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hondro

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i was wondering what a normal cpu temp should be.. i know different processors have different "normal" temperatures.. i have a pentium 4 2.4 ghz processor and it typically runs between 160 - 180 F. my computers been acting really weird lately *completely shutting down in bios without warning, random bsod's, shutting down in windows without warning* at first i thought it was a video problem and switched to my onboard video but it didnt fix the problem so now i think it may be the cpu getting overheated (although ive never gotten an error or warning message saying this).. opinions?
 
Never get errors...the CPU just shuts the PC down to avoid damage.

Can you get the the monitoring on your BIOS before it shuts down to see the temps?

If not make sure the CPU fan is still running...you might need to change the thermal paste too.
 
I stay under 60C which seems to be mostly recommended as safe.
Latest SpeedFan also shows temps for each core
 
Twist86 said:
Never get errors...the CPU just shuts the PC down to avoid damage.

Can you get the the monitoring on your BIOS before it shuts down to see the temps?

If not make sure the CPU fan is still running...you might need to change the thermal paste too.
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yes i can get into bios before it shuts down, and it doesnt always do it, sometimes it works fine, other times everything will appear to be going alright and it'll just randomly shut down and the fan is working fine... and yes the thermal paste could be causing an issue *i just used the cheapest one* and i may go buy the good stuff if the problems continue.
 
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Kornowski said:
What CPU do you have? Have you tried using CoreTemp to read the temperatures?
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i have a x86 family model 2 stepping 7genuineintel~2404 mhz * a pentium 4 2.4ghz* and no i havent tried that, is BIOS unreliable for reading temps or something? another thing is my vcore is running at 1.55mhz and i'd like to lower it to see if that doesnt help my temp but my BIOS is locked.. anyone know how to unlock it? its a G/GvPro BIOS p1.40
also if my processor overheats in windows will it just shut down or could i get a bsod?
 
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2048Megabytes said:
Have you checked to see if your heatsink is clogged with dust or debris? Is the heatsink fan spinning at a good rate?
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there shouldnt be any dust as its a pretty new build and the fan is spinning fine although BIOS doesnt recognize its there for some reason
 
the fan should have 3 cables(some heat sinks have 4) that attach to the motherboard if the yellow one is missing then that would be why your motherboard isn't reading the fan, if all three wires are present then your fan might run fine but your motherboard can't regulate its speed or voltage. I know alot of Bio's require one fan connection to be present near the cpu.

I would check for that third wire if you have one and your motherboard isn't reading the fan then you have a bad fan I would think.
 
What's the specific model of that CPU? Use CPU-Z, it gives you the codename (should be Williamette, Northwood or Prescott) and Technology (probably 90nm or 65nm). Older (90nm) CPUs take heat better; the CPU fan of my old 939 Sempron wouldn't even speed up until the temps reached 60, and generally as long as the temps stay below 70 you're safe, though those temps aren't any good in long term. For 65nm CPUs, under 60 is considered safe for a load temp.
 
ok i found the problem and its my heatsink. i was getting the same problem today with teh computer just randomly shutting down and i decided to try and put more heatsink applicant on it and while doing this realized my heatsink was pretty loose and wobbly when i took it out. so i decided to try to run the computer flat on its side *so the heatsink was sitting right on top of the processor* and my temps went down by 20 degrees immediately..when i first got the computer from dell, they had some sort of green things that i thought were childlocks over the heatsink that made it hard as hell to take off.. one day i had to take out the heatsink to clean it and never bothered to put those things back on and over time i lost them, guess they were more important then just childlocks or some useless crap dell put in my pc... so now ive just got to figure out a way to get teh heatsink secure again so i can stand my pc up..

hackapelite said:
What's the specific model of that CPU? Use CPU-Z, it gives you the codename (should be Williamette, Northwood or Prescott) and Technology (probably 90nm or 65nm). Older (90nm) CPUs take heat better; the CPU fan of my old 939 Sempron wouldn't even speed up until the temps reached 60, and generally as long as the temps stay below 70 you're safe, though those temps aren't any good in long term. For 65nm CPUs, under 60 is considered safe for a load temp.
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its a northwood socket 478 mPGA with 0.13um technology,

thanks to everyone for the suggestions and opinons, and if anyone knows wehere to get some more of those green dell lock things that'd be cool too ;)
 
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