Hi PCHF,
I downloaded speedfan 4.32, just to have a look see at what it does.

I dont want to get into it to deeply( sometimes my curiosity gets the better of me )
I do not seem to have any o/heating probs, well nothing obvious.

The reading from speedfan showed up as the following

fan 1..... 2387rpm flucuates up too 2389
fan 2.......0
fan3........0
fan4........0

Speed01 40%
speed 02 30%
speed03 30%

I have two fans, one on the cpu and the other in power pack.

Temps:

CPU 41 -44c
Internal temp 34c
remote 34c
HDO 37c

The room temp is at 25.5 C, its winter and the fire is blazing hence the high room temp.

Are these temps too high?

I cranked the % up on fan 1 to 100%, it made no obvious difference to temps or the rpm of Fan 1.

Thsi is just a curiousity question, unless of course you can see warning signs there with the temp.

Thankyou

Cart

Are you sure (according to the speedfan docs) that you're monitoring the right fan? Believe me, it's an easy thing to get wrong

Hi Hengis,
on the readings tab it shows fan 1 with the only reading, i increased all fans to 100%, speed stayed marginally the same,srry hengis I click on some of the links in here and go try that link out and usually end up in here asking questions.

By trying speedfan on both comps here, I can def hear rpm increase on wifes comp, when I increase % on hers, mind u her fan is noisey at present ( working on that one ) so it gives me a good comparson running the programme.

Thankyou

Cart

Speedfan dose have issues with some sensor chips-- you can look yours up on the readings window-- near the top theres a scroll window.
Sensor chips are called Winbond or Super I/O
you look for them by their codes-- and then search google for that code-- most of the time there's a speedfan entry in that search. Just type the code into the search window


Example of a Winbond code =
W83627EHG

There can also be fan control software in your BIOS (Qfan-- from Asus) which would affect this

Thanks ih8bills.
I would not have noticed anything, had I not downloaded speedfan.

I suppose my main question would be seeing that it shows my CPU as running around the 43c to 47c max temp when using the comp, should I have reason to be concerned.

After reading a tutorial on Cooling ( by Merlin ) it says that processor temps should not exceed 60 c. So I am looking at it, as though, I am 12C below danger time.

So if all seems fine then I am not too worried, as its has prob been like that or simular since i got the comp.

At a later date I do intend upgrading this CPU cooler on this comp as well as fitting casing fan/s.

The comp has never given me any trouble in regards to temp problems,no freezing, no unintentional crashing etc.

Thankyou ( I snuck out to post this as the wife has confined me to the sick bed as she calls it lol ) I must obey lol.

Cart

47C is no reason to be concerned IMO-- you will probably get some improvement with the new setup-- but shaving degrees off running temps comes in usually small increments. As long as it's stable-- you are fine-- there will be some upward movement when you do intensive things... but usually 4-6 degrees.
A good way to shave a few degrees is to make your internal cables neat/tucked out of the way. AirFLOW is the key to cooling--if your cables are a pile of spaghetti-- airflow is decreased.
Also-- the flat IDE cables-- can be changed for round ones--to add a small improvement-- and better durability as well.

Round IDE Cables at Xoxide.com - Round IDE Cables

Many small changes add up to create significant benefit:

Use better cables
Make things neat + out of the way
Add case fans if possible
upgrade CPU cooler
Use a good Thermal Compound-- like Arctic Silver
Keep everything as dust free as possible-- clean regularly.

These few things can add quite a bit to your PC's life-- and once you get into the habit-- it's easy.

Thankyou for that ih8bills,
I intend to do minor upgrades, I have bumped the RAM up that made a nice difference to start up and shut down.
I had a look at that cable site and there not overly expensive either,I might have a look see at changing mine.

Thanks again we could consider this post all done.

Cart