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I didn't read your post carefully enough.
I don't know what that post was about either...there are very limited setup
options in Hardware Doctor. The program is designed for Abit boards, so
there should be no problems with sensors or labels if used with the board it
came with,
seems to me.
I have come to the conclusion that my board is defective.
"Javier Salazar" <s_spartan77-posts@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:aeQfc.164$lP6.121@newssvr16.news.prodigy.com...
> Ken_B wrote:
> > Hi... Hardware Doctor is a utility included with the driver CD that
> > monitors temperatures and voltages. Probably also can be downloaded from
> > Abit site.
> >
> >
> > "Javier" <javier_s@ameritech.net> wrote in message
> > news:X%Efc.683$7f2.250@newssvr15.news.prodigy.com...
> >
> >>DaveL wrote:
> >>
> >>>I think he has his Hardware Doctor improperly setup and his sensors (or
> >>>labels) are backwards. BTW, it is quite normal for heatsink compound
to
> >>>"squeaze out" after the heatsink has been on for a while. Nothing
wrong
> >>>with it. The compound naturally finds all of the pits and valleys
> >
> > leaving
> >
> >>>optimal contact between core and heatsink.
> >>>
> >>>Dave
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>"Ken_B" <@> wrote in message news:107g7vsrerpjs34@corp.supernews.com...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>I have a standard el-cheapo ATX mid-tower case.
> >>>>I have an exhaust fan right next to the CPU.
> >>>>My hard drives are separated by about 1/2-inch.
> >>>>
> >>>>I still don't understand why people are saying 57C on the system temp
is
> >>>>dangerously high. Why is Abit's Hardware Doctor program upper limit
> >>>
> >>>default
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>setting 70C?
> >>>>
> >>>>Anyway, I'd like to know what the system temperature monitor is
> >
> > measuring,
> >
> >>>>and where from?
> >>>>
> >>>>As an experiment I placed one of those HVAC thermomenters (after
> >>>
> >>>insulating
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>it) between the two hard drives, stuck another through the back of the
> >>>
> >>>case,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>then closed the case.
> >>>>
> >>>>After about twenty minutes, CPU was up to 60C, system up to 63C. HVAC
> >>>>thermometers showed HD's at 101F (38C), inside case about 88F (31C).
> >>>>
> >>>>Took side of case back off: after about five minutes CPU dropped to
55C
> >>>
> >>>and
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>system to 59.5C.
> >>>>
> >>>>Thermometer on HDs still going up...showing about 110F.
> >>>>
> >>>>Maybe I just need a better case with more fans and better thermal
> >>>
> >>>compound.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>>"Asestar" <a s e s t a r @ s t a r t . n o> wrote in message
> >>>>news:gxUdc.78217$BD3.9066527@juliett.dax.net...
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>51'C at idle cpu is very acceptable temp, also 60'C is not dangerous,
> >>>
> >>>but
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>a
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>bit high. However 57'C system temp is DANGEROUSLY high! It is
supposed
> >>>
> >>>to
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>be
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>the temperature inside your pc. Usually monitored on motherboard,
near
> >>>>
> >>>>cmos
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>battery. So I guess your hard drives be too close to it?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Try a few things:
> >>>>>-Install atleast 1 80mm exhause fan, inside back of case. preferably
as
> >>>>
> >>>>high
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>as possible.
> >>>>>-Relocate your harddrives, so there is 1 free space between them. One
> >>>>
> >>>>should
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>not be directly under the other, if possible.
> >>>>>-After taking the side cover off completely, lean it with upper edge
> >>>>>touching the case while base about 2-3cm apart. Like /[], where / is
> >>>>
> >>>>cover,
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>[] is your pc
It helps prevent dust to get inside pc, (thus
clogging
> >>>>
> >>>>the
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>fans and fins) reduce noise, and somewhat improve the airflow.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>What kind of compound are you putting on the cpu? I don't think it
> >>>
> >>>should
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>vanish like you describe it.
> >>>>>-Make sure your heatsink is nice and tightly secured on the cpu. What
> >>>
> >>>abou
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>t
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>the tension of the mounting clip of hsf? Is it very easy to get on?
If
> >>>
> >>>so,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>that might explain vaporised paste and high temp.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>"Ken_B" <@> wrote in message
news:107fvsu591n4620@corp.supernews.com...
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>I've been trying to find more information and exactly what "system
> >>>>>>temperature" means and where the reading would come from. But the
> >>>>
> >>>>Hardware
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>>Doctor has a default alarm setting of 70 degrees Centigrade, so a
> >>>>
> >>>>reading
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>>of 57C is still in the safe range, apparently.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>When I wrote the post yesterday, the room temperature was about 80F,
> >>>
> >>>and
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>the
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>side of the case was off. Don't know how that affected air
> >>>
> >>>circulation.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>I've
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>left it off because I notice CPU temps seemed to be higher with it
on.
> >>>>
> >>>>As
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>I
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>stated, I turned a room fan on low and pointed it toward the open
side
> >>>>
> >>>>of
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>>the case and the temps came down.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>I've been booted up for about a half hour this morning (case open,
> >>>
> >>>room
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>fan
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>off) and the CPU temp is 51C and system temp is 56C. The CPU temp
> >>>
> >>>seems
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>>about
> >>>>>>normal, judging from other posts I've read. I have two HD's that
have
> >>>>>
> >>>>>always
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>run hot, almost too hot to touch after a while. Maybe that's where
the
> >>>>>
> >>>>>high
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>system temp readings are coming from.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>I've been reading about Arctic Silver 5 thermal compound. Maybe I
> >>>
> >>>should
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>try
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>that on my Athlon 2500+ Barton CPU.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Ken
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>"Wayne Youngman" <waynes.spamtrap@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
> >>>>>>news:4077e1a3_1@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>"Ken_B" <@> wrote
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>I've had the side of the case off and a room fan blowing on it,
> >>>
> >>>and
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>the
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>>>system temp is reading 57.5 while the CPU is reading 52.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>Hi,
> >>>>>>>I never heard of such a high system temp. . .57°C ??? Is that
> >>>>
> >>>>possible?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>>>I would have thought your Hard-Disks would have melted by now!
> >>>>>>>Do you have like a tiny case with cables packed all over your mobo
> >>>
> >>>or?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>>>--
> >>>>>>>Wayne ][
> >>>>>>><Intel® Pentium® 4 - Online!
😛>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>
> >>This message caught my eye. I have a ABIT NF7-S mobo, AMD Athlon XP
> >>2600+. I just put it togher a couple of weeks ago. I did not see
> >>anything regaring setting up the "Hardware Doctor". Did I miss
something?
> >>
> >>Javier
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> OK I did intall the driver you are talking about, however on the
> previous post they were talking
> about the wiring possibly being incorrect. That is what caught my eye.
> What, or where does the
> the wiring come in?
>
> Javier
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