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athlon 64 x2 4800
I have a water cooled athlon 64 x2 4800 and the other day when I walked in
the room I smelt the faint smell of anti-freeze. So I checked my temps and saw that the cpu was @105c. I immediately shut it down and took care of the problem, rebooted and everything seems fine. My question is does anyone think I could have caused permanent damage and how hot can this cpu get before frying? Normally it runs between 41c & 46c. In all my years of building pc's I have NEVER seen a cpu get even remotely get close to this temp. Thanks for any info. |
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"Chrisj" wrote in
: I have a water cooled athlon 64 x2 4800 and the other day when I walked in the room I smelt the faint smell of anti-freeze. So I checked my temps and saw that the cpu was @105c. I immediately shut it down and took care of the problem, rebooted and everything seems fine. My question is does anyone think I could have caused permanent damage and how hot can this cpu get before frying? Normally it runs between 41c & 46c. In all my years of building pc's I have NEVER seen a cpu get even remotely get close to this temp. Thanks for any info. Hi, new here. I have been wondering about overclocking for a while - we have an Athlon 64 3000+, and I know it's supposed to be good for overclocking. ATM, we have a bog-standard AMD cooler on the processor - and it's running at a (slightly scary) 56-59 deg C. I'm guessing I don't want to overclock it without cooling enhancements! At the time of writing, we just don't have enough room in the case for a BIG cooling fan on the processor (one of those flower things). If I rejig the PC so that the HDDs are located in spare spaces for CD/DVD drives, then that will free up some space in the main area of the case where the main board is: So better cooling is a possibility for the future. I did consider a fluid-based cooling system (although expensive), but this post has kinda put me off the idea. Are leaks in these systems commonplace? -- Regards, Dave email: My Homepage: http://homepages.tesco.net/david.ryman/ The F1 travel guide: http://www.zdp06.ukgateway.net/f1_travel.htm |
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Chrisj wrote: I have a water cooled athlon 64 x2 4800 and the other day when I walked in the room I smelt the faint smell of anti-freeze. So I checked my temps and saw that the cpu was @105c. I immediately shut it down and took care of the problem, rebooted and everything seems fine. My question is does anyone think I could have caused permanent damage and how hot can this cpu get before frying? Normally it runs between 41c & 46c. In all my years of building pc's I have NEVER seen a cpu get even remotely get close to this temp. Thanks for any info. I accidentially overcooked a a 939 A64 3200 to a little over 100C. I thought it was all over. I let the system cool and it rebooted OK, but something didn't "feel" right. The system seemed slow. Within a few days, the system started freezing up and having errors. Finally, it just quit. I don't know which component(s) failed, but the motherboard wouldn't work with a new CPU and the CPU didn't work on a different board. All the rest of the components (hard drive, video, memory. etc.) were used in other systems. |
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"xorbit" wrote in message ... Chrisj wrote: I have a water cooled athlon 64 x2 4800 and the other day when I walked in the room I smelt the faint smell of anti-freeze. So I checked my temps and saw that the cpu was @105c. I immediately shut it down and took care of the problem, rebooted and everything seems fine. My question is does anyone think I could have caused permanent damage and how hot can this cpu get before frying? Normally it runs between 41c & 46c. In all my years of building pc's I have NEVER seen a cpu get even remotely get close to this temp. Thanks for any info. I accidentially overcooked a a 939 A64 3200 to a little over 100C. I thought it was all over. I let the system cool and it rebooted OK, but something didn't "feel" right. The system seemed slow. Within a few days, the system started freezing up and having errors. Finally, it just quit. I don't know which component(s) failed, but the motherboard wouldn't work with a new CPU and the CPU didn't work on a different board. All the rest of the components (hard drive, video, memory. etc.) were used in other systems. Thanks for the reply, knock wood my system seems to be running the same as it did before. I think I walked in just as it spiked (my water line kinked). Also I wasn't overclocked.at the time. |
