My experiences with software temperature apps is that they're not very accurate. What I did was to put an indoor/outdoor thermometer [Radio Shack] with a probe that goes inside of machine. I have the probe currently in the center of machine, and I've put the probe on the drives to check temps there as well. My G4/400/AGP with 5 internal drives, 2 PCI cards, runs about 15 degrees above room temp, depending on how much I'm pushing the CPU and drives.
Cheers, SS @ Audio Madness > Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 10:33:40 -0400 > Subject: > From: "Eric D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 22:40:46 -0700 >> From: Obi-Wan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: thermal grease >> >> "Eric B. Richardson" wrote: >> >>> Could there be something else going on? The thermal sensor is reading >>> 100C, ie hot enough to boil water, but the metal casing in the box >>> right above the heat sink is room temp. I don't feel any heat, >>> nothing. My iBook gets a whole lot hotter. I don't get it. And as >>> yet, there seems to be no effect on computing. In fact, it is reading >>> this when the only program running is the XLR8 MSC. >> =20 >> None of the utilities will report temperatures accurately. If you >> want a= > n >> accurate temp reading then pop a Thermocouple in it and watch. >> =20 >> Bottom line. Is there anything wrong with your Mac? Is it locking up >> suddenly or >> shutting down without notice? Or are you just curious. > > I just re-found Gauge PRO on my machine. What does everyone else get > as a > reading? (I'm curious for purposes of comparison). > > Specs: B&W G3/350 (upgraded with a G3/450) > > Gauge PRO, version 1.1 report generated on 30/7/02 at 10:02:36 > ------------------------------------------------------ > CPU Type: PowerPC 750 (G3) > CPU Version: 2.2 [0008 0202] > CPU Temperature: 34 =B0C (93 =B0F) > CPU Speed: 448.82 MHz > CPU Bus Speed: 99.74 MHz (4.5x) > System Bus Speed: 99.74 MHz > Level 1 Cache: 64K @ 448.82 MHz (32K data + 32K inst.) (CPU) > Level 2 Cache: 1MB @ 224.41 MHz (Backside 2:1) > Level 3 Cache: none > Memory Information: 576 MB, Virtual Memory is Off > Memory Performance: 101.6 MB/sec moving memory (64-bit) > Memory Type: SDRAM, DIMM > Machine Information: PowerMac G3 Series > Speculative Accesses: Enabled (I/O Compatible) > ------------------------------------------------------ > > Right now room temp should be 23-25 =B0C. If it gets much warmer I can > expect > a freeze up or kernel panic once in a blue moon. > > PS 100=B0C??? If that were a real reading it would mean your chip would > be > toast (they get hot but not *that* hot). > > PSS I was under the impression that it was 93 F, not 93 degree > Fahrenheit (= > & > what kind of idiot genius (well, he probably was the latter ;) came up > with > a system that sub-divided two reference points (freezing & BP of water) > int= > o > 180 units (why 180?... did it have something to do with freezing point > of > alcohol?... no, can't be... -40 must've been a fluke of math), and > based 0 > off the lowest possible liquid state of water *and* his 0 doesn't even > relate to the two reference points)?). > > PSSS Americans & Brits: it *is* possible to switch an entire country > over t= > o > Celsius (Centigrade is *not* SI) & get rid of Fahrenheit (the only F #s > tha= > t > are meaningful to me (& probably not even to half of the users of > Fahrenhei= > t > <evil chuckle>) are 98.4, 212, -40, 0, 68/72 and 32 F (all, because they > have a physiological/scientific/comfort relevance)) -- Canada did so, in > under 10 years (of course, the US has always officially been metric ;P. > > Eric. > -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
