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Subject: Re: Fritz 7 : 51 C is way too high if it's idle!!!

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 10:44:47 02/08/02

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On February 08, 2002 at 12:57:43, John Smith wrote:

>On February 08, 2002 at 11:21:55, Gustavo Pereira wrote:
>
>>Temperature rock steady at 51ÂșC...
>
>
>Holy S**t!!!  Your poor CPU can't take it no more!  Get a better heatsink.
>
>Your idle temp should be about 35C.

Not necessarily. If his BIOS does not slow down the CPU when it's idle,
then his idle temperature is perfectly normal.

I would only worry when the temperature under load starts to get in the
high sixties.

Note that AMD _recommends_ not slowing down the CPU when it's idle to
improve stability.

--
GCP



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