Another Heat Question

[DWk]

Ok, another computer has a problem:

I tried AIDA32 on it, and I noticed that the CPU (a P4 3.06) is runing at 72-73ºC :ph34r:

Ideas?

[Livy]

open it up, and check it, it seems bery hot.

[kaiweiler]

:o thats really high! maybe thermal paste dried up? possibly

[tesco]

again make sure that the fan is spinning on the heatsink and if not replace it, if it is then get some thermal paste for it and remove the heatsink then clean and apply some. that is if you are incharge of these computers, if they arent your business then why would you care?

[Livy]

Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004@19 February 2004 - 03:07
if they arent your business then why would you care?
coz he cant play his games at work, thats why :D

[DWk]

Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004@18 February 2004 - 20:07
again make sure that the fan is spinning on the heatsink and if not replace it, if it is then get some thermal paste for it and remove the heatsink then clean and apply some. that is if you are incharge of these computers, if they arent your business then why would you care?
Lol. I'm not allowed to open them....well not yet. If I talk to my boss, I'm sure he'll give me the go.

Yes I'm kinda in charge of the computers (?) because it's a LAN Center :01:

Then again, yes I care because the computers are what run the biz ;)

[tesco]

Originally posted by DWk+18 February 2004 - 22:09--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (DWk @ 18 February 2004 - 22:09)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-ROSSCO_2004@18 February 2004 - 20:07
again make sure that the fan is spinning on the heatsink and if not replace it, if it is then get some thermal paste for it and remove the heatsink then clean and apply some. that is if you are incharge of these computers, if they arent your business then why would you care?
Lol. I&#39;m not allowed to open them....well not yet. If I talk to my boss, I&#39;m sure he&#39;ll give me the go.

Yes I&#39;m kinda in charge of the computers (?) because it&#39;s a LAN Center :01:

Then again, yes I care because the computers are what run the biz ;) [/b][/quote]
i pictured it being an office where there are lots of people just sitting around doing accounting or something on the computers and a few play games and asked you for help with their overherating PCs and i was thinking you were just one of them that is just an employee.

[Robert00000]

Also make sure the fan is the right size. pentium 4 may look like a small processor but it needs a lot of cooling.

From my experience some people don&#39;t apply the thermal paste when they build a system, thinking its something they should throw away :lol: Until they get fried chips for their fish :lol: (fish and chips - popular food in the UK)

[Livy]

if there are similar pcs in the pace, try running it on them too, see if they are the same temp

edit: fish&chips is good in scotland, in england they fry it with the skin still on.

[DWk]

Originally posted by Livy@18 February 2004 - 20:15
if there are similar pcs in the pace, try running it on them too, see if they are the same temp
Yep 16 that are the same. I&#39;ll run it tomorrow on 3 more, see what I get :ph34r:

[Livy]

if they are all that hot may just be a traight, but still a little high for my liking, maybe juts clogged up with dust,

[Robert00000]

Originally posted by Livy@19 February 2004 - 03:15
if there are similar pcs in the pace, try running it on them too, see if they are the same temp

edit: fish&chips is good in scotland, in england they fry it with the skin still on.
It a good thing i&#39;m welsh :D , by the way are you from the UK by any chance? if so how come you&#39;re up so late, :lol: its almost 2.30 am, and i need some sleep :sleep1:

[Livy]

yeah, live in fife in scotalnd, (nr Edinburgh)

nothign else to do, and was up late, about to head of soon.

[4th gen]

Fish with the skin on :x

[Livy]

Originally posted by 4th gen@19 February 2004 - 03:32
Fish with the skin on :x
i know, u can order it without it too, but unless u say, it comes with the skin on. :angry:

or it was last time i was there.

[4th gen]

Originally posted by Livy+19 February 2004 - 02:34--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Livy @ 19 February 2004 - 02:34)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-4th gen@19 February 2004 - 03:32
Fish with the skin on :x
i know, u can order it without it too, but unless u say, it comes with the skin on. :angry:

or it was last time i was there. [/b][/quote]
Thanks for the headsup, I&#39;ll definitely be asking for it to be removed.

[DWk]

Damn hijackers :angry: :lol:

[Livy]

Originally posted by DWk@19 February 2004 - 03:48
Damn hijackers :angry: :lol:
sorry. wasnt my fault. :D honest

[4th gen]

Originally posted by DWk@19 February 2004 - 02:48
Damn hijackers :angry: :lol:
Sorry....

