[ale] Reasonable tempatures

[Greg Freemyer]

Did not actually help,

Swapping parts with a known working one now.

On 8/28/06, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer at gmail.com> wrote:
> Jim,
>
> Thanks,  I took off the heat sink, removed all the old caked on grease
> and put on a very thin layer of new grease.  Dropped the BIOS temp by
> 40 degrees F.  ie. From 160 to 120.
>
> I suspect that will help that machine greatly.
>
> Greg
>
> On 8/28/06, Barlow, Jim D <jim.d.barlow at intel.com> wrote:
> > Greg
> >
> > I take it the units you are using are Fahrenheit?  If so, the numbers
> > are not way out of line.  That's 71 deg C.  I would double check the
> > heat sink seating and grease.
> >
> > A lot of designs run a high TsubC (upper 60's) to drive heat into the
> > sink.   If you can find the model of P4 (several run at 3.2) we can find
> > the data sheet to be sure.
> >
> > The only concern is that in the BIOS you are not exerting a significant
> > load, and the temperature will be low as you observe it.
> >
> > My experience is that these kinds of symptoms are generally memory or
> > power supply related.
> >
> > If those don't fix it, I would then swap out the proc and planar board.
> >
> > - Jim
> >
> > http://download.intel.com/design/Pentium4/guides/30255304.pdf provides
> > good background on how designers are to provide for the heat-transfer,
> > and explains how the "throttling" occurs that protects the processor.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Greg
> > Freemyer
> > Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 3:57 PM
> > To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> > Subject: [ale] Reasonable tempatures
> >
> > All,
> >
> > I have a desktop machine that has started rebooting randomly.  Going
> > into the BIOS after it has been on for a couple of hours I see that
> > the MB is 100 degrees and the CPU is 160 degrees.
> >
> > Seems awful hot, but I don't really know.   (Intel P4 3.2 Ghz if it
> > matters)
> >
> > The room is a reasonable temp. and the fans appear to be spinning
> > fine.  Do I need a new CPU, fans, or what?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Greg
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Greg Freemyer
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