Jamie Dobbs wrote:
I note that the monitoring of CPU core temperature (from BIOS) states that
the core is running at 65 degrees celsius and case temperature is at 29 to
30 degrees.
On my machine
"dmesg" finds this CPU
CPU: L1 I Cache: 64K (64 bytes/line), D cache 64K (64 bytes/line)
CPU: L2 Cache: 512K (64 bytes/line)
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+ stepping 00
"sensors" finds this temperature
CPU Temp: +39.0°C (high = +80°C, hyst = +75°C) sensor = thermistor
We just recently had a machine that was in the high sixty degrees.
Turned out that the heat sink clamp was broken and not making
a good connection between CPU and heatsink. Replaced and working lot
cooler now.
Should I be concerned about these figures? At the moment I am using the
supplied AMD HSF and a single case fan, would adding another case fan
help?
I suspect a case fan wouldn't make much difference if the case temp is at
30 degrees -- the heat needs to get away from the 65degree CPU. Maybe
the CPU fan is not working properly??
I didn't realise until recently that there was the command
/usr/bin/sensors but it gives interesting info.
Check out the CPU fan and see if it is spinning fast or has
slowed down or stopped
mine is ....
CPU Fan: 3154 RPM (min = -1 RPM, div = 2)
Pete
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