Hey all --
Recently, I'd become concerned about the temp of machines of my home network (3 of em). I previously did not use A/C in my house; I do now, but my room probably still sits at about 80 (due to sunlight, second floor, etc.). I believe that my old Linksys switch may have died to due to heat problems. I've installed a Hardcano temp and fan speed monitoring device on one of my machines, which has helped keep the heat under control (and can alarm if it goes too high). Pic
However, my other machine actually runs hotter (more drives, smaller case, no case fan), and has just begun shutting itself off in the past week. The power switch on the back of the machine is automatically switched off. After resetting it, I can turn the machine back on immediately. This seems to be occurring at around ~51 C CPU temp (based on MBM). The case is at about 38 C. From what I've read in these forums, elsewhere online, and from AMD's own documentation, this should not be causing a problem.
The machine is running:
Board: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. 7VKML 1.x
Bus Clock: 100 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 07.00T 05/03/0102
1.20 gigahertz AMD Duron (no overclocking; "stock" heatsink and fan)
As I mentioned, it does not have any case fans. I currently have taken off the side panel, and have a room fan blowing in, and it has not shut off in several hours. This all leads me to believe that the problem must be cooling, right? So..... should I upgrade the HSF, install a case fan or two, or could something else be causing these problems? A faulty power supply, perhaps?
Thanks for any thoughts...!
Recently, I'd become concerned about the temp of machines of my home network (3 of em). I previously did not use A/C in my house; I do now, but my room probably still sits at about 80 (due to sunlight, second floor, etc.). I believe that my old Linksys switch may have died to due to heat problems. I've installed a Hardcano temp and fan speed monitoring device on one of my machines, which has helped keep the heat under control (and can alarm if it goes too high). Pic
However, my other machine actually runs hotter (more drives, smaller case, no case fan), and has just begun shutting itself off in the past week. The power switch on the back of the machine is automatically switched off. After resetting it, I can turn the machine back on immediately. This seems to be occurring at around ~51 C CPU temp (based on MBM). The case is at about 38 C. From what I've read in these forums, elsewhere online, and from AMD's own documentation, this should not be causing a problem.
The machine is running:
Board: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. 7VKML 1.x
Bus Clock: 100 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 07.00T 05/03/0102
1.20 gigahertz AMD Duron (no overclocking; "stock" heatsink and fan)
As I mentioned, it does not have any case fans. I currently have taken off the side panel, and have a room fan blowing in, and it has not shut off in several hours. This all leads me to believe that the problem must be cooling, right? So..... should I upgrade the HSF, install a case fan or two, or could something else be causing these problems? A faulty power supply, perhaps?
Thanks for any thoughts...!
If your case uses a funky form-factor of power supply and not a standard ATX-type PSU, then you are going to be a hurting unit when you try to find a quality PSU in a weird formfactor. Hopefully your miniATX unit is replaceable with a full-ATX unit as is sometimes the case.
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