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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