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Author:  Golga Bolg [ Tue Jul 26, 2005 11:57 am ]
Post subject:  Heat Issues
Hi Guys,

Been away for a week, but I've also been having some compy issues lately.

Here's the story.

I was playing WoW before I left, and I started to get the motherboard heat warning. (You know that internal speaker beeping)

My Compy is about 2 years old, and I put it together with help from my brother in law. I installed the diagnostics app and saw that these days my compy is idling at about 51C, and the alarm goes off after a few mins of 3D gaming at 60C. I've not done anything to the compy lately, so I'm a bit miffed at this. I'd rather not rip it apart again just to reapply the heatsink and the Arctic Silver, but I can't think of anything else to do.

Any ideas?

This is basically keeping me from playing WoW.

Thanks.
Author:  Obo [ Tue Jul 26, 2005 12:16 pm ]
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Can you reset the alarm threshold in the BIOS? Push it up to 80.
Author:  Golga Bolg [ Tue Jul 26, 2005 1:01 pm ]
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Obo wrote:
Can you reset the alarm threshold in the BIOS? Push it up to 80.


I could.....but at what point do I really worry?

My concern is that this is new......
Author:  Sluggy [ Tue Jul 26, 2005 1:20 pm ]
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60 degrees is not so hot to begin with, your PC should perform ok within these parameters.
Author:  Golga Bolg [ Tue Jul 26, 2005 1:56 pm ]
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Sluggy wrote:
60 degrees is not so hot to begin with, your PC should perform ok within these parameters.


60C is where I stopped it. I have no idea how high it would really go.
Author:  dbakke [ Tue Jul 26, 2005 2:47 pm ]
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I'll throw it out there...

have you checked your case fans lately...and just generally within your case. Do you have a lot of dust? I hadn't cleaned my case and fans for over 2 years and when I did...temps dropped a few degrees.
Author:  X2-PB [ Tue Jul 26, 2005 5:59 pm ]
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What dbakke said. Most likely cause (other than general wear and tear) would be dust acumulation.
Author:  Golga Bolg [ Tue Jul 26, 2005 9:03 pm ]
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A quick clean and my idling temp seems to have dropped 8C!!

I must say I am a bit shocked at the results. I better take a shower myself, who knows how dusty I am!?!?!
Author:  dbakke [ Wed Jul 27, 2005 10:12 am ]
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hehe, cool...glad that helped. :)
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