ABS II indicating 75 deg. C

adrian1024 · 07-31-2005, 01:14 PM

I just bought this computer: Amd Athlon 1600 running at 1400 mhz, with 512 mb ram, 80 gb hdd, geforce 2 mx 400 with 32 mb, Soltek motherboard.
While taking a look at the temperatures reported in bios, i've noticed the ABS II temperature which was indicating about 75 degrees C. There were 2 others: Cpu Temp: 50 deg. C and Temperature 2: 42 deg. C. I would like to know what's that ABS II thing about, cuz my other systems don't indicate this. I've tried touching the heatsink while benchmarking the cpu, and it didn't seemed too hot. I've read on other forums that absii shows the temperature taken at the die, and it's ussualy of about 70-85 degrees.

I'm also reading these temperatures in mbm5 and seem to be the same as the ones in bios. While running the benchmark i've noticed that both ABS II and CPU Temp sensors were raising from 75 c - 48 to about 80 - 52 while the Temp.2 indicator was still indicating 42 deg. Sorry for my bad english. Please help. It looks safe to me but i just want to know other's opinions.

**dragon2309** · 07-31-2005, 01:34 PM

Well, im not really sure what ABS II is but if it is the temp at the die of the CPU then its pretty normal, nothing to worry about at all. Are you running on stock cooling or what??

adrian1024 · 07-31-2005, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by dragon2309

Well, im not really sure what ABS II is but if it is the temp at the die of the CPU then its pretty normal, nothing to worry about at all. Are you running on stock cooling or what??

I guess so. I bought it as 2nd hand. Btw. HDD Thermometer reports that my hdd is running at 44 when idle (it's very hot outside and inside my house so guess this is the reason) but when I'm using it for ex. enabling the ntfs compression on some large folders it goes up over 50 degrees C. Do you think i should buy a hdd fan? Or is it just normal?

**jancz3rt** · 07-31-2005, 02:40 PM

The 75 Celsius is probably your chipset temperature. For example the Nforce 4 Ultra chipset is designed to work flawlessly at 80 Celsius. However, it would be good to lower the temp.

JAN

**Cromewell** · 07-31-2005, 03:41 PM

You harddrive temperature is fine, if you want it cooler adding a small fan to blow on it will keep it fairly cool

**dragon2309** · 07-31-2005, 04:18 PM

You can buy special hard drive coolers, i have one. It screws onto the bottom of the hard drive and has 2 small fans in it. It works pretty well.

I really wouldnt worry about any of your temps, thry all seem fairly normal to me.

adrian1024 · 07-31-2005, 06:37 PM

Well thanks a lot for helping me. I was very worried about this ... anyways I think i'm going to buy a hdd fan soon because I had a hard-drive failure about 2 years ago during the summer, i'm very sure it happened because of the heat: I don't want to happen again

Thanks again for your help.

**jancz3rt** · 07-31-2005, 06:45 PM

I have a fan on the HDD and the temps have gone down from some 38 without it to some 19 Celsius with it. I recommend it. Here's a pic of mine (very cheap one from Primecooler):

P.S.: Excuse the dust

JAN

**Praetor** · 08-02-2005, 06:46 AM

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but when I'm using it for ex. enabling the ntfs compression on some large folders it goes up over 50 degrees C. Do you think i should buy a hdd fan? Or is it just normal?

Those are mostly normal HDD temps ... if you get a fan (any el-cheapo one really) you can keep it at <30C indefiniitely

Quote:

The 75 Celsius is probably your chipset temperature. For example the Nforce 4 Ultra chipset is designed to work flawlessly at 80 Celsius. However, it would be good to lower the temp.

Yeah but Athlon class chipsets dont get that hot :S

07-31-2005, 01:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
adrian1024 New Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 7	ABS II indicating 75 deg. C I just bought this computer: Amd Athlon 1600 running at 1400 mhz, with 512 mb ram, 80 gb hdd, geforce 2 mx 400 with 32 mb, Soltek motherboard. While taking a look at the temperatures reported in bios, i've noticed the ABS II temperature which was indicating about 75 degrees C. There were 2 others: Cpu Temp: 50 deg. C and Temperature 2: 42 deg. C. I would like to know what's that ABS II thing about, cuz my other systems don't indicate this. I've tried touching the heatsink while benchmarking the cpu, and it didn't seemed too hot. I've read on other forums that absii shows the temperature taken at the die, and it's ussualy of about 70-85 degrees. I'm also reading these temperatures in mbm5 and seem to be the same as the ones in bios. While running the benchmark i've noticed that both ABS II and CPU Temp sensors were raising from 75 c - 48 to about 80 - 52 while the Temp.2 indicator was still indicating 42 deg. Sorry for my bad english. Please help. It looks safe to me but i just want to know other's opinions. Last edited by adrian1024; 07-31-2005 at 01:17 PM.

