Re: Confusion over RAM utilization

"Andy_XP_Devotee" <AndyXPDevotee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:F4086203-C254-4A2F-A15B-E33B34684B03@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

RE: Mike Hall - MVP's posting, . . .

I wondered about the temperature numbers when I saw them in the HDTune
report. I noticed them because they were so different from Paul's numbers.

I do not know all of the details, . . . but I know that my Dell was built
with a P4 chip that ran very hot. I believe Intel only manufactured this
chip for 1 year. Because the chip runs so hot, the cooling fans often run
fast and loud. In fact, it was the noise of those fans that resulted in my
having this machine at all. This was, originally, my brother's home machine.
When the fan noise finally drove him crazy, he gave the computer to me.
(And a bit of noise was a trivial price to pay for what has been a really
nice computer.)

I have wanted to monitor the internal temps in this machine since I got it,
but, again, it's a Dell, and the usual temperature-monitoring programs don't
usually work. In fact, I think my brother said he crashed this machine
trying to get it to accept a 3rd party temperature ap.

The numbers in HD Tune were the first temperature numbers I'd ever seen for
this machine. They're for the HD and not the chip, but I was still glad to
see them.

As for cooling down this machine, . . . I will see what I can do. The
drives are not always as hot as the 46 degrees C you saw in the graph. I've
checked since then, and they start out at about 32C.

At what temperatures would you suggest I should think about shutting down
and letting them cool off? I may not be able to do anything about separating
the drives, as I believe they're already spread out as far as they'll go.
I've thought about replacing the fans with better/quieter fans, but, again,
this being a Dell, I'm not sure a replacement fan will even fit without
modding the case.

So I may wind up just shutting down this machine when it gets too hot. A
number would be very helpful.

Thanks,

Andy



I like to see mid 30's..

To be honest, I would look for a better case. Dells are BTX form factor so you have to look for a BTX compatible case. Some are convertible. Don't get a mini tower as you will have the same problem with space to spread out. If you can't go that route for whatever reason, look to upgrade the fans..


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Mike Hall - MVP Windows Experience
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/

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