At 2/16/2005 11:56 PM, Jud McCranie wrote:
Is a 3GHz P4 supposed to be this hot? Is it bad for the machine?
Yes, and yes. I have found that without additional CPU case fans, a fully-laden CPU (as with Prime95) gets too hot for JUST the power supply fan to circulate enough air. You need additional case fans... or you need to run with the case OPEN (side panel off) to allow the hot air that the CPU fan is pulling away to dissipate.
Dell P4 systems don't HAVE a internal CPU heatsink fan. they have a large muffin fan on the back panel with a plastic air duct over the LARGE CPU heat sink. On the newer faster P4 systems, the heatsink is often fine vaned copper.
opening the cover would make things WORSE as it would not force the air to flow as engineered. The cases on our Dell desktop "Optiplex" systems at work hinge open and can't be "left off".
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