[wellylug] cpu temperature reported incorrectly

[Chris Hodgetts]

I am not sure about CPU Temps.... but I know my harddrive gets fairly
warm!!

jenna:/home/chris# hddtemp /dev/hda
/dev/hda: FUJITSU MHN2200AT: 42 C
jenna:/home/chris#





On Thu, 2004-10-28 at 17:09 -0700, Brent Wood wrote:
> --- Gordon Paynter <lists at paynter.info> wrote:
> 
> > I have an Athlon XP, and I have overheating problems: I have a SFF Shuttle 
> > (SK41G) I brought back from the states, which uses a funny heat-extractor 
> > pipe, but which overheats if I leave the case on and run with a full CPU load
> > for a few minutes. (My solution has been to leave the case off, I believe the
> 
> Umm... I'd have to say that is unusual. The Shuttle heat pipe is one of the
> best engineered cpu cooling systems I've come across - except for the Creative
> Labs Slix, which copied the Shuttle. The only overheating I've ever had in one
> was with either a flaky cpu or a badly assembled unit. (I know the cpu ran too
> hot coz I pulled it & swapped with a conventional m/b & cpu, the cpu still
> stayed hot. The Shuttle box ran nice & cool with the other cpu.)
> 
> Is the copper shim installed correctly between the cpu & heat sink? I've had to
> fix a couple where the person (supposedly a professional) didn't bother to
> install it so the cpu's ran too hot.
> 
> 
> Does the fan speed up before shutting down? How do you know it is a cpu temp
> induced shutdown? (does the over temp LED come on?)
> 
> Also note, as the Shuttle heat pipe vents the cpu heat directly outside the
> case, with minimal internal heat dissipation, taking the cover off should have
> close to zero effect on core cpu temperature. It will probably reduce the
> graphics card & power supply temperatures though.
> 
> In a PC case where the cpu heat is vented internally, with a conventional cpu
> heatsink/fan, opening the case will often let the warm air escape more readily,
> so opening the case will often cool all the components down. Quite different in
> a Shuttle.
> 
> > 
> > correct solution is to remove the heat sink, reapply the thermal gell, and 
> > re-seat the heat sink.) 
> 
> Worth doing if it will stop the cpu overheating. Doesn't take long, but a bit
> fiddly in those little cases.
> 
> 
> Cheers
> 
>   Brent
> 
> 
-- 
Chris Hodgetts <chris at archnetnz.com>