CPU Temperature

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Hi,

After several unexpected reboots of my computer, I installed a system
monitoring tool for monitoring the CPU-temperature. I started it and it
immediately told me that the CPU-temperature was too high. It was about 60
degrees Celsius (equals 140 degrees Fahrenheit).

My system:
CPU: AMD Athlon XP 2000+
Mobo: AOpen AK77-8XN
Windows XP SP1
Monitoring tool: AOpen SilentTek Utility V3.12.30 (with default settings)
The system is not overclocked

My question: is 60 degrees Celsius too high for my CPU?

Thanks,

Wim v.d. Kooij

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rthoreau@iwon.com (Gnu_Raiz) wrote in
news:e8bdb1f0.0409110626.2843af0c@posting.google.com:

> WvdK <q.q.q@raketnet.nl> wrote in message
> news:<Xns955FF2B6F766Aqqqraketnetnl@62.251.0.65>...
>> Hi,
>>
>> After several unexpected reboots of my computer, I installed a system
>> monitoring tool for monitoring the CPU-temperature. I started it and
>> it immediately told me that the CPU-temperature was too high. It was
>> about 60 degrees Celsius (equals 140 degrees Fahrenheit).
>>
>> My system:
>> CPU: AMD Athlon XP 2000+
>> Mobo: AOpen AK77-8XN
>> Windows XP SP1
>> Monitoring tool: AOpen SilentTek Utility V3.12.30 (with default
>> settings) The system is not overclocked
>>
>> My question: is 60 degrees Celsius too high for my CPU?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Wim v.d. Kooij
>
>
> The Athlon CPU's can handle up to 85 degrees Celsius without a
> problem, as long as your system is running stable I would not worry
> about it. Try using another case fan if it keeps rebooting, you might
> have bad air flow in the case. You could always reset the heatsink,
> use a good quality paste, like Artic Silver, you will be surprised how
> a good case fan can work.
>
> Also some CPU diodes are off a bit, I would check the bios temps, and
> compare them to the SilentTek ones. I personally had a Athlon XP 2600
> reading in the high 72s to 76s running 24/7 in a desktop ATX case
> without any stability problems. In fact the outside of the case was
> hot to the touch, that case killed two hardrives, and a power supply.
> But the system was stable, the case had a major problem with air flow.
> So I RMAed the power supply back to Antec, and am waiting for its
> return. I then put the system in another case which has better air
> flow, now I am reading in the low 50's, still as stable as before.
>
> It might not hurt to run Memtest86 to see if its not a hardware
> problem, bad memory does that sometimes, but your temps looks fine.
>
> Gnu_Raiz


Thanks!

Wim v.d. Kooij