Boot into the BIOS setup and look around for the hardware monitor page which will show you temps.
Or, install temperature monitoring software. Most retail motherboards come with temperature monitoring software on the support CD. Or, you can try any of those listed here: http://www.passmark.com/products/temperature.htm My favorite is Motherboard Monitor, but it's no longer being updated and can be challenging for the novice to set up the first time. Can't tell you much about the others. How hot is too hot? Depends on the specific chip you're running, but generally anything less than 60C is just fine. My "computer room" gets quite warm in the summer and I've never seen more than 63C which is still well under the chip limit. Carl -----Original Message----- From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robbie Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2006 3:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: PC Temperature I have my PC upstairs of my paint studio and am running the following. XP Home SP2, AMD Athlon XP 2000 +, 479 MB RAM. I keep it running all the time and prefer the windows open. Summer is getting here and not sure how hot I can let the room get before I need to put the A/C on the keep the system from getting to hot, or would running a fan keep it cool enough to prevent injury. Any imput would be appreciated. Robbie -- ---------------------------------------- WIN-HOME Archives: http://PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM/archives/WIN-HOME.html Contact the List Owner about anything: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html
