2100+ overheating problems

[nin_fragile14]

I am baffled. I've been running a 2100+ Athlon XP on an Abit NF7-S Rev 1 with the retail HSF. BIOS temps read 77 celcius after running for less than 10 minutes. Applied arctic silver; no difference. Even tried underclocking the CPU to 1500+ and it didn't noticably decrease the temps. Is the BIOS reading this incorrectly or is something wrong with the CPU itself? Sandra reported identical temperatures, but I'm not sure if that takes the same reading as reported by the BIOS.

I'm thinking it might be an incorrect reading; I'm not even sure if a CPU can withstand 77 C for hours on end, which I tried, and there were no problems running Windows.

[Dazz]

Could very well be the retail HSF as the ones that came with pre T-breds suck, Also make sure you have at least 2 case ands a dualt fan PSU is a good thing too. If the board is miss reading the temp then so is SISsoft as that reads from the BIOS also. You may want to look into flashing the BIOS to see if this gets fixed.

[|JuiceZ|]

nin make sure you've flashed the latest bios. It corrects the problem of incorrect temp readings, cause there's no way that proc would be stable at 77c.

[jnd3]

:eek:

That does seem a bit warm. I've got an XP2100+ running at 12x166 with the retail HSF, and it tops out at about 58C in a hot room (53C when room temp is lower).

And if anything, that reading is a little low. The temps opn mine from ASUS probe and the BIOS are the socket temps. MBM reads the thermal diode temp and it's usually about 5C higher than the socket temp. And I'd agree that flashing the BIOS is a good idea!

On the bright side, I think the CPU is rated to 85C or 90C. Like that's helpful.

After all that, if you're certain your HSF is seated properly and it's still running that hot, you might want to just exchange the puppy.

Cheers,
JND