Re: Worrying mainboard temperature

"JimmyEatWorms" <> wrote in message
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> > > I'm running an SK41G with an XP2000+, 512MB PC2100, 2x40GB 7200rpm
> drives
> > > and a Geforce4 Ti4200. Even when I run this machine with the case off
> and
> > > the PSU outside of the case the mainboard temperature is being
reported
> by
> > > HMonitor as 55-60C. My CPU is running at 48C and the hard drives are
at
> 46
> > > and 48C. Can anybody tell me where this excess heat is coming from?
> Will I
> > > need to add a fan to the current heatsink on the motherboard?
> >
> > Is the fan on the chipset runnin and in the right rpm? If so then
> > something is way wrong when you have higher temps on the mobo than the
> > cpu. Do you have any external things you can use to check if this is
> > rigtht? I use a temp meter that you use to see when your steak is
> > done, one of those with a long cord attached to the meassure device
> > but be carefull with those as they are metallic and we dont wan´t a
> > shortcut on the mobo :-(
>
> Actually, it looks loke HMonitor is getting a bit mixed up and what it is
> reporting as the mainboard temp is really the CPU temp. Worryingly high
> temperature still. Might pick up some more thermal paste or arctic silver
> on the way home to see if that does the trick.
>
>

I purposely run all my CPU's at 60degrees ish. Hot, but quiet is the way I
like it (motherboards I mean)
AMD rate chips to 85 degrees I believe, not sure about Intel. As long as
BIOS warns you before this, there's no worries.
Before I got a m/b with overtemp shut down function, I once got my AMD
Athlon to go over the 99degrees that my temp probe went up to. Couldn't work
out why it kept rebooting... until I noticed the fan had stopped! Worked
fine again after coling down and is still going years later.
Don't let overclockers obsession with coolness worry you. Silence is golden!