identify this temp please... its running hot!

littlekates · 22 Jan 2006 at 15:22

this is on my father in-law computer. was wondering anyone can tell me if the temp shown "50c" is the cpu temp or the motherboard temp please. Spec is an Intel(R)celeron 2.8Ghz with 448MB RAM

Raikiri · 22 Jan 2006 at 15:25

alexakasloth · 22 Jan 2006 at 17:58

I always though temp1 was the CPU :eek:

Thanks for clearing that up, now I realise that my CPU temp is 31c.

littlekates · 22 Jan 2006 at 18:06

cheers. not sure what the max temp intel(R)Celeron D run @ but when i try to convert avi files to dvd formate it raise to 67c i guess this is abit hot. the pc itself was bought from PCWorld not custom made. should i clean the thermal paste and reaply with better one such as AS5?

Raikiri · 22 Jan 2006 at 18:08

I would remove the competitor and get a new cooler, could try the AS5 i guess

alexakasloth · 22 Jan 2006 at 18:11

Strange, my CPU reading in my bios is the one which the Temp1 is.

shimy182 · 22 Jan 2006 at 18:21

cant it be the chipset by anychance?

alexakasloth · 22 Jan 2006 at 18:28

Well temp1 is at 49, and temp2 is at 31. I go into my bios and they're pretty much the same.

Kesnel · 22 Jan 2006 at 18:34

On my Ultra-D temp 1 is my CPU temp (it's easy to tell which one the CPU is at it's the one in minus figures

). However, on my old motherboard it was temp 3, so I would imagine it changes from board to board.

Martynt74 · 22 Jan 2006 at 18:49

Indeed, moral of the story either read from the bios to be sure or get a thermometer

Mikey1280 · 22 Jan 2006 at 20:06

My celeron 2.66ghz used to run very hot as well with the stock cooler, about 70degrees under load! I changed the cooler for an artic cooling freezer 4 (or 7 if you have s775) and the load temp went down to 50 degrees. a big improvement!