Hi all

I am running an Athlon XP 2600+ 333 (barton) on A Gigabyte GA-7N400L, using original AMD hs/f and Arctic Silver 5 and am getting temps of 55°c at 20% CPU load on MBM5. My internal case temp is 42. I have no extra fans as yet, and my case side is open just a crack.. i have the whole case sitting in one of those computer storage slots to the side of the desk. Is this temp too hot? Will it die soon? And how much difference will it make if I add a case fan.. or perhaps change the hs/f as well? Not sure what it is under full load but I think its about 61° (I was playing a game and when I exited it I saw the CPU load on 100% so I assume thats correct?)

Sorry if u have all answered this a hundred times for others!

Thanks in advance

i got xp 3200+ barton on GA-7N400PRO2 its currently at 55c but after playin games it goes to 64c. GA series motherboards missrepeort temps by at least 5c. ur case air flow is very bad if its at 42c. its too high for sys temp. how many case fans u got?
make sure u got at least 1 up front, it should bring fresh air to case. 1 in a back it should take a warm air out of the case.
i myself just installed some as5 and a new heatsink. it doesn't seem to me that arctic silver actuall helps, but it should take around a month for arctick silver 5 to starts working.
amd athlon cpu over 2.0ghz will work fine at 60c. if it goes over 65c then u should turn it off.
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Your CPU temp is high, but not dangerously so. Your problem is your case isn't adequately ventilated. If the case temp is high, the CPU temp will be high, simply because you can't cool very well using warm air.

If you have a small room fan, temporarily remove the case's side panel & position the fan so that it's blowing at the case interior...then see what happens to your CPU temp.

Your case temp should be as close as possible to room temp. I just had a look at mine...case temp = 25 C, CPU temp = 35C. My room temp is approx 25C as well, but that's from another part of the house (where the thermometer is...lol).

For starters, try adding two 80mm case fans...mount one as an intake fan in lower front of the case & one in the rear as an exhaust fan. The power supply as acts as an exhaust fan as well.

i agree with jam. whats your room temp? You might be ablr to lower ur cpu temp if u make ur system temp better. try gettin 2 80mm fans

peace

Yeah actually I have a GA-K8NS Pro with an Athlon64 3000+ and I had gotten temperature reports about 10 degrees higher than your range in the first BIOS version that came with the mobo. But then I upgraded to the F2 BIOS and now my temperature reports are 36-50C. MUCH BETTER. I'd suggest searching Gigabyte's website and flashing to the newest version of your mobo's BIOS. Hopefully it'll help as much as it did for me.

Athlon64 3000+
ATI Radeon 9800Pro 256Mg
1.5 Gigs DDR 400Mhz
120 Gig Samsung SATA HD
60 Gig IDE HD

"If the case temp is high, the CPU temp will be high"

Jam, this surely does not apply to my situation :P LOL

Cpu temp: 31C, systemp temp: 38C

Ok thanks for your help guys.. Room temp ruight now is at least 26°.. Case is currently 42° and CPU is saying 55° (2% load).. I guess I will have to get a couple of fans put in ASAP! And maybe a better cooler on my CPU. Have had probs with this M/B and one before (an Asus) where the machine will switch off instantly as if u pulled the plug out anytime I did something like try to read from CD.. was just trying to determine if Temp was the cause and also if Im frying my CPU at those temps!!

Your temps aren't dangerously high but the difference between the case temp and processor is pretty wide. My case temps sometimes run as high as 44c degrees, but my cpu temp is never more than five degrees above case temp (I have a big Thermaltake Silentboost CPU heat sink). I suppose I could install several case fans and eliminate normal conversation in the room but it hardly seems worth it. I have one medium fan pulling air out the back and sort of an inverted funnel attached to the fan hole in the side of the case (no fan though) that flares out right ove the top of the heatsink fan so the fam is getting air directly from outside the case .
Folks who brag about CPU temps in the low 30s must have to wear a coat and ear proterction when they sit down at the keyboard.

to cool inside your case 1st get the 80mm fans like evryone said, then dust out inside your case thoroughly, then tuck your cables away somewhere like up against the walls so that air can pass through inside really easily, this is the most you can do w/out modding your case
personally i always like to cut out big holes for my fans because cases always have those stupid mesh grill type things where fans mount and they really restrict airflow, i always remove the things totally and leave big holes for my fans

to do this get some tinsnips($10 at any hardware store) and simply cut out a big hole, if you want to be precise tape down your fan where it will mount and trace around the inside with a pencil, after you've cut the hole out either file it or dremel it to get smooth edges and make sure to install a regular fan grill so that your fingers and mice stay out of the way of your fan blades, finally vaccum up any files or pieces of metal in your case

i really suggest that you do this, after i did it to just 1 of my fans my temps went down 1 whole degree

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what is painfully obvious to one person might be just painful to the other

"Folks who brag about CPU temps in the low 30s must have to wear a coat and ear proterction when they sit down at the keyboard" LOL

Not entirely true :) my CPU temp idles @ 31C system temp idles @ 38C and my room is ACed and room temp is about 24C-25C. Cpu is also OC'ed and my TT Silent Boost is doing a wonderful job...:D

peace,
~evans~

MSI K8T-Neo FIS2R
A64 3000+ @2.3Ghz w/ TT Silent Boost
1GB SimpleTech DDR433 Nitro
Ati X800 Pro

Hey all, I am glad I found this thread as I am having a similar problem. My PC is an Athlon 3000+, Radeon 9600pro, 1 gig of DDR Ram and a Asus A7N8X motherboard. It has been shutting itself down so I downloaded this Motherboard Monitor 5 (MBM5) and it told me that my CPU is at 83 degrees Celsius which sounds like alot having red your posts. Now I have the siding off the case and an exterior fan blowing inside. I only have one fan inside of the PC but from the loudness of it I assumed it was powerful (Volcano fan). Anyway, I will look for new fans but does anyone have other suggestions because I think I need to lower it by a HELLUVA lot.

Thanks in advance for any help you can give. My MMO addiction is deeply appreciative.

I need help....
Professional help.

"Hey all, I am glad I found this thread as I am having a similar problem. My PC is an Athlon 3000+, Radeon 9600pro, 1 gig of DDR Ram and a Asus A7N8X motherboard. It has been shutting itself down so I downloaded this Motherboard Monitor 5 (MBM5) and it told me that my CPU is at 83 degrees Celsius which sounds like alot having red your posts."

1. Try taking the sides off your case
2. Try cleaning off the top your cpu and the base of your heatsink with goof off or 99% Isopropyl. Then apply some arctic silver 5 or arctic ceramique. After thats done reseat your heatsink on your processor.
3. Your temps may be a little high at first (shouldn't be anywhere close to 83, prob about 50 something), but once three days pass they should settle somewhere between 30 - 40.
4. download a bois update to make sure your temperature readings are accurate
http://www.asus.com.tw/support/download/item.aspx?ModelName=A7N8X%20Deluxe