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From: Ham Pastrami on 31 Jul 2007 06:17 Speedfan is giving me a couple of readings that I don't know what they are. One is marked "Temp3" from the Winbond chip, and the reading is -48C. Looks like just a dummy sensor or something. The other one is Temp1 from ACPI chip, and the reading is 3C. Also looks like a dummy value but what is this chip supposed to be? Also, previously I was using MBM5 to try keeping my CPU temp under control. The reason is that it overheats during the summer because I don't have AC in my room. I already had to underclock my Athlon 3200 to a 2500 in order to get any reasonable amount of playtime in games. But I am still getting shutdowns when playing Prey. I was trying to locate exactly what temp causes the shutdown, but MBM never seems to be able to catch it. If the CPU is at the desktop it can go up to around 80C before shutdown. But even if I set the alarm to 74C, it does not go off when playing Prey, it just shuts down with no warning. I had the interval set at 2 seconds, so apparently it jumps from below 74 to 80+ in less than 2 sec? Or am I misunderstanding something?
From: Wes Newell on 31 Jul 2007 14:01 On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:17:34 +0000, Ham Pastrami wrote: > Also, previously I was using MBM5 to try keeping my CPU temp under control. > The reason is that it overheats during the summer because I don't have AC in > my room. I already had to underclock my Athlon 3200 to a 2500 in order to > get any reasonable amount of playtime in games. But I am still getting > shutdowns when playing Prey. I was trying to locate exactly what temp causes > the shutdown, but MBM never seems to be able to catch it. If the CPU is at > the desktop it can go up to around 80C before shutdown. But even if I set > the alarm to 74C, it does not go off when playing Prey, it just shuts down > with no warning. I had the interval set at 2 seconds, so apparently it jumps > from below 74 to 80+ in less than 2 sec? Or am I misunderstanding something? If you want to significantly redice CPU temps you also need to lower vcore. However, it's just as likely that your video card is overheating. -- Want the ultimate in free OTA SD/HDTV Recorder? http://mythtv.org http://mysettopbox.tv/knoppmyth.html Usenet alt.video.ptv.mythtv My server http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/cpu.php HD Tivo S3 compared http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/mythtivo.htm
From: Ham Pastrami on 31 Jul 2007 18:45 "Wes Newell" <w.newell(a)TAKEOUTverizon.net> wrote in message news:1OKri.7345$yg1.2853(a)trnddc04... > If you want to significantly redice CPU temps you also need to lower > vcore. However, it's just as likely that your video card is overheating. I wasn't sure if the video card (a Radeon 9800 Pro btw) could shutdown the system. If that is the case, is there a way to monitor the GPU temp?
From: Wes Newell on 31 Jul 2007 23:16 On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:45:36 -0700, Ham Pastrami wrote: > > "Wes Newell" <w.newell(a)TAKEOUTverizon.net> wrote in message > news:1OKri.7345$yg1.2853(a)trnddc04... >> If you want to significantly redice CPU temps you also need to lower >> vcore. However, it's just as likely that your video card is overheating. > > I wasn't sure if the video card (a Radeon 9800 Pro btw) could shutdown the > system. If that is the case, is there a way to monitor the GPU temp? Should be, but I don't have a clue what you need for windows. Maybe check the ATI (AMD) site, or google for gpu temps. -- Want the ultimate in free OTA SD/HDTV Recorder? http://mythtv.org http://mysettopbox.tv/knoppmyth.html Usenet alt.video.ptv.mythtv My server http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/cpu.php HD Tivo S3 compared http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/mythtivo.htm
From: SumGuy on 31 Jul 2007 23:45
"Ham Pastrami" <nomail(a)dot.com> wrote in message news:jYOri.857$jO3.269(a)nlpi070.nbdc.sbc.com... > > "Wes Newell" <w.newell(a)TAKEOUTverizon.net> wrote in message > news:1OKri.7345$yg1.2853(a)trnddc04... >> If you want to significantly redice CPU temps you also need to lower >> vcore. However, it's just as likely that your video card is overheating. > > I wasn't sure if the video card (a Radeon 9800 Pro btw) could shutdown the > system. If that is the case, is there a way to monitor the GPU temp? > > How hot is your room? My 2500+ might have peaked at 65-70 in 40 C temps here with no AC. Maybe you should look at you heatsink and fan to make sure it isn't blocked, or of you are using the default AMD heatsink for you CPU, get rid of it, they are terrible on the Athlon CPUs. I can't recall now, but I think it was something like 15 C difference in temp with a reasonable aftermarket heatsink on my CPU. Do you have overheat protection turned on in the BIOS. Maybe that is shutting down the comp. An overheating anything can cause all sorts of wierd behaviour. |