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Offline Tony

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Re:HOW HOT IS YOURS
« Reply #15 on: August 12, 2003, 19:57 »
Quote from: Robotochan on August 12, 2003, 16:32

You've got an Asrock too?! What model? I have the K7VT2 quality motherboard, not one problem  ;D


Sorry Robo,

You nipped that post in while I was not looking,

My PC is built on a MSI KT333 Ultra. bought it last September £76.50 no onboard Lan, only  2x USB ports on an adapter that took up a PCI slot. Not a bad board, other than it looks over priced today compared to Asrock offerings.

The one I built for a friend was on a ASRock K7VT2 built round a VIA chipset, like yours, only £29 from Dabs.com, but a bloody well built board. They are a newish company out to grab a slice of the Mobo market, and you do that by offering quality feature packed Mobo's at rock bottom prices. So impressed I was that this new PC is built on a K7S8X, will support upto XP3000+ 8XAGP FSB 333MHz Onboard Lan, 6xUSB V2 See Hereand all for the heady price of £38.50, a STEAL. ;D
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Re:HOW HOT IS YOURS
« Reply #16 on: August 12, 2003, 21:39 »
Ok I installed speedfan to see what temp my CPU etc is at on my laptop.

It reports...

HD0:   55'C
Temp3: 26'c
Temp1: 22'c
Temp2: 22'c

When minimised it states 22'c in the system tray.

There is a flame sign next to the HD0  ??? I take it this is the temp of the hard disk.

I'll reboot and see what my BIOS says EDIT> It doesn't tell me temps in the bios! :doh:

Is the temps looking good or bad at the moment?  ;)

DJ

 
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Re:HOW HOT IS YOURS
« Reply #17 on: August 12, 2003, 23:23 »
DJ1UK,

every thing looks cool apart from the HDD  :(
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Re:HOW HOT IS YOURS
« Reply #18 on: August 12, 2003, 23:26 »
Any suggestions on how to cool down the hard disk then?

As I said its a laptop - so I doubt if I can do anything physical (i.e. stick a huge fan on to it  ;D ), but is there any settings that I should check?

Thanks  :P

DJ
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Re:HOW HOT IS YOURS
« Reply #19 on: August 12, 2003, 23:27 »
Here you go Hooky,

Running temps as normal




And running temp when I active the Cooler XP button as you can see you can set alarm for temps and fan speeds and voltages, by sliding the blue range buttons. As you can see CPU limit is set to alarm at 59C. cool eh  8)



Of course, it sits on the bottom tool bar as an icon, run your mouse over it to display CPU temp.
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Re:HOW HOT IS YOURS
« Reply #20 on: August 12, 2003, 23:30 »
settings ...oooa I'm not the one to ask about settings, lump hammer and a chisle man me DJ, best to ask Sean, Lobo, Sandra  :-*  or Dack, of course Lobo and Dack are away at the mo I think.
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Re:HOW HOT IS YOURS
« Reply #21 on: August 12, 2003, 23:41 »
;D
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Re:HOW HOT IS YOURS
« Reply #22 on: August 12, 2003, 23:52 »
How dare you interfer with my Software, Young Man..........well really Phuff :o

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Re:HOW HOT IS YOURS
« Reply #23 on: August 13, 2003, 01:29 »
Sorry DJ I cant think of any settings that you could alter to cool your laptop down apart from most laptops these days drop the CPU rating when on batteries to conserve power so if you are happy running at a slower CPU performance that should cool it down a little,dont forget to recharge it after youve done with it for the night though :)
Not sure how much it would effect the hard drive temperature though :doggie:
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Re:HOW HOT IS YOURS
« Reply #24 on: August 13, 2003, 09:26 »
I opened the side of my case earlier. My CPU went down 10C and my system 15C  ;D

@Tony Asrock is the "cheap" make os ASUS but I've found that not only are they cheap, they are the best damn motherboard I've seen. Not had one problem unlike a few of my friends who spent £120 and got duff RAM slots etc.  :D Nice motherboard you got there  ;D

Got A Question: Which way does a CPU fan go, does it push air into the HS or suck it away? I've heard of people using them both ways.
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Re:HOW HOT IS YOURS
« Reply #25 on: August 13, 2003, 10:21 »
Quote from: Robotochan on August 13, 2003, 09:26

I opened the side of my case earlier. My CPU went down 10C and my system 15C  ;D

@Tony Asrock is the "cheap" make os ASUS
Funny you should say that Robo, as Simon is using an ASUS board in that new build, and he commented in the simularities between the two. I'm sold on them Robo at this money

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Got A Question: Which way does a CPU fan go, does it push air into the HS or suck it away? I've heard of people using them both ways.


I'm sure air forced over the heatsink is the industry norm, as the heatsink is to all intent and purpose a heat exchanger. Taking the heat generated by the CPU and removing it via conductivity. And the fan removes the heat from the sink by disipation, ie; blowing it away. But if your an experimanting sort of a guy, why not try it both ways, and monitor it temp wise.

But you have got to consider the HeatSink manufactures must have it sussed, mines blowing air onto the heatsink.

PS: I'm currently on the new PC, and readings are ambient 25C. System 36C. CPU 50C. My PC is System 35C. and CPU 46C. but I'm going to do a clean install on that one because it seems sluggish compared to the new one.
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Re:HOW HOT IS YOURS
« Reply #26 on: August 13, 2003, 10:57 »
Following on from that, which is the best way for a case fan to blow?  Is it better to suck hot air out, or blow air in?  And does it matter which way round you fit the case fan?  I have mine with the wires on the 'inside' if you see what I mean, i.e. not the side the fan is fitted to the case.
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Re:HOW HOT IS YOURS
« Reply #27 on: August 13, 2003, 11:19 »
Quote from: Simon on August 13, 2003, 10:57

Following on from that, which is the best way for a case fan to blow?


The Suck or Blow question  :o wonder what responses well get for that!

On my laptop... I'll leave it for now, I'll just decide to move it when it starts burning my knees! Thanks for your advice Sandra.

DJ
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Re:HOW HOT IS YOURS
« Reply #28 on: August 13, 2003, 11:20 »
The way i understand fin cooling is that the heat radiates to the fins and then the fins should be cooled . :-\..just like on a motor bike.. ::)

Therefore the fan should be blowing on the fins... :P

But anywaysup.. ;)...probably works fine... 8)
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Re:HOW HOT IS YOURS
« Reply #29 on: August 13, 2003, 11:36 »
Quote from: Simon on August 13, 2003, 10:57

Following on from that, which is the best way for a case fan to blow?  Is it better to suck hot air out, or blow air in?
Errr I thought that questioned had been asked , and I had answered it [for my part] Boy your inpateint Simon  ;)  

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And does it matter which way round you fit the case fan?  I have mine with the wires on the 'inside' if you see what I mean, i.e. not the side the fan is fitted to the case.


I have mine with the wires on.....very technical  ;) Case fans are mulit directional, in that you just turn em round. They reckon for every Exhaust fan you have you should balance it with an intake fan. Exhaust at the back of the case, intake at the front.  

Simon  for instance if you have a PSU fan blowing hot air out of the back and a case fan directly under it drawing air in, you would just de circulating the hot air. So the rule is , in at the front and out at the back. Blow some ciggy smoke into the fan and see which way it goes.......I take it you have taken to the cigs since you started building this last PC   ::) ;)
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