AMD XP Athlon 2400+
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> Is 60 C too hot for [an Athlon XP 2400+] processor?
2400? That's pretty old. That's about 10-15 C hotter than it really
should be, though theoretically, it should be able to operate without
errors at that temp. Check the CPU fan, the heatsink, and the power
supply fan. You may find that one or more of those components is
clogged with dust or not turning. Fix those things, and the temp should
go down. (Athlon 64 3500+, running at 2200 MHz, 51 C.)
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> Is 60 degrees C too hot for that processor? Should I be worried?
I had one that ran that hot, then it died and I borrowed a slower chip
(1800+, ~1.7 GHz?) from my friend which ran in the 30s. Not sure if
that chip ran that hot by design, or if it or my installation was
faulty. Try (in order of severity) de-dusting your heat sink/fan,
reseating it, re-applying fresh thermal grease, and cleaning/polishing
the surfaces. There are 2600+ chips of the correct FSB speed out there
(eBay); maybe the overheating is caused by a flaw, but only a flaw
that's present in that particular chip.
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It may be as my AMD XP Athlon 2500+ Barton core runs at 46C (115F).
Are you running lm_sensors?
If so make sure that the configuration file is proper, mine was not and
it indicated that the cpu and system was running hot even though it was
not. I Google`d for lm_sensors and my MB and found the proper config.
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> (Athlon 64 3500+, running at 2200 MHz, 51 C.)
Which is reasonable under load; I've seen mine reach 60°C during long
compilation runs. When idling (but with X running), it looks like it's
running at about 9°C above room temperature.
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> Is 60 degrees C too hot for that processor? Should I be worried?
How long has it been since your thoroughly cleaned the fan/heatsink, and
the system in general? If all you've done is just blow or vacuum things
out, it's time you removed the heatsink and cleaned it.
I had run my old system (1GHz Duron) almost continuously for 4 years,
only shutting it down to vacuum the dust out and blow out the heatsink.
Slowly over a period of a year or so, the machine would shutdown
unexpectedly, just as if you turned off the power only the fans would
still be running. To make a long story short: After several weeks of
troubleshooting, I finally removed the heatsink and its fan, and it was
caked with 4 years of crud that was not visible without removing it
blocking most of the air flow. I had to use detergent and a toothbrush
to scrub the stuff off. I also cleaned off the old thermal grease using
97% pure isopropyl alcohol, applied new and reinstalled everything.
Problem stopped.
Remove and clean the heatsink. Just blowing it out doesn't really clean
it all that well. Then see if the temp goes down.
Stef
Alias
The inside of the computer is very clean, not one speck of dust. We've
decided the problem is the cheapo CPU fan and the fact that it's the
ONLY fan in the rig.
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Dick Wesseling
lot of dust. Nine months after the purchase - when it was summer - the
temperature reached 95 degrees. Blowing out the CPU fan solved the problem.
I now blow out the CPU fan a couple of times per year and everything stays
cool. Actually I did this the other day, and CPU temperature dropped from
69 to 52 degrees, which - we're having nice weather - is almost room
temperature.