rebooting and temps

[AtiFanboy22]

hey my friend got a HP computer http://www.walmart.com/catalog/prod...ype=19&dept=3944&path=0:3944:3951:41937:41937


that and i looked at his temps aht 90F for his 2.6 gig northwood! and i was amazed and 174F for motherboard. i have a T-bird that barely goes up to 80F. Hes got 3 fans and i really dont get it 3 fans should be most than enough and its horrible. and when he also booted up his pc it reboots a lot.

 

[BillLeeLee]

Are you sure it's not the other way around? 90 F case, 174 F CPU?

I need a better rephrasing of what you're asking us. Anyways, boot into windows and disable automatic restarts so that we can see what the blue screen of death's error messages are.

 

[AtiFanboy22]

nah its 90F cpu 174 motherboard

 

[BillLeeLee]

That's actually a very low temp for the CPU, like 30 C. My CPU is 40 C, case is 26 C (105 F, 80 F for you Fahrenheit system lovers).

I dunno how the mobo's getting that hot, I seriously think those two values should be flip flopped.

Anyways, disable automatic restarts so you can read the messages it gives when an error occurs.

Also, test memory with memtest86. The memory might be causing reboots, or the PSU, or faulty motherboard, or the fact that it's a Walmart compy.

 

[djnes]

What are you using to read the temps?

 

[AtiFanboy22]

AIDA32 and its reading from the motherboard sensor.

 

[Wixard]

Chances are its being read backwards. I dont think its 78 or so C in your case, that would be insane. If thats the case, add a fan hehe. Youd need one...badly.

 

[BillLeeLee]

No, he's reporting it in Fahrenheit. 80 F is 27 C, which seems fine for a motherboard. I'm thinking the 174 F is the CPU, which would make it, oh, 79 C, which is incredibly hot for a P4.