AMD XP1800+ Temperature Question

[KCMONSTER]

I use a Shuttle AK31, VIA 266 chipset, Award BIOS v6.0, Enermax full tower with 3 fans. I have read that this motherboard can detect CPU temp diode on the palamino CPUs. Don't know how accurate though.

I checked my running temp and the AMD was fluctuating between 109 and 111 degrees farenheit. Case temp was steady at room temperature (77 degrees f).

I can't seem to find what is acceptable temp range for the AMD XP. I don't know what is too high, etc.

Does anyone know?? At what level is concern necessary??

Kind of confident with the temp readings from BIOS using case temp as a reference and reading exact room temperature.

 

[paparazi]

You got it sorted mate!
If these are your idle temps then this is about the normal for say the old Athlon 1.33's
I am pretty sure the absolute max for the new Palemino is the same as the Athlons at 95 degrees C, but what you want is real world numbers? I would say again similar to the old 1.33/1.4, most people were getting low to mid 40's C for idle and low 50's flat out! say 49-53 max.
You won't experience any instabillity untill you hit the mid sixties. As I said your sorted, but it's nice to have someone tell you I know!
PS just built an XP1600 in a midi case with two extra fans,
idling at 41c maxing at 51c, a full case should help your cooling, but you are running an XP1800 so my numbers are about right . Martin

 

[KCMONSTER]

Cool.....was having some earlier instability problems coming from many different unidentified sources. Got concerned about CPU heat, but I have plenty of fans in this thing (7 total - sounds like a shop vac running).

Instability turned out to be AOL causing serious problems in WinXP......and yea I know AOL is a joke but I needed something temporary till I get Road Runner.

All is well now but I am still interested in the CPU temp.

 

[paparazi]

I never stop looking at the temps on mine! thats the trouble with this hardware monitoring! it makes you maybe a little over enthusiastic but then we all hear these horror stories about Athlons, and how easily they can pop with a seized fan or badly seated heatsink.
The Palemino with it's new core design is reported to run cooler anyway! well untill they push it's design to the limits like they did with the t/bird 1.4.
What heatsink and fan you running? as a matter of interest.
Catch you soon.
By the way, writer software can be a bit of a bugger on XP! certain unsigned drivers. Martin

 

[lizzard394]

Amd Chips will run safely upto 140 degrees. I also run the ak31
with 1.33 t-bird i use the artic cooler fan. YOu might want to get some artic silver and put on chip and heat sink.

Mine runs at 105 and im cofortable with that. even after 3 or 4 days it still stays in that range. You are fine were you are at.

By the way there is a bios update for that board.

 

[KCMONSTER]

For "paparazi", I suspect just average working "AMD approved" heat sink and fan, nothing flashy. I think I would like to explore upgrading the CPU fan and my video card fan (NVIDIA Geforce3 Ti500 w/64 MB DDR). 2CoolTec offers some interesting products and articles, I just don't know what to get. Not going to get into any overclocking, but to run cooler has to be better.

For "lizzard394", the BIOS update is a lingering question to me. Company I purchased from told me they updated the BIOS. I'm not sure how to be sure. I know my system information shows Award v6.0. Guess I need to go to Shuttle and see if there is an update from 6.0. I don't have any experience messing around with BIOS and what some of the info means. Example, I know I have 512 MB DDR, but BIOS shows I have something like 768 MB available. I don't get it!

 

[KCMONSTER]

For "paparazi", I suspect just average working "AMD approved" heat sink and fan, nothing flashy. I think I would like to explore upgrading the CPU fan and my video card fan (NVIDIA Geforce3 Ti500 w/64 MB DDR). 2CoolTec offers some interesting products and articles, I just don't know what to get. Not going to get into any overclocking, but to run cooler has to be better.

For "lizzard394", the BIOS update is a lingering question to me. Company I purchased from told me they updated the BIOS. I'm not sure how to be sure. I know my system information shows Award v6.0. Guess I need to go to Shuttle and see if there is an update from 6.0. I don't have any experience messing around with BIOS and what some of the info means. Example, I know I have 512 MB DDR, but BIOS shows I have something like 768 MB physical memory available. I don't get it!

 

[paparazi]

Less heat is betterof course!! but you must weigh it up against noise!! as better cooling often means bigger fan!!
I personally would go for the bigger heatsink but keep a sensible size/cfm fan, the better heatsink will disipate the heat more efficiently without noise and as you don't intend to clock you really won't need the Delta/swiftech screamer.
I know that some boards supporting the new XP need the bios flashing, mainly so they post as XP1800+ and not 1500htz.
If you are seeing XP1800+ then I dought you need to flash.
Main concern, is it running stablely? if yes then don't flash. Martin