is this cpu too hot??

mikechinymmikechinym New
edited November 2004 in Hardware
hi... :)
my cpu is pentium 3 with 933MHz speed.
FAN : intel socket 370 fan with normal heatsink.
RAM : sdram 128mb
BOARD : asus cusi-fx
Chipset : sis630e

:scratch: i wonder why my cpu is very hot...it is about 45*C,the fan speed is about 4215 rpm. i also open the casing of the casing. i never overclock the cpu and everything inside. last time i put some glue(that kind where enhanced to spread heat,don know what it call) on it. terrible news happen, it just get to 50*C where it sounds more terrible. then i wipe off everything. it came down to 43*C. can anyone please help me on how to decrease the cpu temperature. :bawling: i wonder my CPU will die earlier. my friends one with pentium 4 is just 24*C.

PLS HELP ME!!

Comments

  • leishi85leishi85 Grand Rapids, MI Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    it looks normal, don't worry about.

    and when u put that "glue" stuff on it, u probably put too much on it, that's why it cause the temp increase.
  • gibbonslgibbonsl Grand Forks AFB
    edited November 2004
    for that CPU and speed is very normal

    the 1.0 is the limit for that CPU

    the others (1.1-1.3) ran even hotter(60-70 C) :eek:
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited November 2004
    gibbonsl wrote:
    for that CPU and speed is very normal

    the 1.0 is the limit for that CPU

    the others (1.1-1.3) ran even hotter(60-70 C) :eek:

    I beg to differ. The Tualatins didn't run that hot at all; neither did the CUmines. 45*C is hotter than I'd expect from a 933, but not too hot.
  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    As for temp decreasing, check for some dust in CPU Heat Sink. They are right, the gunk you stick on CPU under HS needs to be a REAL thin layer. Second, if you use Arctic Silver 4 or 5 or Cermaique, expect temps to not get down to absolute normal until the stuff cures. I'd expect about 40 C with Arctic Silver 5 cured in, possibly as low as 38 C, but at first temp could be 45-47 C when you first put it on and CPU is running at full load. The gunk needs to chemically react in presence of heat to cure in right. But, over 49-50 C I would start to look at case cooling seriously, think about a case fan or fans, and before that not worry much at all.

    When you clean off the gunk on CPU, clean off the gunk on HS also, not by scraping but with isoprophyl alcohol or if you know how ot use it safely, Zylene. In essence, use chemicals to make it come loose, not a putty knife to scrape it off. Then get a REAL thin layer on CPU and make sure the Heat Sink has NO dust on it (an air can and a soft round long bristle china bristle cleaning brush are nice to blow and brush dust out of Heat Sink). When you are new at cleaning dust off of Heat Sinks, helps to clean with Heat Sink not still mounted onto CPU, also. IF the fan is squealing loud and\or making grinding noises at all, then replace the Heat Sink fan too.... CPU should, after all that, be nomrally running in high 30's to low 40's in C.

    That's how to decrease the temp, as you asked, mikechinym.
  • gibbonslgibbonsl Grand Forks AFB
    edited November 2004
    Geeky1 wrote:
    I beg to differ. The Tualatins didn't run that hot at all; neither did the CUmines. 45*C is hotter than I'd expect from a 933, but not too hot.

    i should say about the one that was in the dell 8100 i had

    that thing ran constant 50-70 c (p3 1.2)
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited November 2004
    Ah, well that's why. Dell and their dumbass cooling systems. A 1.3 Tualatin P3/Celeron with the Intel retail HSF in a decently ventillated case (at least 1 80mm exhaust fan besides the one in the PS) should idle at ~100*F/38*C and stay well below 60*C (hell, probably below 50*C) under full load.
  • mikechinymmikechinym New
    edited November 2004
    :p:p thank u all guys... i really appreciate ur help...
    i had try to remove those "glue" away and i clean all the fan dust, anyway i haven't put on an expensive glue...perhaps i should buy one and try. :cool:
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