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Nick
Hi all,
I know, I know, I know... Everyone always posts asking if their temp is
normal/ok/good blah blah blah.
Anyway, I'm running a 1.4 GHz Athlon Thunderbird which is sitting at 57
degrees C (as measured by MBM) with the case temp at 34 C. I know that my
CPU should run fine up to about 90C, so you don't need to tell me it's
running hot/cold whatever. However, I have many questions. Oh, the mobo is
an Asus A7A266.
I run SETI at home permanently (and get units done in 7 hours or so...) And
the temp has been going up slowly over the last few days (hit a max of 61C).
Constant use of CPU at 100% with SETI using any spare processing power. Now
I thought that after 24 hours the whole thing should be pretty stable, not
keep on rising. The only reason I can think of is that I don't have enough
ventilation to the case (it's fairly enclosed in a desk) which means the
case temp rises, so the cpu temp also rises. Correct so far?
So, the case only has one fan + cpu fan. (Tell a lie. Has a fan on the GPU
as well...) Had to try and replace the old case fan as it was crap,
stalling, whining, making noise, and not doing anything useful.
Unfortunately I can't get the old one off as the screws are ridiculously
tight (Thanks Mesh computers) So I have a little 80mm fan strapped on with
bendy cable ties, which obviously is not great but has pretty blue led
lights...
Question One: What's the safest way of removing the old fan? Hacksaw? Drill?
Both? Something else? (Safest for the comp, not me. I'm young, I'll just
grow new parts...)
I think the old fan is actually 92mm, as 80 is much smaller and 120 is way
too big. (Can someone recommend a decent quiet 92mm fan in the UK?)
I'd also like to fit an intake fan to the case. But, although the mobo has a
marked "fan" power supply, the case has no apparent fixings for a fan. This
annoys me.
Question Two: What's the easiest way of fitting a fan to the case, assuming
there are no pre-drilled holes?
Question Three: Drill, presumably, but am concerned about using power tools
on the computer... Wouldn't mind so much on the side panel as can take it
off and away from the electronics. Would this work well enough? I.e. have
the intake fan facing sideways...not forwards.
Can't remember what else I was going to ask. Oh, yes I can. I bought a 120mm
fan, thinking it'd fit well as the intake fan (overkill perhaps but *should*
be quieter than 80.) But the power connector is a 4 hole/pin thing same as
for the HD, not a 3 hole/insert little thing like for the CPU fan. (yeah, I
have no clue what they should be called, I'm sure someone will be pedantic
and tell me while ignoring any of my questions.)
Question Four: If I use the adapter that came with it to plug into the HD
power cable will it reduce the power to the HD? Perhaps more importantly,
will my mobo still be able to monitor the fan speed? I'm thinking not, but?
Anyway, I'd appreciate any helpful answers, comments or questions.
Thanks in advance,
Nick
I know, I know, I know... Everyone always posts asking if their temp is
normal/ok/good blah blah blah.
Anyway, I'm running a 1.4 GHz Athlon Thunderbird which is sitting at 57
degrees C (as measured by MBM) with the case temp at 34 C. I know that my
CPU should run fine up to about 90C, so you don't need to tell me it's
running hot/cold whatever. However, I have many questions. Oh, the mobo is
an Asus A7A266.
I run SETI at home permanently (and get units done in 7 hours or so...) And
the temp has been going up slowly over the last few days (hit a max of 61C).
Constant use of CPU at 100% with SETI using any spare processing power. Now
I thought that after 24 hours the whole thing should be pretty stable, not
keep on rising. The only reason I can think of is that I don't have enough
ventilation to the case (it's fairly enclosed in a desk) which means the
case temp rises, so the cpu temp also rises. Correct so far?
So, the case only has one fan + cpu fan. (Tell a lie. Has a fan on the GPU
as well...) Had to try and replace the old case fan as it was crap,
stalling, whining, making noise, and not doing anything useful.
Unfortunately I can't get the old one off as the screws are ridiculously
tight (Thanks Mesh computers) So I have a little 80mm fan strapped on with
bendy cable ties, which obviously is not great but has pretty blue led
lights...
Question One: What's the safest way of removing the old fan? Hacksaw? Drill?
Both? Something else? (Safest for the comp, not me. I'm young, I'll just
grow new parts...)
I think the old fan is actually 92mm, as 80 is much smaller and 120 is way
too big. (Can someone recommend a decent quiet 92mm fan in the UK?)
I'd also like to fit an intake fan to the case. But, although the mobo has a
marked "fan" power supply, the case has no apparent fixings for a fan. This
annoys me.
Question Two: What's the easiest way of fitting a fan to the case, assuming
there are no pre-drilled holes?
Question Three: Drill, presumably, but am concerned about using power tools
on the computer... Wouldn't mind so much on the side panel as can take it
off and away from the electronics. Would this work well enough? I.e. have
the intake fan facing sideways...not forwards.
Can't remember what else I was going to ask. Oh, yes I can. I bought a 120mm
fan, thinking it'd fit well as the intake fan (overkill perhaps but *should*
be quieter than 80.) But the power connector is a 4 hole/pin thing same as
for the HD, not a 3 hole/insert little thing like for the CPU fan. (yeah, I
have no clue what they should be called, I'm sure someone will be pedantic
and tell me while ignoring any of my questions.)
Question Four: If I use the adapter that came with it to plug into the HD
power cable will it reduce the power to the HD? Perhaps more importantly,
will my mobo still be able to monitor the fan speed? I'm thinking not, but?
Anyway, I'd appreciate any helpful answers, comments or questions.
Thanks in advance,
Nick
