Recent content by mattousai

Well, everything seems to be cool now ( YES, pun was intended :P ) I have XP installed now, and after letting the computer idle in windows for a while, the CPU temp is only 32C. I am guessing the higher temp I was getting before was due to the fact that the side panel was not on. With the...

its not under load... just sitting in the bios for 30 mins... heh

I have a new amd 64 3200+ on a asus a8v deluxe with the thermalright xp-90 heatsink/92mm fan and i used as5. Before installing an os, I just let the pc run for 30 mins, and then checked the bios, where the temp was around 40c... I thought this was pretty high. I should be getting lower temps right?