Temps?

[Radical Dreamer]

What are the "normal" temps for a 1.6 Intel and when should you be worried about overheating, I know I have been asking alot of intel questions lately, but this is the first time I have had one in years and frankly I havent kept up

[Poseidon]

Around 75ºF is condsidered normal:

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[Radical Dreamer]

Looks like the stock intel cooler is NOT doing its job, just surfing the net (in a pretty cool room) it stays at 93

[MacGyver]

Verify the temperature sensor on your motherboard is accurate. Some mobo's are notorious for having inaccurate thermistors. My P2 mobo has a built in temp sensor, and the odd time when I do a cold boot it tells me that the temp in the case is 44 degrees Celcius (that's 111 deg F) and considering the computer has been sitting with power off in a cold basement, that can't be right. Eventually I turned off the temp warnings because they were annoying.

Turn off your computer and let it sit for a while (long enough that it's cooled off to room temp). Then boot it and go into BIOS right away and have a peek at the current temps. If they're sky high, then don't trust the temp readouts.

Get yourself a CompuNurse or Radio Shack thermometer with the outdoor sensor on the end of a wire if you want to monitor temps accurately.

[Radical Dreamer]

I am pretty sure that the temps are correct, they are low when first powered on but then after idle for a while they go to 90-95 and then when I start the united devices client they go all the way up to 125 F

[MacGyver]

Check the seating of the HSF, doesn't sound like it's working right. Did you use a tad of thermal compound? Is the HSF fan running?

[Garak]

sounds like the heat isnt being shifted, either heatsink, the fan or maybe both, hopefully it will be something simple to fix ;)

[Gameguru]

I definitely think that your heatsink is not seated correctly. Under load and not overclocked you should see temps around 100º-109º max. 125º is really pushing it for that proc. After you have verified that its not a thermistor error or and you have reseated your heatsink, I would assume that it could be a bad proccesor.

[Radical Dreamer]

Thats a negative also, everyone in my class (we built these machines in hardware class) is having the same temps as me and thats around 10-12 machines. :( Got any recommendations for a 478 HSF that will play nice with the Shuttle AV40? I was thinking the dragon orb