Motherboard : Abit KT7A-RAID
BIOS : AWARD
BIOS Revision : KT7_ZT (05/11/2001-8363-686B-6A61-MA19C-ZT)
CPU : AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1000 (100 x 10)
Core Volt : 1.750v (Default)
I/O volt : 3.40v (Default)
Standard silver heatsink and fan
CPU FAN : ~5000 RPM
System FAN : ~2700 RPM
Idle temp :
Case opened : 40-41 celsius
Case closed : 43-44 celsius
Loaded temp : +59 celsius
OS: Windows Millenium Edition
Temperature querying : VIA Hardware Monitor V2.04
Problem :
The minute the CPU has any kind of hard work to do, the temperature ascend dramatically, which most of the time means computer hang-up.
Symptoms:
ALL THE TESTS HAVE BEEN RUN WITH THE CASE OPENED AND THE COMPUTER HORIZONTALLY PLACED.
With 20 sedconds of defragmentation with the standard Windows Defragmentation program, the CPU temperature would go up 3 degrees. With 40 seconds of the same defrgmentation exercise, the temperature would go up 7 degrees. With 60 seconds, the temperature would go up 8 degrees, bringing it to 49 degrees. Running a full defragmentation of all my disks would never work because the system would hang up before it ends. After reseting my computer with the reset button and going into Soft Menu III PC Health division, the CPU showed 55 degrees.
Running a 10 minutes game of Unreal Tournament (1024/768@16bit) would bring the CPU temperature to 58 degree but the computer would not hang up.
Running the 3DMark2001 demo would make the temperature go up from 40 degrees to a whopping 59 degrees but the computer would not hang up. The demo is 5 minutes or so long and feature a CPU friendly ending which sould have helped my CPU freshen a bit near the end.
Questions/Comments :
The problem is not that the CPU get hotter, it's that I've been running this computer for two months now and it's the first time I encounter such hang up problems. I've been running the computer case closed for months and never had problems. Now, I'm running it case opened, laying on its side because otherwise it hangs. I really need help to find a solution. Buying another fan or any cooling system is out of the question. Not because I don't have the cash, it's because the CPU does not need it. I saw my CPU running just fine at 66 degree for months and now it won't even like 55?! I'm sorry, I don't buy that. It gotta be a setting I have misplaced in my BIOS when I updated it or something because the computer worked fine for the two months it had it's ogirinal BIOS. I flashed it to the latest version. Seeing it worked all clunky I flashed it back but then again, no chance, it run like a squared clockwork. So here I have the latest one and I'm sticking to it.
Any suggestions?
P.S.: After reading a couple topic in this forum, I realize that maybe my chip is running hot... I didn't even overclocked it and it's running at 49 degrees only by surfing on the net.
BIOS : AWARD
BIOS Revision : KT7_ZT (05/11/2001-8363-686B-6A61-MA19C-ZT)
CPU : AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1000 (100 x 10)
Core Volt : 1.750v (Default)
I/O volt : 3.40v (Default)
Standard silver heatsink and fan
CPU FAN : ~5000 RPM
System FAN : ~2700 RPM
Idle temp :
Case opened : 40-41 celsius
Case closed : 43-44 celsius
Loaded temp : +59 celsius
OS: Windows Millenium Edition
Temperature querying : VIA Hardware Monitor V2.04
Problem :
The minute the CPU has any kind of hard work to do, the temperature ascend dramatically, which most of the time means computer hang-up.
Symptoms:
ALL THE TESTS HAVE BEEN RUN WITH THE CASE OPENED AND THE COMPUTER HORIZONTALLY PLACED.
With 20 sedconds of defragmentation with the standard Windows Defragmentation program, the CPU temperature would go up 3 degrees. With 40 seconds of the same defrgmentation exercise, the temperature would go up 7 degrees. With 60 seconds, the temperature would go up 8 degrees, bringing it to 49 degrees. Running a full defragmentation of all my disks would never work because the system would hang up before it ends. After reseting my computer with the reset button and going into Soft Menu III PC Health division, the CPU showed 55 degrees.
Running a 10 minutes game of Unreal Tournament (1024/768@16bit) would bring the CPU temperature to 58 degree but the computer would not hang up.
Running the 3DMark2001 demo would make the temperature go up from 40 degrees to a whopping 59 degrees but the computer would not hang up. The demo is 5 minutes or so long and feature a CPU friendly ending which sould have helped my CPU freshen a bit near the end.
Questions/Comments :
The problem is not that the CPU get hotter, it's that I've been running this computer for two months now and it's the first time I encounter such hang up problems. I've been running the computer case closed for months and never had problems. Now, I'm running it case opened, laying on its side because otherwise it hangs. I really need help to find a solution. Buying another fan or any cooling system is out of the question. Not because I don't have the cash, it's because the CPU does not need it. I saw my CPU running just fine at 66 degree for months and now it won't even like 55?! I'm sorry, I don't buy that. It gotta be a setting I have misplaced in my BIOS when I updated it or something because the computer worked fine for the two months it had it's ogirinal BIOS. I flashed it to the latest version. Seeing it worked all clunky I flashed it back but then again, no chance, it run like a squared clockwork. So here I have the latest one and I'm sticking to it.
Any suggestions?
P.S.: After reading a couple topic in this forum, I realize that maybe my chip is running hot... I didn't even overclocked it and it's running at 49 degrees only by surfing on the net.