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If your ambient is at or near 20C then I would leave temps like that alone.
Stick with it thats a good setup if the 40C is real.
- Tim
"McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Tim wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> See:
>>
>
http://www.giga-byte.com/Motherboard/Support/CPUSupportList/CPUSupportLi
> st_List.htm
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>> It says Yes for bios F10 if I read it correctly.
>>
>> However I don't know anyone running a prescott on an 8knxp rev 1.0 -
>> most people I know are avoiding prescott CPU's. My advice FWIW is get
>> a 3.0c chip - they run cooler and just as fast. Shop around till you
>> find one if this bothers you. The alternative may be that you find
>> your CPU idle temp is 50c instead of 40c or less.
>>
>>
>> - Tim
>
> P4-3.0E/800/1m (Prescott, .09u) right now, 40C/104F, watching a movie,
> 42C/108F, playing Far Cry 46-47C/112-119F CPU Core=1.40v
>
> And I might try to swap this back for the Northwood, 3.00/800/512k, same
> price.
> McG.
>
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>> "Al Combs" <nospam@frontiernet.net> wrote in message
>> news:3k3pc05m16ejg2kchbpm228khqqunj2sbn@4ax.com...
>>> Does anyone know if a 3.0 gig Prescott will work in an 8KNXP (rev1.0)
>>> with an F10 bios update?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Al Combs
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