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Subject: CPU Temp 59c

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Name: Sub
Date: February 6, 2008 at 01:21:32 Pacific
Subject: CPU Temp 59c
OS: Windows XP sp2
CPU/Ram: Athlon 64 2800 CPU / 1g d
Model/Manufacturer: Self Bulit System, Asus m

Comment:

Hi i'm wondering if i need a new heat sink. my cpu fan speeds up sometimes then goes back to normal.
I check hardware Monitor in Bios Setup. The CPU reads at 56c to 60c, CPU fan speed is 1911. This is when fan speed is normal and quiet.
CPu is a Intel P4 515 2.93Ghz 533mhz fsb.
Is it too hot, do i need to replace the heatsink

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Response Number 1

Name: Cobra_R
Date: February 6, 2008 at 02:04:53 Pacific
Subject: CPU Temp 59c

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When was the last time you cleaned out the inside of your pc?
When was the last time you applied new Thermal paste to the heatsink?
Those could be your two issues, because if you haven't done neither in a while or at all that would be the first thing to do.

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Name: Sub
Date: February 6, 2008 at 06:32:20 Pacific
Subject: CPU Temp 59c

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i have only had it for 7 months, only cleaned dust out of it once.
Thou nothing says we have to clean inside the pc and add thermal paste to the heatsink every now and then when we buy it.
Is there like a certain time frame when should reapply more paste ?

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Response Number 3

Name: 02coled
Date: February 6, 2008 at 10:59:40 Pacific
Subject: CPU Temp 59c

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CPU past should last a good few years, unless you remove the heat sink or move it and it dislodges. Dust is most likely your problem, you should be able to just remove the fan if its the Standard Intel sink without knocking it, and be able to remove the dust with compressed air and paint brush. Also checking you CPU as a "Intel P4 5 15" it indicates it as being a "Prescott" which being nicknamed "hot potato" should lead you to my next point, it runs hot anyhow, and so them load temps aren't terrible considering standard heat sink!
good luck
02coled
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Response Number 4

Name: Sub
Date: February 6, 2008 at 21:56:54 Pacific
Subject: CPU Temp 59c

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ok thanx for the info

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Response Number 5

Name: 02coled
Date: February 7, 2008 at 13:43:16 Pacific
Subject: CPU Temp 59c

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Id still keep an eye on them for any incline in temps!
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Response Number 6

Name: heh heh 2
Date: February 7, 2008 at 20:42:56 Pacific
Subject: CPU Temp 59c

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Make sure you are running case fans on that
box for those press-hottts, i am and it makes the
whole system cool down. I run two Prescott's,
and rear case fans help a lot.
win98 & xp
computers.

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