Temperature

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William J. Lunsford

I am using a homebuilt with an Athlon XP 1700 and am beginning the process
of trying to track down the cause of occasional random freezes. My BIOS
shows an 86 degree F. system temperature and a 96 degree F. CPU temperature.
Are these temperatures within the normal range?

My system was problem free before this started several weeks ago. I can't
think of any changes to the system. The freezes are becoming more frequent.
I recently did a system scan with Norton AV, used Disk Cleanup, CheckDisk,
and Disk Defragmenter. When the system freezes, nothing short of the reset
button will work. I am questioning the temperatures because the freezes do
not occur until I have used the machine for a while. What else should I try?
 
Those are low temperatures for an AMD system.

Get SpyBot Search and Destroy www.security.kolla.de to check
for programs running that you don't know about.

Be sure you have a firewall turned ON.

If you have a system restore point from before the problem
started you might try that.

You might try running "sfc /scannow" to make sure that there
are no damaged system files.



| I am using a homebuilt with an Athlon XP 1700 and am
beginning the process
| of trying to track down the cause of occasional random
freezes. My BIOS
| shows an 86 degree F. system temperature and a 96 degree
F. CPU temperature.
| Are these temperatures within the normal range?
|
| My system was problem free before this started several
weeks ago. I can't
| think of any changes to the system. The freezes are
becoming more frequent.
| I recently did a system scan with Norton AV, used Disk
Cleanup, CheckDisk,
| and Disk Defragmenter. When the system freezes, nothing
short of the reset
| button will work. I am questioning the temperatures
because the freezes do
| not occur until I have used the machine for a while. What
else should I try?
|
|
 
your temps are obviously being read wrong...no way is a
60w processor core 36 degrees celcius.

regardless, i don't think that's the problem.

one of the biggest causes of instability is the power
supply. with this BRAND matters. if you don't know the
brand, chances are it is substandard and is starting to
get flaky. flaky output crashes machines. good brands
are antec, enermax, vantec, thermaltake, pc power and
cooling. if the power supply is something like acme,
shiny, cool or any other weird chinese sounding brand,
then it is garbage. try replacing it with a good one...it
will cost $60. if it costs less than 50, chances are it
is gabage.
 
Thanks for the help! I'll try your suggestions as soon as I find the time.
I'll get back to the group with the results.
 
I checked the BIOS again. It shows the following: CPU FAN Speed - 5113RPM,
SYSTEM Temperature - 30C./86F, and CPU Temperature - 34C./93F.
My power supply is a 300 W. that came with my Premier TM109 case. I'll have
to check the brand. I'll try to test the power supply when I get a chance
and get back to the group. I'm a little tied up right now.
Thenk you! I appreciate your help.
 
I may be speaking too soon, but it appears, so far, that an updated video
card driver may have solved my problem with freezes. I'll let you know if
I'm wrong. Thanks again to all for your help! Have a wonderful holiday!
 
i can tell you right now that that power supply is
substandard. if it CAME with a case from a company that
doesn't make power supplies, it is a generic chinese one.

it may SAY 300W, but in most cases those labels are gross
exaggerations on generic power supplies.

if you don't want to spend the money on a good one, at
least try out another cheapie to rule out the problem.
 
I was wrong. My system froze again this morning. I'll go back to
troubleshooting as I get the time.
 
I tried almost everything suggested in this group and another group. The
power supply tested OK with a PC Power & Cooling power supply tester. The
power supply is a 300W. made for Premier by ATNG. I have ordered a MEMTEST
floppy to test the RAM, but don't have it yet. I reseated memory and all
cards. All fans are working. I ran System File Checker. I still had
occasional random freezes until I installed DirectX 9 and reinstalled my
video drivers again. Perhaps I am speaking too soon again, however, so far,
the freezes have stopped.
 
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