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My Athlon 2000xp and motherboard running too cold?

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alex1robinson   05-11-2003 at 06:43:34 PM

AS u can tell im a newbie but my spec is this.

2000xp
a7v8x
512mb ddr 2700 ram
4200 64mb siluro otes

My cpu runs at 27c
And my mobo 32c

Is this too low. The only reason i ask this is due to the fact that after my pc being on for about 10 hours (aprox) the screen goes all swirly and i have to reboot.

Can anyone help!

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speeduk   05-11-2003 at 10:35:16 PM
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Thats a strange problem. First off your cpu can never run too cold. THG did an article on freezing a Pentium 4 to below freezing for overclocking purposes, so 27c is a good temperature. On the swirling screen note, sounds like a grahpics card or monitor problem, but we need more info to help you out. Programs running when it occurs, drivers used for devices etc.

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bronibbear   05-11-2003 at 11:13:12 PM
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Any motherboard's ability to correctly detect CPU temperatures is vague at best.

I've often upgraded computers with newer motherboards using the same CPU and HSF to find the temp is up to 10 degrees different either way!

As long the CPU temp stays relatively constant and doesn't increased in temperature too quickly and too much under load you shouldn’t have much to worry about.

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TheRod   05-12-2003 at 02:07:55 AM
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I have an A7N8X...

And I have different temperature reading... With the Asus Probe i have CPU : 48C and MB : 32C.
With Motherboard Monitor 5, I have CPU 58C and MB : 25C.

Who tells me the truth??? Dunno!

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lhgpoobaa   05-12-2003 at 02:16:50 AM
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LOL @ too cold.
We cant win. Some poeple come here and bitch and moan about how hot things are running.
*sighs*

The main problem is that analprobe program.
Stop using it. It sucks.
Use Motherboard Monitor instead.

And my final point: If it runs ok, it <b>IS</b> ok!

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bdaley   05-12-2003 at 02:39:31 AM
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FYI, Asus Probe reports the CPU diode temp, Motherboard Monitor reports the socket temp. You can also set it to report the CPU diode temp.

For some reason the socket temp is much higher than the diode temp.

As if any of the temps are accurate anyway.

As long as it ain't crashing...

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4ryan6   05-12-2003 at 04:53:11 AM
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Problems sound like a video card issue, you're definitely in the most excellent temp range, as far as CPU is concerned.

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alex1robinson   05-13-2003 at 09:42:46 PM
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Firstly I didnt think it could run too cold but I was simply blaming it for the problems I was incuring. I Am running the detonater drivers 42.?? and the only things running when it happens is kazaa and windows media player. I think it is a video card problem and maybe I have a rubbish gpu core. But I am not running it overclocked from siluro's standard but that is 25mhz overclocked to Nvidia's 4200 standard. But im not sure whether i should send it back or just suffer running it at 250 by 500.

Any ideas?

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cdpage   05-13-2003 at 10:06:56 PM
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About you monitor going all swerly... take a look at the cabel if it is making loops... in the past i had a problem with a cable being in a loop and the monitor went all wonky. if this is not the case. make sure no magnets(gerally non magneticly shielded speakers) are near the monitor or for that matter the tower too.



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