cpu temperature

Majination · Post by **Majination** » Wed Feb 18, 2004 6:18 pm

I was wondering if anyone knows the "normal" operating temperature of an AMD XP 2800+... My hardware monitor has shown 55C but my motherboard's Anti-Burn Regulator is set at 85C.

I need to figure what the heck is making my computer shut off all by itself. It's not malware, and my antivirus doesn't detect anything either. I thought maybe bad memory, because the system has been hanging, too. The problem mostly sounds like overheating to me, though.

Any ideas?

P.S. - I don't remember what the ABR actually *does*... I'll look it up in the manual in a bit, swamped in homework after a two hour 'getron fix.

Post by **Tank Program** » Wed Feb 18, 2004 6:29 pm

Sounds like overheating to me too... I've had computers randomly shut off like that too.

locutus · Post by **locutus** » Wed Feb 18, 2004 7:04 pm

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Communist · Post by **Communist** » Wed Feb 18, 2004 7:07 pm

I'm so glad I don't have a computer!!

nicolas.b · Post by **nicolas.b** » Wed Feb 18, 2004 7:28 pm

not to directly answer your Q, but for broad diagnosis/benchmarking of all your hardware, sisoft sandra (free) is your friend. offers useful suggestions, too, for these situations:

http://www.sisoftware.co.uk/

Seeker · Post by **Seeker** » Thu Feb 19, 2004 5:25 am

sandra is nice, and as an alternative, theres AIDA32 (also free).

Marrow · Post by **Marrow** » Fri Feb 20, 2004 4:17 pm

locutus wrote:come to CRAZY LOC's Cooling systems on main, Get ur Mini-Swamp Cooler for PC's now! All my prices are ridiculous because I'm CRAZY! CRAZY! CRAZY! We are overload with inventory and Everything must GO!! GO!! GO!! don't touch the monkey son...

War Monkey? lol

Oh yeah, my desktop is usually at 34 C. My laptop, no idea. It's old and crappy.