On Sat, Oct 07, 2006 at 02:15:47PM +0100, Paul Stear wrote: > I have started using the athlon cool and quiet facility with cpudyn. However, > ksensors show that the processor speed reduced from 2200 to 10000 during low > activity but the processor temprature remains at 40 degree C. > I was expecting this to reduce. Is this temp normal? > For anybody who has an Athlon 64 3500 - What temps are you showing.
I run an Athlon 64 3400 with cool and queit, my processor slows down to 800MHz while idle and the temp is around 32C. Under full load it gets to 38C ~ 42C depending on room temperature. IIRC when I first built this rig, I had a similar problem where the CPU never cooled down. After a bit of research I determined I may have used too much thermal paste between the CPU and heat sink. After removing the old paste and reapplying a very very thin coat my system seems to run cooler. In the dead of winter I have seen the CPU idle as low as 28C (mind you my ambient room temp in the winter is about 17C). -- [email protected] mailing list
