> athlon xp 1700+ Hmm. I took a guess at the CPU from the temp2, as you might have been overclocking a P4 and overvolting it to 1.85. 69 degrees is a bit hot for an XP
> I've lots of things in my box: 4 hdds, dvd, cd, zip, ... > Could this be the > explanation of the high temps and bad voltage? The voltages used by this equipment +5, +12, +3.3 are all extremely good, so theres no extreme power drain from them. 33c chassis temperature is also very good. > Should I take > some things out? No need > Add new fans? If it's stable no. If you're paranoid about temperatures (which normally happens once someone finds out what the temperatures inside their machine is) then yes. To be honest I would try to get a better CPU cooler setup as personally I wouldn't be happy with 69c. > What would be the acceptable temperature for temp2? (and for hdds btw) I tend to go by a 50c maximum. You're not getting the HD's temperatures with the lm sensor, you'll need a S.M.A.R.T monitoring program for that. On my Shuttle SS51G (P4 2.4 non-overclocked, 1 Seagate Barracuda IV 40G, 1 Barracuda V 120Gb), when I was running WinXP/2K, I used SpeedFan to monitor temperatures and adjust fan speed accordingly. On 1% fan speed I would achieve 49-50c CPU when idle, and 48-50c HDD. This made the fans completely inaudible. Once above 50c the fans would gradually speed up 5% a second to cool it down. This weekend I hope to have a go getting a similar setup on my Gentoo install (the Shuttles built in fan throttling won't throttle enough!), and I'm hoping it will be a simple case of getting the following http://member.melbpc.org.au/~iann/varyfan/ working! It might already be in portage, I don't know. _____________________________________________________________________ Please Note: This e-mail is confidential and may be protected by law. This e-mail is intended solely for the named recipient(s). If you receive this e-mail in error, please destroy the copy in your possession immediately. Please do not disclose the contents to any other person, use information contained in it for any purpose, store or copy it. Although this e-mail and any attachments are believed to be free of any virus, which might affect a computer system into which it is received and opened, Express Reinforcements Ltd. can not guarantee this and does not accept responsibility for any damage resulting from the use of this e-mail. Copyright in this e-mail and any attachments remains with us. Express Reinforcements Ltd. Registered in England No.1808624. Head Office: Fordwater Trading Estate, Ford Road, Chertsey, Surrey KT16 8HG To Visit our website go to http://www.ExpressReinforcements.co.uk This message has been checked for all known viruses by UUNET delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Control Centre. For further information visit http://www.uk.uu.net/products/security/virus/ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
