On Wednesday 19 March 2003 00:10, Elias Daher wrote: > Thanks all, actually I was thinking of opening the case, (but too lazy to > do it...) and the weird thing now is that the temperature is stable with > Prime95 running with other applications, and it's not reaching the level it > was reaching two days ago and I'm still testing the same number... It's
Odd. I wonder if a fan stalled. Possibly even the case fan, if you have only one fitted. > still hot though, the CPU is running at 65°C and the board at 55°C... > Anyway, the P4 is tough, it can handle it! (Once the CPU temp reached 85°C > for more than 10 minutes cause it was running without a fan!!!) AFAIK the Intel spec for thermal throttling is 75C. However the P4's I'm running are all reasonably cool: P4 1.8A, retail box HSF, 50C P4 2.53B, Zalman CuAl HSF, <2000 rpm, 44C P4 2.66B, Zalman CuAl HSF, <2000 rpm, 45C Zalman HSF comes with a rheostat which allows you to vary the fan speed from (approx) 1500 - 3000 rpm - below 2000 rpm it's highly unlikely that you will be able to hear the fan, so this HSF is quiet as well as effective. The only change I made to Zalman's installation instructions was to use Arctic Silver thermal compund instead of the small tube of gloop included in the Zalman kit. Note, I'm not saying Zalman's gloop is useless, but Arctic Silver is usually a couple of degrees cooler than other stuff. A decently ventilated case helps, too ... Regards Brian Beesley _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
