[wellylug] OT: CPU Temperature

Cliff Pratt enkidu at cliffp.com
Fri Oct 14 19:46:35 NZDT 2005


Brent Wood wrote:
> 
> --- Jamie Dobbs <jamie.dobbs at orcon.net.nz> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Did you mean to say something here or did you just hit the send button too
>>quickly? :-D
> 
> 
> I was gonna say that a BIOS upgrade probably won't change the real temperature,
> but may change the reported temperature. & yes, I was trying to do too many
> things at once- send was not intended right then :-)
> 
> Also note, a normal HSF will tend to keep the temp roughly X deg below ambient.
> So a core temp of 65 at 20C may well hit 75 at ambient 30C. So a nice warm room
> is not the best solution.
> 
That reminds me, is it usually possible to remove (and 
clean) the CPU fan without dislodging the CPU?

Cheers,

Cliff




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