I'm Canadian, so it's always Celsius for me. I don't understand Fahrenheit, to be honest. It's always sounds worse than it is
You should be fine runnng the CPU in the lower 70C range. As long as the HDD temp doesn't join it it should be fine around 55C. Unless your drive, mobo or whatever has a built in shutoff point below those they should remain physically intact.
It does, but I still fear. My laptop was a gift from my "other" and we don't have much money right now. Is there a program to detect HD temp as well as CPU temp? I mean, once my CPU hits 70, the entire bottom of my laptop is scathing hot, and it begins hardcore lag (not in a game, just in general). A normal menu opening took five minutes, once, it was so bad, and upon stepping outside into a blistering cold wind, it began working at normal speed (within a minute or so).
It does, but I still fear. My laptop was a gift from my "other" and we don't have much money right now. Is there a program to detect HD temp as well as CPU temp? I mean, once my CPU hits 70, the entire bottom of my laptop is scathing hot, and it begins hardcore lag (not in a game, just in general). A normal menu opening took five minutes, once, it was so bad, and upon stepping outside into a blistering cold wind, it began working at normal speed (within a minute or so).
I use this to monitor everything on my machines http://www.gtopala.com/ it's called SIW which means system information for Windows. You want to know whats on your machine and I mean anything use this. Here is a shot of the temps section.
In your situation I would definitely look at a cooling pad for the laptop. My machine's HD does not get hot nor does the bottom of the machine.
Knock on wood but my CPU has not acted up since I started this thread. This is how it goes though. Tomorrow, next week or next month it will start again until I play with the USB ports and it fixes it.
I don't think I will send it in until it totally fails. Dell let me extend my warranty for another year for $100. So anything that goes wrong is covered. Even the HD costs more than that and the MO BO is way more than that.
I'm Canadian, so it's always Celsius for me. I don't understand Fahrenheit, to be honest. It's always sounds worse than it is
Me too. Where in Ontario are you? You might be my neighbour I wouldn't know it.
Something else you could check.
The next time the temp spikes and before unplugging the mouse receiver, check the current draw on the USB ports. Have all USB devices you use plugged in. If you are running Windows XP, right-click My Computer and choose Properties, Hardware, Device Manager. Double-click Universal Serial Bus controllers, double-click the USB Root Hub entry, and click the Power tab. Add up the amounts in the Power Required column. Your PC specs might be different but each port typically can handle 500ma.
If there is something wrong with your ports it might show up as drawing too much power.
Sometimes there are internal devices connected to a port, such as a touch pad that can increase the current draw of a particular port.
Something else you could check.
The next time the temp spikes and before unplugging the mouse receiver, check the current draw on the USB ports. Have all USB devices you use plugged in. If you are running Windows XP, right-click My Computer and choose Properties, Hardware, Device Manager. Double-click Universal Serial Bus controllers, double-click the USB Root Hub entry, and click the Power tab. Add up the amounts in the Power Required column. Your PC specs might be different but each port typically can handle 500ma.
If there is something wrong with your ports it might show up as drawing too much power.
Sometimes there are internal devices connected to a port, such as a touch pad that can increase the current draw of a particular port.
Thanks I didn't know about doing that I will give it a try. I will look when things are well and take note of the values and than check when/if the temps start acting up and compare the values.
Anthony, I use SIW as well but I do get a discrepancy in the sensors with SIW showing my cpu temps at around 5 C higher than Real Temp.
Which app is correct, dunno?
I wonder what SpeedFan would indicate:
http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php
It has a logging function as well.
I only use speedfan because all I need is the CPU temp in the tray, along with the hdd temp. I set it to put the mobo's cpu temp in the tray instead of the cpu's temp. I find it's more consistent and closer to the real temp.
Hmm, Speedfan is reading about the same as SIW?
And all of a sudden my clock speed has increased which I ain't seen before?
Hmm, Speedfan is reading about the same as SIW?
And all of a sudden my clock speed has increased which I ain't seen before?
I judge by that pic that the maximum temperature your sensors can detect is 122C? And is your system water cooled?
I judge by that pic that the maximum temperature your sensors can detect is 122C? And is your system water cooled?
Just a normal heatsink/fan setup.
Anthony, I use SIW as well but I do get a discrepancy in the sensors with SIW showing my cpu temps at around 5 C higher than Real Temp.
Which app is correct, dunno?
The actual temp is really not the problem. Wether it's off by a couple Celsius isn't a big concern. It's the rapid rise for no reason even when CPU load is 0-1% and than it stops when I fiddle around with the USB ports. I just use SIW to see it in action.