On Friday 02 November 2001 19:22, you wrote:

Hey guys,

Don't y'all think it would be better to rename this thread 'athlon' instead
of 'Pentium IV' ? :)

> Hi Tom,
>
> My case currenly has no sides on it at all, front or back, there is a power
> supply fan directing air directly onto the CPU via a pcv pipe, and the Fan
> is a GlobalWin AMD approved 7000 rpm fan.
>
> I used thermal grease on the top, and under, (on the thermister) to give
> more accurate readings..
>
> The temp reading I got was from the BIOS, that box is running 7.2 which
> doesn't have lm sensors...
>
> I have the bios set to shut down the box if the temp goes over 70 degrees
> at the thermister. and so far that hasnt' happened.
>
> problem is that the system is in a roon that can get to 45 or more degree's
> in mid summer, (which is a month or two away.)
>
> So I may have to resort to air con or possibly underclocking if it proves
> an issue..
>
> I have also just downloaded the AMD cooling pdf from their site for a
> read..
>
> it may not matter, if the price is good, I may have an AMD AthlonXP 1800+
> by this time next week, which apparently run cooler.. and my MB supports
> them as well.
>
>
> has anyone gotten lm sensors working on 7.2?  do I have to recompile the
> kernel for it?
>
> rgds
>
> Frank
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tom Brinkman
> Sent: Friday, 2 November 2001 11:52 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Pentium IV
>
> On Friday 02 November 2001 08:34 am, Franki wrote:
> > Thats strange, I have a Athlon 1.4 and a huge 7500rpm fan on a
> > massive heatsink,
> >
> > the spring was incrediably tight... but a small pair of pointy nose
> > pliars did the job
> > nice and quickly.
>
>      I use an $8 Coolermaster (AMD apprv'd hs/fan) on my 1.4
> overclocked to 1.55ghz with 1.82 Vcore. A thin film of cheap Radio
> Shack thermal grease on the cpu's die. I used a screwwdriver to
> compress the clip and slip it onto the HS. No problems.
>
> > and the CPU runs nice and cool, middle of a summer day, (35
> > degress's celcious) the CPU temp
> > was 65degress's and the sensor under the cpu (which has a dot of
> > transfer paste on it to contact with the base of the
> > cpu...
>
>     Max temp under extreme load is all that you need to be concerned
> with. Running cpuburn's 'burnK7' ( http://users.ev1.net/~redelm/ )
> you should NOT go over 55�C.  If you do, abort 'burnK7', and improve
> your case cooling.  In my experience, proper case cooling is more
> important than a big heavy expensive hs/fan.
>
> > anyone know what the temp range is for a 1.4gig? is 75 degress bad?
> > in winter it had a temp of 35.
>
>     AMD says the cpu will burn up at 90�C internal core temp.  Since
> the thermister is an external probe, AMD says "to add 10 to 20�C to
> the probe temp to approximate the internal core temp". So if
> lm_sensors spits out 70�C, you're probly fixin to fry your Tbird.
> 'Course you'll probly experience random lockups or reboots before you
> get to 70�C ;)
>
>    Mine never goes over 52�C runnin 'burnK7' at 1.55g.  Under normal
> load it runs mid 40's. Case temps are always upper 70's �F (~25�C,
> about room temp).  All these temps are about the same if I run the
> Tbird at the default 1.4g and 1.75 Vcore.

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