Author: Martin Giepmans
Date: 12:54:00 11/03/04
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On November 03, 2004 at 09:49:19, Eelco de Groot wrote: >Posted a week ago by Pusaeus on Rebel Board. What do you think guys? I told him >the level at least does not make a difference. > >"I have to admit that I regret I bought this program. When playing at the lowest >level (For beginners/step 1 (!)) the CPU temperature rises from 36C to 67-67C. I >don't want to fry my CPU so I avoid long playing sessions and do not experiment >with the program at it's full capacity. I suspect there is nothing to do about >this problem besides buying more fans, which I do not intend to do. >Technical specifications: Windows XP, AMD Athlon XP2000+ 1.67 GHz and 512 MB >RAM." 67 degrees C is not too high, but you could advise him to remove the dust from the heatsink and the fan on top of it regularly. I have the same AMD and the temperature only rises that high (or higher in the summer when its very hot in the room) when the sink/fan is dirty. The difference between a clean and a dirty sink/fan is about 7 degrees C on this computer. Martin
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