Adrian
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4/15/2003 11:05:56 AM
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I have AMD Athlon XP 2200+
what is the temperature range for normal usage??
I have 3 different hardware monitor programs:
- ASUS PROBE (from my asus mobo) -> it says 48 deg C
- hardware monitor -> it says 61 deg C
- Si Soft Sandra -> it says 60 deg C
which program is reliable?
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Glen
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4/15/2003 11:20:25 AM
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Adrian,
I took a peek @ AMD's site. You might want to check out:
- a white paper by AMD on Measuring tempreture
or, this page on AMD's Site:
- Athlon XP Technical Documents.
Hope this helps.
Glen Parnell 
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Aaron
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4/17/2003 2:19:54 AM
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A normal Athlon CPU will run about 60C during normal operation with a normal heat sink/fan combo. The 48C is probably an external reading from the motherboard, but the 60/61 readings are the most accurate.
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Scott
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4/17/2003 10:37:44 PM
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aaron if you don't know any thing about temperture please DO NOT POST
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Scott
Zhong
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4/17/2003 10:52:43 PM
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now to answer Adrian's question. I have MotherBoard monitor and I also check the pc health in bios to check if both of the temputures are equal, Which they are. My computer has a Athlon 2100+ t-bred b, PC2700 memory. My computer rans at 39 degrees C with 29 degrees Ambient temp (the temperture inside the case). When I overclock my computer to 2090 MHz (2400+) my temperture is 43 degrees C with 29 degrees ambient temp RUNNING ON STACK COOLING. For those who don't know much about computers... These temperture beats intel's chips.
With these tempertures I can overclock to (2.17 GHZ) 2700+ easily if I had better air cooling and PC3200 memory.
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Michael
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4/18/2003 9:26:34 AM
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No offense, but it kinda sounds like you just flamed the only comment that answered his question, then posted your own overclocking stats. Kinda rude, yes?
My XP 1500+ runs at about 60C-65C most of the time. Any higher than that, and things start getting "funky." So, I would assume that the 60/61 range mentioned earlier is a good estimate of proper CPU temperature...just don't overclock without better cooling :S
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Adrian
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4/19/2003 11:16:39 AM
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OK, thanks guys for the reply, i dont think i will worry about it anymore
but just 1 more thing... do u know anything about monitor flickering?
anyway it happens only when i played games such as counter strike, war craft 3, neverwinternights or caesar3(a bit+sometimes), but not in diablo 2
in neverwinternights, after a few minutes of flickering, it says runtime error...
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Scott
Zhong
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4/21/2003 12:10:12 PM
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quote:
No offense, but it kinda sounds like you just flamed the only comment that answered his question,
then posted your own overclocking stats. Kinda rude, yes?
My XP 1500+ runs at about 60C-65C most of the time. Any higher than that, and things start
getting "funky." So, I would assume that the 60/61 range mentioned earlier is a good estimate of
proper CPU temperature...just don't overclock without better cooling :S
At 2200+ it has to be t-bred because that is when they came out with the t-bred and as you know/don't know the t-bred is the .13 micron version (the previous was .18 micron) and they change the surface area of the die(the core) to be bigger than that of intel's, what this means is that the heat dissipation of the chip is very good, so that is why the temperture is at near 48 degrees... even better than intel's... they actually did a test and proven this is true. I don't mean to flam but I'm just saying that the palomino core(.18 micron) was hot but the t-bred is cool. And I overclock the chip on stack cooling and I was surpised at the minimum tempture change even when on load(running games).
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Scott
Zhong
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4/21/2003 12:16:19 PM
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ah the old monitor flickering.... make sure you have the latest video card drivers and the latest direct x drivers, also check if you have windows updated as well and motherboard drivers sometimes fixes the problem. Overclocking your videocard too high will also give you that problem. If you want to post the spec's on my computer I will be able to know a lot more.
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Enlighten
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5/9/2003 5:50:08 PM
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I advice to keep your CPU temp. below 50 degrees "stressed" (which means you use the processor fully, like when playing a game). 55 degrees will run ok as well, 60 degrees is limiting the lifetime of your processor and might get unstable.
Thoroughbred (as of 2200+ and also from 1700+ special models) is relatively cool, compared to the Palomino 1400+ - 2100+ models. Don't choose any of them!
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Catalin
Ispasoiu
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6/13/2003 6:34:39 AM
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While idling it shows: 65-66C
When playing games it goes up to 73C !!!
I have XP 2000+ !
It runs well, do I have a problem or not ?
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Chip
Holland
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6/13/2003 11:17:25 AM
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I have a 1800XP and it ran at 60c with the stock AMD cooler and fan. Replaced it with a Vantec that has a copper core and more heatsink area and my temps are now 52c, plus it's quieter (probably the biggest benefit, IMO).
Chip H.
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Daniel
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6/23/2003 2:18:57 AM
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Catalin: If I were you I'd worry a bit about those temps. Might want to look into getting another fan to blow cold air into your case and one to blow hot air out of the case. Might also want to take a look at your Heatsink to make sure it is fully seated on your CPU. (But be careful since the cores seem to be rather fragile) If the heatsink and core seem to be OK you may want to add some good thermal compound to get rid of any tiny gaps between them.
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Ian
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6/23/2003 10:28:20 AM
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Due to very hot weather my XP1800+ palomino was hitting 70C. I've reduced the VCore voltage to 1.6V and now it's running at 49C. System is surprisingly completely stable at this low Core voltage.
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Daniel
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6/27/2003 8:41:01 AM
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This is a bit off-topic but I'll post it anyway since there seems to be some guys in this thread who know a bit about Athlon and tempuratures!
The thing is, I'm having serious problems with my Athlon 2000+ XP. According to Smart Guardian the temperature of the CPU is 68 degrees Celsius. My computer resets it self from time to time, and when it starts to do that it happens a lot. My guess is that it is the ABS II heat protection system that does this.
My questions are: what should it really run on and can I do something about this without buying a new fan? It would really piss me off if it should turn out that the computer shop put a bad fan on the computer...
Well, I'm thankful for any replies or ideas you've got! Sorry for the off-topic but it seemed a bit stupid to post a new thread about a fairly simular topic.
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Daniel
Hedengren
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6/27/2003 8:41:10 AM
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EDIT: Error in DevHood they tell me, could someone please delete this unintended duplicate?
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Daniel
Hedengren
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6/27/2003 8:41:20 AM
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EDIT: Error in DevHood they tell me, could someone please delete this unintended duplicate?
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Scott
Zhong
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6/29/2003 1:11:19 PM
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ok dan did you open up the case and tell me that the fan on the heat sink is working?? if not then yeah you got a bad fan. If it is than it might be a couple of things....
1. The shop guys forget to put thermal paste on
2. The heatsink is alumium and very small
3. The fan is too slow and not able to generate enough CFM
anyways tell me how it goes gl
And also make sure that you are not running the computer in a room that is above 90 degrees C
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Sam
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7/29/2003 7:34:03 AM
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Ok, i have a AMD athlon xp 2400 processor and i was worrying about its temperature. It runs at 38.5 degrees C and when running games etc it goes up to 41 degrees C. Is this too cold? any help would be appreciated. thanks
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Scott
Zhong
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8/3/2003 2:11:56 PM
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lol it is never too cold for a processor I mean 41 degrees C is great. Anything under 50 degrees when playing games is great.
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