Hello Demeitri,
I wouldn't say that 40 deg. Celsius is overheating for a CPU... it's on
the warm side, but far from overheating. If you would like the CPU to run
cooler, you can try opening up the case, and cleaning out the heatsinks
of the CPU and, while you're at it, the rest of the computer. A little
compressed air works wonders inside a PC - maybe just do it outside
because it's very dusty, if you haven't cleaned much. This is an often
unmentioned maintenance that should be done regularly (every 6 months. or
so). A friend of mine had his Pentium III's temperature drop from 50 to
35 Celsius after performing this housekeeping task.
Another way to keep the CPU running cooler is to get yourself a CPU
cooling software - such as Rain or Waterfall. These programs do not
decrease the computer's performance - but they do keep the CPU cooler
when the computer is idle. By default, when the computer is idle, the
entire CPU is still running - BUT, if you have a CPU cooling software, it
commands certain parts of the CPU to shutdown during idle, which reduces
the heat. Very effective if you do not do CPU intensive operations
constantly, like gaming or graphics. On my own Pentium III 800, it
dropped the idle temperature from 41 to about 35 degrees Celsius.
And, if you plan to overclock or you're just worried about the heat, you
can buy a super-deluxe replacement CPU fan from online sites such as
www.3dfxcool.com and www.tennmax.com . The OEM fan is pretty wimpy
compared to these monsters. Also, you may look into better case cooling -
where will the heat from the CPU go if the air inside the case is even
hotter?
I wish you good luck, and you and your computer stay cool (pun intended).
:)
- Hawk166_PWR (Michael Soto)
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On Sat, 2 Sep 2000 15:57:02 -0400 Demetri Kolokotronis <[log in to unmask]>
writes:
> My computer temperature increases for unknown reason 40 degrees C
> during
> operation. To cool down, would it be better to allow computer to
> run,
> idle, which will continue fan operation, or turn computer off?
>
> Demetri Kolokotronis
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