Back on topic, try putting ice on the CPU

It won&#39;t work, and you&#39;ll probably fry the CPU and/or the board, but it could be fun :rolleyes:

[tesco]

Originally posted by 4th gen+18 February 2004 - 22:56--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (4th gen @ 18 February 2004 - 22:56)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-DWk@19 February 2004 - 02:48
Damn hijackers&nbsp; :angry:&nbsp; :lol:
Sorry....

Back on topic, try putting ice on the CPU

It won&#39;t work, and you&#39;ll probably fry the CPU and/or the board, but it could be fun :rolleyes: [/b][/quote]
would a big block of metal filled with water be good for cooling a cpu? it wont have fans or anything but im thinking that there will be so much water in the block that it wont heat up too much...or will it?

sorry for hijacking the post dwk.

[Livy]

it would probably heat up pretty easily, but would be useless as a coolign method, as the ehat wouldnt get dispearsed, and would just build up

[tesco]

Originally posted by Livy@18 February 2004 - 23:02
it would probably heat up pretty easily, but would be useless as a coolign method, as the ehat wouldnt get dispearsed, and would just build up
ok forget that idea...one more idea: if i was to have a HUGE heatsink that was really really big would i need to have a fan on it or would the heat spread so much that a fan would be useless? *by big i mean like 1 meter by 1 metre lol, dont know if that is possible, but if there was some way of mounting it onto a computer i mean.

[Livy]

u can get away with large heatsinks on older cpu&#39;s without fans, but i doubt u would get away with it easily on newer ones.

i suppose in theory it would be possible, but in reality maybe a diff story

[tesco]

Originally posted by Livy@18 February 2004 - 23:10
u can get away with large heatsinks on older cpu&#39;s without fans, but i doubt u would get away with it easily on newer ones.

i suppose in theory it would be possible, but in reality maybe a diff story
i see, but older cpus barely need a fan on the heatsinnk nevermind a giant heatsink with a fan.

[pc-gamer-dude]

using a thermalright slk900 you can use almost any processor with it and run it fanless. i wouldnt receomend it, but its possible to do, youll just have pretty high temps (high 40s/ low 50s).

[RGX]

well, you could if you made it HUGE, but then you risk crushing the processor....much easier to have a weeny one with a decent fan.

[Robert00000]

With processors getting more and more powerful (and presumably hotter) what do you think will be the solution for future cooling?

I can&#39;t imagine fans getting bigger and more noisier.


Talking about fish and chips has made me hungry. Need food :drool:

Off to the shop i go (to get chicken and chips) :lol:

[tesco]

they might start thinking of new watercooling systems that are lighter and more rugged than existing ones so they cant break when beinng shipped&#092;moved. or maybe peltiers will become more common with maybe a heatsink of their own to coll them wwhich should keep iot about as loud as todays heatsinks.

[Robert00000]

Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004@19 February 2004 - 21:41
they might start thinking of new watercooling systems that are lighter and more rugged than existing ones so they cant break when beinng shipped&#092;moved. or maybe peltiers will become more common with maybe a heatsink of their own to coll them wwhich should keep iot about as loud as todays heatsinks.
Something like this should help http://www.nuc.berkeley.edu/thyd/ne161/rahmed/coolants.html :lol:

[tesco]

Originally posted by Robert00000+19 February 2004 - 18:22--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Robert00000 @ 19 February 2004 - 18:22)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-ROSSCO_2004@19 February 2004 - 21:41
they might start thinking of new watercooling systems that are lighter and more rugged than existing ones so they cant&nbsp; break when beinng shipped&#092;moved. or maybe peltiers will become more common with maybe a heatsink of their own to coll them wwhich should keep iot about as loud as todays heatsinks.
Something like this should help http://www.nuc.berkeley.edu/thyd/ne161/rahmed/coolants.html :lol: [/b][/quote]
:lol: a little over-board dont you think? :lol:

[DWk]

WHAT THE F**K&#33; :angry:

What&#39;s with the fuc**ng hijacking?&#33; :angry: :angry: :angry: :mad3: :mad3: :mad3:

[Mïcrösöül°V³]

Originally posted by DWk@19 February 2004 - 22:59
WHAT THE F**K&#33; :angry:

What&#39;s with the fuc**ng hijacking?&#33; :angry:&nbsp; :angry:&nbsp; :angry:&nbsp; :mad3:&nbsp; :mad3:&nbsp; :mad3:
thats alot of mad smilies............................it was already said, but check the fan to make sure it works, and that the puter aint full of dust (as they sometimes tend to get) 72°c is rediculously HIGH.

[Cygnuz-Y]

http://metku.net/mods/uv/dust.jpg