What is the normal operating temperature for a Pentium 4? 60 degrees Celcius?

[BoomBoom]

My Pentium 4 1.8Ghz consistently runs at 60 degrees Celcius. I check the retail heatsink and fan, and it is attatched securely. What could be causing my processor to run at such a high temperature? I am experiencing mutliple programs crashing(AOL, Internet Explorer, etc.) Also when watching videos with Windows Media Player, I hear many glitches in the audio that were not there before I installed this processor.

 

[metalac]

60C is way to high dude. Try looking at Overclockers.com they just had some reviews of P4s and compare the Temps. Also even though your HSF is in place and it feels ok it might be that is not touching the core properly. some good Arctic Silver could fix that.

 

[AndyHui]

60 degrees is way too high. I suggest removing the heatsink and checking it, and perhaps apply a little thermal transfer gel.

What motherboard are you using? You should update to the latest BIOS if possible.

 

[cookieman]

It's definitely high for an P4. It high even for an Athlon!!!
Check your heatsink or its fan,

Cheers,

 

[dbal]

What the hell is going on with that story?In a quite recent thread everyone was claiming that Intel's retail HSF combo is more than adequate....Now our friend has exactly the same symptoms with a friend of mine with a 1,5Ghz P4 OEM system... In my case and after reading the other thread I came to the conclusion that the manufacturer might have not installed the retail HSF and fooled him, since I am not allowed yet to open his pc's case and check with my eyes, but now I am back in doubt.....
Boomboom, in what rpm does your HSF work? Plz check yoyr bios cuz my friend's is only at 2800 which I think is the cause of the cpu overheating (always@50 celsius). It's built on a QDI Platinix with the 845 chipset... (very bad choice in my opinion) :disgust:
Can anyone tell if the low rpm is due to a malfunctioning Intel (if it is one...) HSF or is up to inadequate mobo powering to it?
Plz read carefully, thanx to all!!

 

[RalfHutter]

I just built a P4 1.8 (my first Intel) for my dad. Went "full retail" (boxed proc with Intel HSF, Antec SX635 case with the one 80mm fan behind the CPU). Temps (according to the Intel Active Monitor software and MBM5) is in low 40C at idle, 49-51C whle running Prime95.

Can't beat that and this rig is QUIET. Quite a change from my 1.4 T-bird with lots-o-fans!

I guess the only help I'd offer is to make sure your HSF is mounted correctly. BTW - I left the stock black thermal pad on the HSF, didn't use any Artic Silver or such.

 

[BoomBoom]

Well it's time to bring this thread back to life! I replaced my P4 1.8Ghz processor with a new 1.6A Northwood P4 and guess what. It's running at 60*C. I'm starting to wonder if my Asus P4T-E montherboard is bad. When I turn my computer on it always takes a while just after posting and the USB light flickers. It does this for about 15 seconds. I have tried replacing almost everything in my computer....cpu, memory, video card.

The HSF is securely fastened to the processor and runs at 3600RPM, so I don't know what else could be wrong.

It's time to give Asus a call.


Ryan

 

[Cruze8]

man I had the same problems with my p3 it was runnin 60c then I noticed all the dust on my heatsink, I cleaned it out and put a little more thermal grease on and voila 45c my best advice is try putting a little more thermal grease between the heatsink and the cpu... test temps for a day and if there still high or higher try a little less.... also you could have a defective fan on the heatsink because 3000 rpm seems a little slow to me... hope some of that helps

 

[Cruze8]

oh and that p4 could also be defective I've run into a bunch of intels that were defective at doing math calculations and it caused the temps to rise... also you could have a bad diode