P4 3.2Ghz running hot on a P4C800

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Hi,
I just thought I'd share this oddity with you guys. This MB/CPU combo
actually runs hotter when it is left alone. I can run apps all day
long and the cpu barely runs hotter than 86 deg F, but if I leave it
on during the night..say downloading an avi clip with emule...I wake
up the next morning to the sound of the variable speed cpu fan
chugging along at 3800rpm and the cpu at 114 deg F. It does this
whether or not any apps are running during the night. What's going on?
 
What about the "performances" in the task manager ?

You may see that the CPU is hardly used by an application...
 
Downloading non-stop .avi clips is heavy work for the CPU, compared to the
light work of running standard apps during the day. I'm not surprised it's
hotter after an all night session of .avi.
 
Downloading non-stop .avi clips is heavy work for the CPU, compared to the
light work of running standard apps during the day. I'm not surprised it's
hotter after an all night session of .avi.
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Wrong, doing a simple file download, of any type, is no load on the
computer or CPU.
 
=|[ tom's ]|= said:
Hi,
I just thought I'd share this oddity with you guys. This MB/CPU combo
actually runs hotter when it is left alone. I can run apps all day
long and the cpu barely runs hotter than 86 deg F, but if I leave it
on during the night..say downloading an avi clip with emule...I wake
up the next morning to the sound of the variable speed cpu fan
chugging along at 3800rpm and the cpu at 114 deg F. It does this
whether or not any apps are running during the night. What's going on?
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I got a hunch you run a screensaver ...
 
=|[ tom's ]|= said:
Hi,
I just thought I'd share this oddity with you guys. This MB/CPU combo
actually runs hotter when it is left alone. I can run apps all day
long and the cpu barely runs hotter than 86 deg F, but if I leave it
on during the night..say downloading an avi clip with emule...I wake
up the next morning to the sound of the variable speed cpu fan
chugging along at 3800rpm and the cpu at 114 deg F. It does this
whether or not any apps are running during the night. What's going on?
Click to expand...

I got a hunch you run a screensaver ...
Click to expand...
Yes.
 
=|[ tom's ]|= said:
=|[ tom's ]|= said:
Hi,
I just thought I'd share this oddity with you guys. This MB/CPU combo
actually runs hotter when it is left alone. I can run apps all day
long and the cpu barely runs hotter than 86 deg F, but if I leave it
on during the night..say downloading an avi clip with emule...I wake
up the next morning to the sound of the variable speed cpu fan
chugging along at 3800rpm and the cpu at 114 deg F. It does this
whether or not any apps are running during the night. What's going on?
Click to expand...

I got a hunch you run a screensaver ...
Click to expand...
Yes.
Click to expand...

-Turn it off, job done :D
 
tom said:
Hi,
I just thought I'd share this oddity with you guys. This MB/CPU combo
actually runs hotter when it is left alone. I can run apps all day
long and the cpu barely runs hotter than 86 deg F, but if I leave it
on during the night..say downloading an avi clip with emule...I wake
up the next morning to the sound of the variable speed cpu fan
chugging along at 3800rpm and the cpu at 114 deg F. It does this
whether or not any apps are running during the night. What's going on?
Click to expand...

If things are gradually getting hotter over night, sounds like bad airflow?
You got a good exhaust system?

Turn on Q-Fan anyway.
 
Well done.


Creeping Stone said:
=|[ tom's ]|= said:
Hi,
I just thought I'd share this oddity with you guys. This MB/CPU combo
actually runs hotter when it is left alone. I can run apps all day
long and the cpu barely runs hotter than 86 deg F, but if I leave it
on during the night..say downloading an avi clip with emule...I wake
up the next morning to the sound of the variable speed cpu fan
chugging along at 3800rpm and the cpu at 114 deg F. It does this
whether or not any apps are running during the night. What's going on?
Click to expand...

I got a hunch you run a screensaver ...
Click to expand...
 
=|[ Anon Amous's ]|= said:
Well done.
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Ta :)
I was puzzled and then was feeling crafty - but then many folks would
notice this when they start leaving their computers on 24/7, I vaguely
remember noticing it a few years ago. Now I have an old DPMS screensaver
that just shuts the monitor off.

Setting up APCI, to go into suspend or hibernation sometime after the
screensaver interval might be a good fix,'think that works - even though
screensaver thrashes the system it would be silly if it messes up power
management. I liked a 'throttle duty cycle' option but my Athlon doesnt do
that.

Who'd have thought screensavers should be such strenuous apps!
 
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