07-31-2005, 01:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
dragon2309 P.I Dragon Join Date: May 2005 Location: KENT, UK Age: 20 Posts: 8,424	Well, im not really sure what ABS II is but if it is the temp at the die of the CPU then its pretty normal, nothing to worry about at all. Are you running on stock cooling or what?? __________________ Intel Core2Duo E6600 @ 3.1Ghz - (__CPU__) eVGA 680i SLi - (__MOB__) 4Gb Corsair Dominator DDR2-800 (4x1024Mb) - (__RAM__) 250Gb Western Digital SATAII 7200rpm - (__HDD__) nVidia BFG 8800GTS OC 320Mb - (__GFX__) LG DVD+/-RW 18x DVD-RAM - (__OPT__) Triple Boot - [XP Pro] + [Vista Ultimate] + [Ubuntu 7.10] - (__OS__) [3DMARK'03 :: 25,587] --- [3DMARK'05 :: 13,989] --- [3DMARK'06 :: 8791] - (__BENCHMARKS__) dragon2309.co.uk - a little slice of geek

07-31-2005, 02:40 PM	#4 (permalink)
jancz3rt Moderator - F@H Guru Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Czech Republic Age: 23 Posts: 4,009	Lol The 75 Celsius is probably your chipset temperature. For example the Nforce 4 Ultra chipset is designed to work flawlessly at 80 Celsius. However, it would be good to lower the temp. JAN __________________ A64 3700+ @ 2.65Ghz ::: 7300GT @ 600/1500 ::: 2GB RAM @ 440Mhz www.CZ3RT.com ::: FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND ::: F@H Team 44358

07-31-2005, 03:41 PM	#5 (permalink)
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07-31-2005, 04:18 PM	#6 (permalink)
dragon2309 P.I Dragon Join Date: May 2005 Location: KENT, UK Age: 20 Posts: 8,424	You can buy special hard drive coolers, i have one. It screws onto the bottom of the hard drive and has 2 small fans in it. It works pretty well. I really wouldnt worry about any of your temps, thry all seem fairly normal to me. __________________ Intel Core2Duo E6600 @ 3.1Ghz - (__CPU__) eVGA 680i SLi - (__MOB__) 4Gb Corsair Dominator DDR2-800 (4x1024Mb) - (__RAM__) 250Gb Western Digital SATAII 7200rpm - (__HDD__) nVidia BFG 8800GTS OC 320Mb - (__GFX__) LG DVD+/-RW 18x DVD-RAM - (__OPT__) Triple Boot - [XP Pro] + [Vista Ultimate] + [Ubuntu 7.10] - (__OS__) [3DMARK'03 :: 25,587] --- [3DMARK'05 :: 13,989] --- [3DMARK'06 :: 8791] - (__BENCHMARKS__) dragon2309.co.uk - a little slice of geek

07-31-2005, 06:37 PM	#7 (permalink)
adrian1024 New Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 7	Well thanks a lot for helping me. I was very worried about this ... anyways I think i'm going to buy a hdd fan soon because I had a hard-drive failure about 2 years ago during the summer, i'm very sure it happened because of the heat: I don't want to happen again Thanks again for your help.

07-31-2005, 06:45 PM	#8 (permalink)
jancz3rt Moderator - F@H Guru Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Czech Republic Age: 23 Posts: 4,009	Heya I have a fan on the HDD and the temps have gone down from some 38 without it to some 19 Celsius with it. I recommend it. Here's a pic of mine (very cheap one from Primecooler): P.S.: Excuse the dust JAN __________________ A64 3700+ @ 2.65Ghz ::: 7300GT @ 600/1500 ::: 2GB RAM @ 440Mhz www.CZ3RT.com ::: FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND ::: F@H Team 44358

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