CPU temperature

[Russianguy]

What is normal temperature of CPU Pentium-II 400MHz not overcloced? I have 130-134 F is it OK?

[gene1938]

I don't know if the temp is too high (seems like it) Do you have a heatsink&fan on the CPU? I've got a Celeron it was running 45C-I put die-a-lectric grease on it to help heat transfere, then I added a4 inch cooling fan -120 volt(its own power) then a CPU idle program(tells the Cpu "cool down") now the temp is down to 23C other cooling programs out there too. Look in the overclocker forum_you could also search INTEL for spec.
gene

[welsh wizard]

I am going on memory now so if I am wrong I am sure some out there will jump me, but I think you need to try and keep temp below 40c for best results, so 130f + will be stressing the CPU.
WW

[tlwhite76]

Russianguy: That temp seems a little high, better cooling & airflow would be a good thing. Believe Intel CPUs can withstand temps as high as 75C to 80C which is max before it begins to fail.

[dawgtuff]

Get a front case fan(if you don't have one).If your power supply fan is blowing in,reverse it.

[theCorvetteDoctor]

My IBM 475 amd K6-2 runs about 105F(core), P100 o/c to 120 came with no fan, goes to 130f(sink)in 1hr @full load. With 3"case fan blowing on it and behind mobo, temp stays at 84f. Ambient temp 72f. DrVette

[Russianguy]

Thanks guys for your respond. I have boxed CPU so that the is a standart heatsink http://www.sysopt.com/forum/frown.gif also I have a fron panel fan. I tried to open CPU's case in order to replace heat sink but I coudn't do that. System is workin good I was just considering about hight CPU's temp.

[Red Rage]

That seems high to me as well.

My PII 450 is running at 91F now. When i remember to start rain it ususally drops the temp down by 10F. I'm usually at 80-85 with rain on.


~Red

[Apostle 83]

My PIII450 is at 96.8 (I don't want any comments about it being too human...) where it has stayed for three months. It hasn't been off for more than 3 hours, that was too install a new drive. I believe that my new drive is the cause of my heat dilemna (I used to keep her in the 80's) as there is not good airflow now in thar!

[LostUser]

That temp does sound a bit high. My CPU was running at about 40oC most of the time and so yesterday I downloaded Rain and straight away the temp started dropping. It eventually settled at about 32oC which I am very impressed with. I have a TV Tuner card in my PC and spend alot of the time watching tele, so I am glad that while I am doing this the temperature is nice and low now.

I got rain from www.tweakfiles.com (http://www.tweakfiles.com) which has some pretty cool stuff.

LostUser

[deep_sky]

if you want to get that crappy heatsink off, there are places that tell you how to to do it. start here: http://www.hardocp.com
and then start looking for links on it, or search for pentium heatsinks in a search engine. i remember seeing several articles about how to do this safely, but for the life of me i cant remember where.....

[Underclocked]

Temp could be bogus info as well. Reading off the motherboard probe?

[BBA]

Ok...shocker here...the normal design temp limit is between 75 and 90C...40-50 is totally acceptable fro normal use...this according to Intel's S-SPEC sheet (http://support.intel.com/support/processors/sspec.htm)


Now, if overclocked ( a whole different story ), you need as low a temp as you can get!