Re: CPU HOT

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From: W????n (warren.s_at_youspammer.org)
Date: 05/08/04


Date: Sat, 08 May 2004 21:42:35 GMT

Pretty hot.

Check for dust on heatsinks.

May need more fans to move the air.

"Shenan Stanley" <news_helper@hushmail.com> wrote in message
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> Michael W wrote:
> > Hi, I have had my new windowsxp for a couple of months now and see
> > that the CPU is running at a temperature of 70C, Is this normal, OK,
> > To hot, Dangerous?
> > Help Please.
>
> XP and CPU temperature.
> Not REALLY related. Sure, maybe some of XP's functions might cause the
CPU
> to work harder than some of its predecessors/competitors, but the
> relationship is a slight one.
>
> You did not say what type of CPU. AMD/Intel, Speed? Got good air-flow
> around the computer? CPU Fan still functional? etc.
>
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> <- Shenan ->
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>
>



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