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JohnnyGreb
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Ouch! I think I figured out the problem on my system... (in reference to: XP Hardlock with High Pitch sound)
I updated to the latest version of the Asus temp monitor program, and I'm getting 77C (idle) temps for the cpu. (On the old version it was saying 55-60). I'm likely to believe the newer version is more accurate. The mobo temp is sitting at 30C.
I played a couple of graphic intensive games, and the temp got up to 88C in about 10 minutes.
I opened the case, and noticed my rubber bands holding IDE cables nice and neat dry rotted, and the cables fell down, killing a bit of air flow. With case open, the temp dropped to 69C in about 4 minutes.
Checked out my fans, all seem good. Reapplied new thermal grease (the old stuff was dried). Fixxed up all the cables, killed some dust bunnies, etc and put everything back together.
I'm still getting 72C on idle and up to 84C with graphic intense programs.
I've got standard 80mm fans on both intake (lower front) and output (upper back). The CPU fan is a 40mm on top a regular heat sink. Nothing special there, but I don't see why it would not be enough. I even tried to make a shroud for the CPU fan to the output fan. About a 1C difference so not really the answer.
The whole time the mobo temp is constant at 30C
The thing is this system is actually underclocked as well. It's a XP 1800, which if I read right should be doing 1.53Ghz, but it's only at 1.47Ghz.
So now my question is this: In about a month or two I'm upgrading case, mobo, cpu, and fans. In the mean time what would be a decent temporary fix for this? Or should I even worry about it? And what would it be that causing this?
Thank in advance for any info.
-Ryandor
I updated to the latest version of the Asus temp monitor program, and I'm getting 77C (idle) temps for the cpu. (On the old version it was saying 55-60). I'm likely to believe the newer version is more accurate. The mobo temp is sitting at 30C.
I played a couple of graphic intensive games, and the temp got up to 88C in about 10 minutes.
I opened the case, and noticed my rubber bands holding IDE cables nice and neat dry rotted, and the cables fell down, killing a bit of air flow. With case open, the temp dropped to 69C in about 4 minutes.
Checked out my fans, all seem good. Reapplied new thermal grease (the old stuff was dried). Fixxed up all the cables, killed some dust bunnies, etc and put everything back together.
I'm still getting 72C on idle and up to 84C with graphic intense programs.
I've got standard 80mm fans on both intake (lower front) and output (upper back). The CPU fan is a 40mm on top a regular heat sink. Nothing special there, but I don't see why it would not be enough. I even tried to make a shroud for the CPU fan to the output fan. About a 1C difference so not really the answer.
The whole time the mobo temp is constant at 30C
The thing is this system is actually underclocked as well. It's a XP 1800, which if I read right should be doing 1.53Ghz, but it's only at 1.47Ghz.
So now my question is this: In about a month or two I'm upgrading case, mobo, cpu, and fans. In the mean time what would be a decent temporary fix for this? Or should I even worry about it? And what would it be that causing this?
Thank in advance for any info.
-Ryandor