Today i transferred all of the components from my old case into a new, much bigger and spacious case. I switched it on and all worked fine, I left XP doing a chkdsk on my 2 hard drives because I hadn't done one for a while, and this took quite a while but it always does because the drives are quite large. Anyway, i'll get to the point: when i restarted, i checked in the BIOS and CPU temperature was 70 degrees C. I've never seen it this high im sure (but then again I can't recall what it was usually before) When I quit from the BIOS and booted Windows, the blue 'progress' bar of the XP loader screen stopped and the PC had hung. When I restarted again, XP came up with the "start windows normally" option, which i selected and Windows started fine this time. Anyway why is my CPU temperature so high? I'm not sure if it was a 1-off thing (i havent checked since, im about to in a minute) Is 70 degrees too hot for an AthlonXP? Thanks for any info Alex

All i know about temp problems are as foolows: 1. perhaps the heatsink was bumped and is not seated correctly on the processor. 2. maybe there is not enough case cooling. try putting some fans into your case. 3.eh maybe the cpu fan isn't working properly. ok i probably know more but I am at school and I have to leave... Sorry =(

A larger spacious case makes it easier to keep computer components cool, but it also requires a higher air flow to keep air circulating all the way through the case. it is possible that the old case had better cooling because your airflow was sufficient to keep air circulating, your fans may not be up to task in the new case, making areas wherre pockets of hot air remain stagnant and in effect heating up the est of the case. If the heat sink is still applied properly and your fans power up when you turn the computer on, try adding another fan to the sytem, maybe even 2 if possible, or get fans that push more air.

Ok i'll check this out, thanks for the information. Alex