My own body temp is higher than the freaking processor: What's the big deal anyway?

[hackmole]

I got very panicky last night because there was so much fuss made here about how my processor was going to boil over and short out because I didn't put paste on it for the cooler.

Then I used a free program called PCwizard which I am sure is reliable. It gave me all the specs and more for my Pentium 4 1.6ghz processor.

It's ridiculous. You're all making so much fuss about the heat of my processor when my own freaking body heat is hotter than that.

When I first ran the PCwizard program after I turned on the computer, I got 89.6 degrees Fahrenheit. After 1 hour, I checked the temperature again and it went up to a blistering hot 93.3. You all know that there were many places that had weather temperatures over 100 degrees this summer don't you.

Even my hard disk temperature was hotter. It started at 93.2 Fahrenheit and after an hour went up to 109.

If a processor can't stand 93 degrees than what can it stand? They should be able to go up to at least 120 degrees or more. There is a hell of a lot of electrical stuff out there in like TVs that run much hotter than that. If the fan for the processor breaks down then yeah there could be problems but a little bit of paste on a heatsink to processor like mine is not going to make any difference and the stat temperatures I'm getting say so.

Processor Temperature: 32 Degrees Centagrade or 89.6 Degrees Fahrenheit -- after 1 hour went up to 93.2 Fahrenheit
Mainboard Temperature: 30 Degrees Centagrade or 87.8 Degrees Fahrenheit -- after 1 hour went to 89.6 Fahrenheit
Hard Disk Temperature: 33 Degrees Centagrade or 93.2 Degrees Fahrenheit -- after 1 hour went to 109.4

voltage 1.585 V
DDR-SDRAM PC2700 (166 MHz) - [DDR-333]
cpu core 1.60v
+3.3V Voltage 5.13V
_12V Voltage 12.35V

 

[Vageetasjn]

The software is not giving accurate temperature readings.

 

[gamefreakgcb]

Originally posted by: Vageetasjn
The software is not giving accurate temperature readings.

 

[phile]

The early P4 cores did run quite cool, and you may very be fine without ant thermal paste. The only way to tell for sure is to stress the CPU and see where the temps go.

Download Prime95 and run the Small FFTs torture test. Make sure to keep an eye on your CPU temp in real time. If the load temp exceeds 50C, you likely have poor thermal transfer from the CPU heatspreader to the heatsink.

-phil

 

[VinDSL]

Originally posted by: hackmole
It's ridiculous. You're all making so much fuss about the heat of my processor...

This, et al, has obviously been a joke, of sorts... that's why I didn't post to your original 'glue' thread.

You're mocking everyone on this site, right? My question is, "Why?"

Carry on...

 

[JEDIYoda]

Originally posted by: VinDSL

Originally posted by: hackmole
It's ridiculous. You're all making so much fuss about the heat of my processor...

This, et al, has obviously been a joke, of sorts... that's why I didn't post to your original 'glue' thread.

You're mocking everyone on this site, right? My question is, "Why?"

Carry on...

The chip makers all say that you need to use thermal paste....

There has to be a reason.......

No they are not in bed with the thermal paste peeps!!

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

*shens* on everything.... And if you don't like what we have to say on these forums, there is a simple solution. Stop posting.

/thread

 

[Gautama2]

Originally posted by: Fullmetal Chocobo
*shens* on everything.... And if you don't like what we have to say on these forums, there is a simple solution. Stop posting.

/thread

QFT

 

[imported_Seer]

For future reference, report everything in Centigrade.

Anyways, yea, I took the heatsink off my mom's computer and mucked around with it, never replaced the cracked, dry paste on there, and it still works just fine. Well, she never really stresses it. Try running 2xPrime95 for a day and see what happens. It will probably get toasty.