Is my temps too high??

Not sure where to post this but thought I would give it a try here.. Right now I am dealing with my computer restarting on its own with an error that it was caused by a device driver. I downloaded Everest from MG and the temperature seems high to me so thought I would post the temp results here and get some feedback.. Yes I have ran programs for spywars and AV etc and I am Spyware and Virus free..

Temperatures
Motherboard 41 °C (106 °F)
CPU 64 °C (147 °F)
Aux 29 °C (84 °F)
WDC WD800EB-00DJF0 38 °C (100 °F)

Thanks,
SW

 

yes they are a little high. I would think of getting a new Heatsink and some artic silver 5. That will bring it down.
Hope This Helps!
LJ

 

CPU temp is too high, the rest are ok. I would go with what the otehr guy said, you can also try some wire managements and cleaqning out the heatsink, also get a can of air and blast the case if it is dusty, when wqas the last time you cleaned the in side of your PC?

 

What are your specs?

http://forums.majorgeeks.com/announcement.php?f=22

Should have been the first thing asked, folks

 

Sorry I forgot to attach my specs..
here is the attchment and if I am missing anything let me know..

As for last time I cleaned out the inside of my computer?? The answer is never and I am afraid of doing something to damage the inside of the computer if I use an Air Can or even take off the cover.

What is HeatSink and Artic Silver 5?? Also could the high temps be caused by a failing Power Supply?? The reason I ask is that like I said to begin with I am dealing with computer shutting down on its own and restarting and an error message saying that it was due to a device driver. I know I am virus and spyware free so I am looking for help with the internal components.

Thanks,
SW

 

crap, 64C is REALLY hot for an athlon XP, and the fact that you never cleaned your case is prolly part of the problem, tehre must be dust elephants in that thing, cleaning your pc isn't that hard. you can use a vaccum for the dust cloud outside the case but never for the components inside. use quick bursts with a can of compressed air. The ehatsink is a big metal block taht is found on your cpu, there could also be smaller ones on your motehrboard and video card. arctic silver 5 is a thermal compund taht goes on the bottom of a heatsink so it conducts heat better, thus keeping you cpu and otehr parts cooler. when you are cleaning just don't unplug anythign without making sure you knwo where to plug it back into, ground yourself(touch power supply to get rid of static) make sure everything unplugged and be gentle. there is probably a wad of dust on you heatsink, to clean my dads hp, I took off the cpu fan and picked out gobs of dust with tweezers because I couldn't get it out witha ir, worked pretty well.

 

When cleaning your fans, don't forget the fan blades. Iuse 99 % alcohol and Q tips to remove the grime & crud. Dirty fan blades reduce air flow drastically.

 

Ok I used a can of air to clean out the dust from my computer yesterday morning and man oh man was it ever dusty.. Well I didn't see the post regarding the Alcohol and Q-tips prior to doing the cleaning. I will do that the next time I clean the dust out.
I ran everest again just a few moments ago and here are my temps now so was wondering how they look after the cleaning out I did??
Temperatures
Motherboard 32 °C (90 °F)
CPU 47 °C (117 °F)
Aux 29 °C (84 °F)
WDC WD800EB-00DJF0 37 °C (99 °F)

Thanks for all the help and advice.. MG Rocks!!!!!

sw

 

Thats a significant drop in temp (64>47).

Just for interest sake what was the CPU fan RPMs'?

If your interested here are some links on thermal paste (Artic Silver 5) and what the heatsink is and basic function. Basically the thermal paste acts as an interface between the CPU and base of your heatsink, it draws (transfers) heat from your CPU to your heatsink. Very basically heatsink is designed to transfer the heat (from CPU) and disperse it away keeping your processor cool.

Links:

www.arcticsilver.com

The heatsink link is for Intel P4 but is intended just to give you an overview of what one is with diagrams;

http://support.intel.com/support/processors/pentium4/sb/CS-007989.htm

General heatsink and thermal paste
http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?t=154105

As for sys heat this is a good reference guide:

http://users.erols.com/chare/elec.htm

You may have resolved the issue temporarily but for your own sake look at some of these links and understand the fundamentals.

 

Cooling Fans the only thing under that is the CPU and the RPM is 4116

I am not very literate when it comes to the inside components of a computer now give me programs and I am fine but the hardware and such in the casing I am completely lost. Do computers come with a HeatSink??

If this is something I should be looking into getting my sister n law knows more about the internal stuff then what I do and I would just let her take care of this.

What are we looking at cost wise?? Also, could my heating problem be caused by a failing power supply?? I haven't taken the computer down to her yet but when talking to her and told her what it was doing (shutting down and giving me the device error message) she told me that it could be caused by a failing power supply. So I was wondering if the power supply is replaced if that would also take care of the over heating problem or if a heatsink is still needed?

Thanks for all your help..
SW

 

All computers come with a heatsink. Most of them are really crappy. A decent new one will cost anywhere from 20-50 dollars. Most likely not the power supply because it doesnt have anythign to do with heat or cooling...
Hope THis Helps!

 

Yes that is the one. Now you have lowered temps to 47C are you still experiencing the random restarts or any other problems or has the cleaning resolved your problems.

You may not have to worry about heatsinks, etc but just a reagular clean from time to time.