CPU Temp

[Guest]

I have a question about CPU temp. I have a AMD 1.33 and I've been having problems with apps dying on me. Someone told me to check the temp to see if maybe I was running too hot. Turns out it was at 53C, I know this is high but is it exceedingly high? I have a case fan and a Thermaltake on the CPU now, and to cool it down I took the side off my case and put a fan next to my machine. So my questions are:

Would the temp it was at be enough to cause things to crap out all the time?

What should my target temp be?

What can I add to cool things down?

Any info would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Matisaro]

High temps dont usually cause apps to die, they cause hard lockups, I would look at my driver setup if I were you.

52C is not too terribly high.

What mobo etc do you have.

~Matisaro~
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[Guest]

Sometimes its doing hard lockups other times just crapping out. I've been pouring over my drivers... The temp thing seemed to make sense because after I juryrigged my house fan to blow into the box it went down to around 35C and ran better.

I have a ECS K7AMA.