Avoid Motherboard Overheating Monitor CPU Temperature
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Submitted: 2010-08-16 09:56:09 | Word Count: 870
Computer overheating is one thing that can be hazardous to your computer and even though most new computers include tools (both hardware and software) to safeguard this from happening, it is often a common occurrence. Mainly due to higher powered video cards for extreme gaming, or online movie viewing, faster CPU speeds on the whole as well as something called over-clocking. There are several signs to watch for to see if your CPU temperature is running too high, some of them you might not even realize that this would be what causes it.
Things to watch for are as follows:
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* Computer restarts unexpectedly.
* In the middle of a game and it appears each frame is going slower and slower than the one before.
* Your computer crashes much too often.
* Computer locks up all of a sudden.
* Things start running very slow, which were fast prior.
* You should listen for the sounds the fans make. Do they sound like they are constantly running, or do they sound erratic, loud at times and then sound as if they are not working.
Usually the CPU temp will start to climb as the computer is continually being utilized. The heat will start to build up and then eventually cause overheating. If you live in a warm climate and do not have ample cooling within your work area, this could also hasten the heat production within the computer.
As you can imagine, high CPU temps which cause overheating, can subsequently cause hardware failure, and even worse, a melted motherboard, although, most computers these days have built-in safeguards (such as system restart).
Most motherboards will have built into the BIOS setup a way to monitor CPU temperature. During your computer startup, you may wish to enter the BIOS and go to PC health or Power. You will be able to see just what temps are for both the CPU and the system. Should you not want to have to do this each time to check, you may also install software within your Windows system which will monitor CPU temperature at all times. You must ensure however that your motherboard permits this.
Normal CPU temps for processors created by Intel are typical from Idle: 40 to 55 Load: 55 to 85, they do often run higher and hotter than AMD which is from Idle: 30 to 45 Load: 50 to 70.
If your CPU temperatures are running very hot, you may want to take a few measures to try to decrease this. A simple measure is to open one side of your tower to permit air flow in (but be warned lots of dust can and will get in). Another is to add or replace the heat sink on the processor which has a better one. You should also do regular dusting out (with compressed air or foot pump) the fans both in the computer and the power supply. Finally, try to keep your computer in a cool working location.
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