Evening, Well, tonight my CPU fan decided to stop working. After some logical deduction, I discovered that it was the connection from the fan to the motherboard that was faulty. By hooking up the CPU fan to another connection on the motherboard I was able to use it again. When I boot, the BIOS complains that the CPU fan is not running (obviously since it is not hooked up) and asks if I should shutdown immediately. I said no, since the fan really was spinning round, and booted up linux. I've loaded sensors and have the CPU temp displayed on gkrellm. It says that it's 105.8F right now. My question is how reliable is this setup I've got going, or should I just give in and buy a new motherboard. I'm kinda tight on funds, so if this'll work, I'd rather keep it like this. I'm just concerned about blowing out my CPU. Any thoughts? Mike Sacco.
I wish my Athlons ran that cool, right now they are running 46C (114.8F) and 44.5C (112.1F). If it stays that cool you should have plenty of time to save up for the new motherboard. Keep an eye on it, if you get a newer version of gKrellM at: http://web.wt.net/~billw/gkrellm/gkrellm.html You can set up temp alarming in gKrellM. I don't use that feature so I don't know if it really works. The only really save thing to do is replace the mobo but this could let you limp along for a while. pben On Saturday 28 June 2003 12:40 am, Michael Sacco wrote:
Evening,
Well, tonight my CPU fan decided to stop working. After some logical deduction, I discovered that it was the connection from the fan to the motherboard that was faulty. By hooking up the CPU fan to another connection on the motherboard I was able to use it again. When I boot, the BIOS complains that the CPU fan is not running (obviously since it is not hooked up) and asks if I should shutdown immediately. I said no, since the fan really was spinning round, and booted up linux. I've loaded sensors and have the CPU temp displayed on gkrellm. It says that it's 105.8F right now. My question is how reliable is this setup I've got going, or should I just give in and buy a new motherboard. I'm kinda tight on funds, so if this'll work, I'd rather keep it like this. I'm just concerned about blowing out my CPU. Any thoughts?
Mike Sacco.
I wish my Athlons ran that cool, right now they are running 46C (114.8F) and 44.5C (112.1F).
Hi, I have 3 Athlon XP CPU's, 2000+, 2400+ and 2600+. Neither of them runs at over 38 degrees C. It's the cooler you need to find.. :) First I was thinking of liquid cooling, then I found Arctic Cooling ( http://www.arctic-cooling.com ). Their coolers are silent, REALLY silent.. :) And very effective! Anders.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 27 June 2003 10:40 pm, Michael Sacco wrote:
Evening,
Well, tonight my CPU fan decided to stop working. After some logical deduction, I discovered that it was the connection from the fan to the motherboard that was faulty. By hooking up the CPU fan to another connection on the motherboard I was able to use it again. When I boot, the BIOS complains that the CPU fan is not running (obviously since it is not hooked up) and asks if I should shutdown immediately. I said no, since the fan really was spinning round, and booted up linux. I've loaded sensors and have the CPU temp displayed on gkrellm. It says that it's 105.8F right now. My question is how reliable is this setup I've got going, or should I just give in and buy a new motherboard. I'm kinda tight on funds, so if this'll work, I'd rather keep it like this. I'm just concerned about blowing out my CPU. Any thoughts?
I've got a water cooled system that did that (BIOS complained that the CPU fan was not running) when I first set it up. There is a setting in my BIOS config that turns this warning off. (If I don't turn the warning system off the computer shuts down automatically, safe but not terribly convenient.) My guess is that your solution will work fine. You didn't say how you diagnosed that the cpu fan header was bad, if you're not sure then you could get another fan (they're cheap) and try plugging it into the original header. Panaflo fans come highly recommended. have a good evening - -- dh Don't shop at GoogleGear.com! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+/UGjBwgxlylUsJARAiJ5AJ458kDFyn8IS8igCBlqQ3fqGoXxjwCfctKi w9hgbDnJ0Jrth1sAnpKuu40= =6TMQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Speaking of fans and cpus, temps. what's a good temperature for a cpu to run at generally? is there 'safe zone' for temperature? On Friday 27 June 2003 11:40 pm, Michael Sacco wrote:
Evening,
Well, tonight my CPU fan decided to stop working. After some logical deduction, I discovered that it was the connection from the fan to the motherboard that was faulty. By hooking up the CPU fan to another connection on the motherboard I was able to use it again. When I boot, the BIOS complains that the CPU fan is not running (obviously since it is not hooked up) and asks if I should shutdown immediately. I said no, since the fan really was spinning round, and booted up linux. I've loaded sensors and have the CPU temp displayed on gkrellm. It says that it's 105.8F right now. My question is how reliable is this setup I've got going, or should I just give in and buy a new motherboard. I'm kinda tight on funds, so if this'll work, I'd rather keep it like this. I'm just concerned about blowing out my CPU. Any thoughts?
