friend who believes his machine is overheating, what would you guys say are normal temperatures (air cooled) for a 2500+ ?

Here's my standard form letter:

Check the following for overheating or perceived overheating:

- Is the heatsink correctly installed ?
--> Verify it is correctly installed.

- Is the heatsink filled with dust and crud ?
--> Clean with compressed air in a can.

- Is the heatsink fan operating ?
--> Replace defective fan with similar or better unit.

- Is the heatsink adequate for that application/CPU ?
--> Verify it meet the requirements for the CPU being used.
--> RETAIL heatsink? May require lapping and better TIM.

- Is thermal interface material used between heatsink and cpu ?
--> Verify it is used, and is applied according to the manufacturers guidelines.

- Is the TIM pad cover removed from heatsink before installation, if using supplied TIM pad ?
--> Remove the cover before installation, failure to do so will insulate the cpu from the heatsink.

- Is there adequate airflow or case ventialation ?
--> Verify airflow, add case fans if required.

- Is the Vcore set higher than specified by the manufacturer ?
--> Verify the Vcore is set to the manufacturers specification in the mainboards bios.

- Is the temperature read via the internal temperature diode. Is the tremperature read via the socket thermistor ?
--> Temperatures read at the diode can and will be higher than an external reading.

- Is the temperature sensor properly calibrated ?
--> Several board have this problem, check manufacturers bios revision history for calibration fix.

- Outside temperature high ?
--> If the external temperature is high, then the case fans will be drawing in hot air, especially during summer months.


Later

MD
 
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