Suddenly, without warning, Mr. Mustang exclaimed (5/2/2005 3:48 AM):
What are the typical operating temps for this chip? Mine is running at
Idle = 47 C
Active = 55 C
This seems a little on the warm side.
A bit warmer than my system, but not dangerously so (mine's a 64 bit
3000+), but it's hard to say why. Your CPU manual should tell you what
the upper limits are.
Could be insufficient cooling in your case, or an inadequate CPU cooler,
or poor quality or incorrectly applied thermal tape or paste (paste
preferred), or other things I can't think of at the moment.
What board is it on? If it's an Asus, are you running Cool n' Quiet
(you have to load the drivers, just enabling it in the BIOS won't do
it)? Made a significant difference on my system.
Mine normally runs at about 34c both idle and cool. It ran at closer to
45c before I enabled Cool n' Quiet. I have two fans pulling air in, one
fan pushing air out, if I remember a Thermaltake silent something CPU
cooler, and a double-fan power supply.
jmc