Hi,

I am concerned that my computer is getting too hot. I have a Pentium 4
2.8Ghz CPU and according to the Intel website the maximum temperature is
about 73 - 75 degrees Celsius.

I have a few monitoring programs which all show that the CPU temperature
is a little too hot. When the computer is not doing anything, the
temperature drops down to about 50 - 52C. When the CPU is under heavy
load (for instance during gaming), I have seen temperatures up to 87C -
much hotter than 73 - 75 as stated on the Intel website. If the CPU
stays under heavy load for a prolonged period of time then there is a
noticeable decrease in performance.

On another, probably related note I have noticed that the two fans
(system fan and CPU fan) now stay at the same temperature, regardless of
the CPU load or temperature. I am sure it used to be that when the CPU
cooled below a certain temperature, the fan speeds would decrease. Now
they just stay at roughly the same speed the whole time.

Thanks very much for any advice,
Eli

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You didnt tell what it is the core of CPU Northwood or Prescott ? and what
kind of cooler you have on CPU , the fact is that if you have prescott (we
call them hot potatoe) and if you in the same time dont have the original
intel cooler then this is normal so find yourself a intel cooler or if you
cant find it buy yourself a Zalman cooler CNPS 7700 AlCu.
On other hand Norhwood is a older core but much more cooler and faster then
Prescott.
It looks strange because Northwood has 512kb L2 and Prescott has 1Mb L2 but
this is because Northwood is built with 0.13 micron technology and Prescott
with 0.07 micron techonolgy (this is why it is hot) , 1Mb L2 dont help him
in speed because the pipelines in the core of the CPU are too long so he
cant fill them on that speed, he wood be effective above 4Ghz then he will
be able to fill the long pipelines, but when he is now hot on 2.8 Ghz what
would be on 4.0 Ghz and above.
This is why people are still searching for Northwood or they want to change
their Prescott for older Northwood who is cooler and faster.
Sorry about my bad english.

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Eli

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Eli Coten wrote:
Clean the dust from you fans. See if that helps.


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Plato wrote:

Thanks
Eli

It is further alleged that on or about Tue, 02 May 2006 23:13:24
+0100, in alt.computer, the queezy keyboard of Eli Coten
<elicoten@nospam.com> spewed the following:

|Plato wrote:
|> Eli Coten wrote:
|>
|> Clean the dust from you fans. See if that helps.
|>
|>
|>> I am concerned that my computer is getting too hot. I have a Pentium 4
|>> 2.8Ghz CPU and according to the Intel website the maximum temperature is
|>> about 73 - 75 degrees Celsius.
|>
|This may seem like a stupid question, but how do I get all the dust out?

Suck or blow dude, it's entirely up to you.
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Thanks all who offered solutions. I used a vacuum cleaner and all is
now fine. CPU temps are about 44C when not doing much upto 58C heavy
load.

Eli