Mike Sacco.
On 06/28/2003 04:11 PM, Export wrote:
Speaking of fans and cpus, temps. what's a good temperature for a cpu to run at generally? is there 'safe zone' for temperature?
It depends on the processor. IIANM, Athlons are rated up to 90C, but that is rediculously high. I shoot for up to 50C for most Athlons and Durons, Athlon XPs seem to run cooler. Last one I built ran at ~35C. I just built a Pentium 4 2.66 Ghz, and it runs ~50C. That is without aircon, outside temp probably 95F high humidity (Philippines is subtropical). HTH -- Joe Morris New Tribes Mission Email Address: Joe_Morris@ntm.org Web Address: http://www.mydestiny.net/~joe_morris Registered Linux user 231871 God said, I AM that I AM. I say, by the grace of God, I am what I am.
On Sat, 2003-06-28 at 10:11, Export wrote:
Speaking of fans and cpus, temps. what's a good temperature for a cpu to run at generally? is there 'safe zone' for temperature?
It really depends on which processor and which revision on it you run. I have a Palomino AthlonXP 1800+ which runs between 45 centigrade and 55, depending on the room temperature, both under full load. My case is fairly normal in size for an ATX, but wasn't designed with these sort of temperatures in mind (there's about a centimetre open between the CPU-fan and the power supply), so on hot days I leave it open, as the temperature rises to bout 60 degrees. A friend of mine has the same cpu and board in a much smaller case, standing in a small poorly ventilated office. His door is open all day, so it doesn't get too hot, but when he arrives at work in the morning, the office is quite hot inside, and cpu temperature is about 70 degrees. It still runs stable though, so that should still be fine. The Thorougbred Athlons run much cooler in general though. I seldom see any of them reach 40 degrees, but I have to add that they are all in new properly ventialted cases with a lot of open space above and around the CPU. Hans
On 06/28/2003 01:40 PM, Michael Sacco wrote:
Well, tonight my CPU fan decided to stop working. After some logical deduction, I discovered that it was the connection from the fan to the motherboard that was faulty. By hooking up the CPU fan to another connection on the motherboard I was able to use it again.
That connection is for a Chassis fan. It will work fine there, and IIANM, shows up with sensors.
When I boot, the BIOS complains that the CPU fan is not running (obviously since it is not hooked up) and asks if I should shutdown immediately.
This can be set in the BIOS. Disable the auto shutdown for cpu fan failure.
I said no, since the fan really was spinning round, and booted up linux. I've loaded sensors and have the CPU temp displayed on gkrellm. It says that it's 105.8F right now.
I am more familiar now with Celsius, but I believe this is reasonable. You didn't say what processor.
My question is how reliable is this setup I've got going, or should I just give in and buy a new motherboard. I'm kinda tight on funds, so if this'll work, I'd rather keep it like this. I'm just concerned about blowing out my CPU. Any thoughts?
If sensors will give you CPU temp, then use your setup. I wouldn't buy a new motherboard for that kind of failure, but instead of automatic monitoring, you need to be more diligent to check every so often. Are you sure it is the motherboard connector? Maybe it was just the connector not making good connection, and just unplugging it and repluging it would make it work again. Or try to clean the connectors. -- Joe Morris New Tribes Mission Email Address: Joe_Morris@ntm.org Web Address: http://www.mydestiny.net/~joe_morris Registered Linux user 231871 God said, I AM that I AM. I say, by the grace of God, I am what I am.
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