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On Sun, 14 Jan 2007 18:57:21 +0000, Dave Ryman wrote:
I have been wondering about overclocking for a while - we have an Athlon 64 3000+, and I know it's supposed to be good for overclocking. ATM, we have a bog-standard AMD cooler on the processor - and it's running at a (slightly scary) 56-59 deg C. I'm guessing I don't want to overclock it without cooling enhancements! That seems a bit hot to me. My A64 3000+ nver got close to that even with 100% load. Perhaps you're getting wrong readings. Try upgrading the MB bios. Currently running a stock cooler on an X2 3800+ and idle temp with CnQ enabled stays the same as system temp, currently 32C.. With both cores at 100% it goes a little over 50C. -- Want the ultimate in free OTA SD/HDTV Recorder? http://mythtv.org http://mysettopbox.tv/knoppmyth.html Usenet alt.video.ptv.mythtv My server http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/cpu.php HD Tivo S3 compared http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/mythtivo.htm |
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You could try downloading Prime95 and running the torture test overnight. If
it makes no errors, you're probably fine. That cpu is not supposed to go over 70C, I think, and may make errors over 60C. -- Ed Light Bring the Troops Home: http://bringthemhomenow.org http://antiwar.com Send spam to the FTC at Thanks, robots. |
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"Ed Light" wrote in message ... You could try downloading Prime95 and running the torture test overnight. If it makes no errors, you're probably fine. That cpu is not supposed to go over 70C, I think, and may make errors over 60C. I got a free machine once because someone didn't know what was wrong with it. The heat sink and fan had broken loose. I know that it was run for several hours without the heat sink and fan. ...or should I say that it was turned on - the processor only actually ran for a few minutes until it froze due to the heat. After replacing with a new HSF, the thing ran perfectly fine and has done so for about 2 years now. It was only a 1gig P3, however, so I doubt that it would have gotten quite as hot as what your would have. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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"Ed Light" wrote
You could try downloading Prime95 and running the torture test overnight. If it makes no errors, you're probably fine. I forgot that to cover a dual-core cpu you probably have to run two instances of p95. -- Ed Light Bring the Troops Home: http://bringthemhomenow.org http://antiwar.com Send spam to the FTC at Thanks, robots. |
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On Jan 14, 11:43 am, "Chrisj" wrote:
I have a water cooled athlon 64 x2 4800 and the other day when I walked in the room I smelt the faint smell of anti-freeze. So I checked my temps and saw that the cpu was @105c. I immediately shut it down and took care of the problem, rebooted and everything seems fine. My question is does anyone think I could have caused permanent damage and how hot can this cpu get before frying? Normally it runs between 41c & 46c. In all my years of building pc's I have NEVER seen a cpu get even remotely get close to this temp. Thanks for any info. The concerns about damage to overheated semiconductors is way overblown in my opinion. CPUs may be more sensitive than some other compoments, but they can certainly survive 105C, even for extended periods (hours not years). Remember, these things are made by heating them to some 300C in the foundry. My AMD 1600 has been running at around 60-70C for some four or five years. At the time I built it the cooler I used put it closer to 45C, but I had to replace it and the new one sucks. Over the years it has crept up even with regular dust cleaning. I expect the thermal paste needs to be replaced. Regardless, I don't see any failures, but the temp alarm does go off when the room warms up in the summer. Then I have to bump the alarm up to 72C. : My point is that if it works ok, don't sweat it. These things are tough when it comes to temps. BTW, the guy who overclocked his system and broke 100C (as well as the processor), my guess is that he actually blew out something in the CPU power supply on the motherboard. That would explain how both the mobo and the CPU got fried. When you overclock the power supply has to deliver a lot more current. Some mobos can be damaged by this excessive current. If this causes an overvoltage on the CPU, that can fry it very quickly or it can cause permanent damage that may not stop the CPU from working until later. Who realy knows, but it sounds good, no? |
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