[ale] Reasonable tempatures

[Greg Freemyer]

Jim,

Thanks,  I took off the heat sink, removed all the old caked on grease
and put on a very thin layer of new grease.  Dropped the BIOS temp by
40 degrees F.  ie. From 160 to 120.

I suspect that will help that machine greatly.

Greg

On 8/28/06, Barlow, Jim D <jim.d.barlow at intel.com> wrote:
> Greg
>
> I take it the units you are using are Fahrenheit?  If so, the numbers
> are not way out of line.  That's 71 deg C.  I would double check the
> heat sink seating and grease.
>
> A lot of designs run a high TsubC (upper 60's) to drive heat into the
> sink.   If you can find the model of P4 (several run at 3.2) we can find
> the data sheet to be sure.
>
> The only concern is that in the BIOS you are not exerting a significant
> load, and the temperature will be low as you observe it.
>
> My experience is that these kinds of symptoms are generally memory or
> power supply related.
>
> If those don't fix it, I would then swap out the proc and planar board.
>
> - Jim
>
> http://download.intel.com/design/Pentium4/guides/30255304.pdf provides
> good background on how designers are to provide for the heat-transfer,
> and explains how the "throttling" occurs that protects the processor.
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Greg
> Freemyer
> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 3:57 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: [ale] Reasonable tempatures
>
> All,
>
> I have a desktop machine that has started rebooting randomly.  Going
> into the BIOS after it has been on for a couple of hours I see that
> the MB is 100 degrees and the CPU is 160 degrees.
>
> Seems awful hot, but I don't really know.   (Intel P4 3.2 Ghz if it
> matters)
>
> The room is a reasonable temp. and the fans appear to be spinning
> fine.  Do I need a new CPU, fans, or what?
>
> Thanks
> Greg
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