Too Hot..??

[Danny]

I have installed a new Athlon XP 3000 on a Asus A7N8X deluxe mobo. When i first booted the PC up the system detected it at 1.3Ghz (the 3000's speed is set at about 2.16Ghz) So i went i BIOS and cranked it up to about 2.25Ghz, but the temp is about 50 C. Wot is the usual Ghz of a 3000, and is this temp too hot at this speed?

 

[pIII_Man]

50c when...under load? sitting in the bios at idle?

50c under full load is not bad on stock cooling...especially considering asus boards have very inacurate temp. readings...

Google a program called motherboard monitor...see what that shows up...

How many bits are in a nibble?

If you answer this question...you must put it in terms of Pi...If not you do not win the rage pro for answering...

 

[Crashman]

Stock, the bus speed should be 166MHz (aka 333 bus). That would be 13x166.6...MHz, which equals 2166MHz as you said. 50C is an OK temp, just a little high for idle.

When you booted, the board reverted to 100MHz bus, 100x13=1300. So unless you were planning on overclocking, you should have left it at 13x and raised the bus speed to 166.

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