HDD & CPU Temperatures

polybear

Hi, My new Packard Bell imedia 1307 desktop lives in my Conservatory (not much I can do about it at the moment). I've started using a free program called "HDDThermometer", to check on my HDD Temp. It's currently running at 48 C. Also, in BIOS I've found that the CPU Temp is 68.5 C and the M/B (Motherboard?) Temp is 46 C. Can anyone tell me if these are ok please? If not, what can I do about it? (Fitting another cooling fan is a bit iffy at present because the unit is still under warranty - a bit hard to disguise big holes in the casing!). I did notice in the BIOS there is a setting called "Fan Speed Ratio" - it's currently at 35%. There are settings for 50%, 60% and Auto. Thanks.

Polybear.

Lorian

polybear wrote:

Hi, My new Packard Bell imedia 1307 desktop lives in my Conservatory (not much I can do about it at the moment). I've started using a free program called "HDDThermometer", to check on my HDD Temp. It's currently running at 48 C. Also, in BIOS I've found that the CPU Temp is 68.5 C and the M/B (Motherboard?) Temp is 46 C. Can anyone tell me if these are ok please? If not, what can I do about it? (Fitting another cooling fan is a bit iffy at present because the unit is still under warranty - a bit hard to disguise big holes in the casing!). I did notice in the BIOS there is a setting called "Fan Speed Ratio" - it's currently at 35%. There are settings for 50%, 60% and Auto. Thanks.

Polybear.

What processor and clock speed?

That's hot if its just idling with you typing. What does it get up to if you put load on it for 10-15mins, like when playing a game?

A conservatory is not a good place for a PC in this heat.

T4i

polybear wrote:

Hi, My new Packard Bell imedia 1307 desktop lives in my Conservatory (not much I can do about it at the moment). I've started using a free program called "HDDThermometer", to check on my HDD Temp. It's currently running at 48 C. Also, in BIOS I've found that the CPU Temp is 68.5 C and the M/B (Motherboard?) Temp is 46 C. Can anyone tell me if these are ok please? If not, what can I do about it? (Fitting another cooling fan is a bit iffy at present because the unit is still under warranty - a bit hard to disguise big holes in the casing!). I did notice in the BIOS there is a setting called "Fan Speed Ratio" - it's currently at 35%. There are settings for 50%, 60% and Auto. Thanks.

Polybear.

When you go into BIOS and it says 68.5 C this is your CPU temp when its doing NO work at all. Booting will prolly take it up to 70C and under load your looking at 70-90C.

Not sure about fan speed ratio, I'd set it at auto though. Have you got a big fan? The ones we use to cool down, if you have point it at your case front.

Or just take a side off so the case temp will fall.

polybear

Thanks for the replies.


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What processor and clock speed?

That's hot if its just idling with you typing. What does it get up to if you put load on it for 10-15mins, like when playing a game?

It's an Intel Celeron 2.93GHz. I don't do games, just typing, email and internet.

Polybear.

movieman

That's hot if its just idling with you typing.

Depends. It's hot if it's the external CPU temperature, but it's nothing unusual if it's the internal CPU temperature. My P4-3.06, for example, runs at 68-74C internally, and about 30-55C externally depending on the weather and how hard it's working.

46C is quite high for the internal case temperature though: even with everything running flat out in warm weather mine doesn't go much over 40C. Then again the case has three fans blowing air in and four fans blowing air out .

polybear

AN UPDATE:

I increased the CPU Fan Speed Ratio to 60% earlier today.
At 9pm the temperatures were:
HDD: 44 C
CPU: 52 C
M/B: 42 c

I'll check the temperatures again when the ambient temperature is hot, to see how much of the reduction in p.c. temperature is due to the increase in Fan Speed Ratio.

Polybear.

sevlow

I have had a few issues with my PC lately, particularly withit rebooting most often in the middle of spyware or virus scans etc. First I guessed there may be some conflicts betwen applications so I reinstalled XP so I had a clean sytem , but still the problem prevailed.

Today I took the covers off intending to check that the components were correctly seated and the fans were running OK. Since then no further issues.

I have no idea what the operating temeratures were/are but the PC is housed in a desk base unit so air fow is a little restricted.

Could overheating cause these problems?

niceguyrichy

in a word: yes

any system intensive task (such as performing a full system scan, re-encoding a dvd etc) vastly increases the comp workrate and therefore temperature of components. One of the side-affects commonly associated with over-heating components is random shutting down / rebooting.

and btw, if it's one of those 'cubby's' on the floor you've got your pc, you should clean it out regularly, as that's one of the very worst places to keep a pc (attracts more dust and cr*p down there on the floor, can affect overheating as well)

village_life

perhaps you can get a desk fan and blow it at the back of your PC to keep it cooler - its not a great way of resolving your problem, but ive seen very similar approaches used in computer rooms where racks of servers need cooling down

in this heat i'd strongly urge you not to use the PC