I am running an Athlon socket A 1.0 ghz processor. Can anyone tell me what the temperature range during normal operation should be. My BIOS hardware monitor reports the temp to be 136 degrees Fahrenheit or 58 degrees Celsius.

Hi Whoppo. I have a 1.2 GHZ Athlon on an Epox MB. It runs pretty constantly at 125 degrees. My case temp is around 95. It happens to be OC'ed to 1.3 as well. Everything considered, I would buy a bigger fan and clear any dust that has accumulated inside the case. The temp is also somewhat dependant on the room temp and things around your computer such as heater/AC vents, direct sunlight, and any other heat producing objects. Just for the record, I understand from reading different websites that the temp you are producing is not close to the danger level. Athlons are extremely well constructed and it takes more heat than 136 degrees to do any damage to the circuitry. If the numbers still bother you, just replace your fan and clean the thing out and it will more than likely reduce the temp for you. Good luck........

You can vary three things to lower the temperature of your CPU: 1. Increase the air at the same temperature 2. Lower the air temperature 3. Increase or improve the heat transfer surface. Adding a case fan in addition to the CPU fan, if you don't already have one, can do two of these, increase the air at the same temperature and, by forcing the hotter air out, lower the air temperature. Placement matters too. If the case is positioned so that it takes in the same air it is discharging (in a cabinet for instance) then the temperature of the air keeps rising reducing its cooling capacity. Get a case fan, or if you already have one, a larger one.

Whoppo You mentioned that your BIOS hardware monitor reported the temp. of your Athlon 1.0 GHZ cpu . How did you access that info or was it a software package that you installed?? Thanks Richard

The temperature is monitored in the BIOS under Hardware monitor, along with the case temperature and cooling fan rpms. I didn't load any software for the monitoring, all done by BIOS.

if case temp is a problem you might want to make sure your getting plenty of air to inside the case. some front panels in my opinion block air flow. If your heat-sink fan is pushing air against the heat-sink. you might just try flipping your fan -if you can to have the fans pull the air accrossed the heat sink. and seeing if that makes any diffence. also some fans seem to have slower rotation speeds that seem not to cool as well. TheGorx Windows Help

also be sure that you use heat compound between CPU and the heatsink Regards Miro