re how hot should the cpu be article is last newsgroups comp sys ibm pc hardware from scholten epg nist gov robert scholten subject re how hot should the cpu be date wed apr the temp on my dx is over c measured with a k type thermocouple and fluke dig thermometer this is an idle temp not doing lots of bus i o not doing floating point not doing bit protected mode etc this is in a micron computer without heatsink i recently put a heatsink fan on the chip but i might take the fan off it makes a horrible whine at times and i wonder what the vibration is doing to the pins on the cpu etc rob scholten scholten epg nist gov end of file press return to quit rob don t worry about the whine of the fan it will go away in about weeks of use mine did as to the vibration well that something i thought about to as i have a tower case and the mb is mounted vertically so i mounted the fan on the case so that it just blows air at the cpu and its heatsink instead work just like a charm but the realy biggy to think about is after the whine goes away on the fan if the fan should stop burn out how would you ever know this before the cpu goes up in smoke thats what you should be thinking about i have the parts together but have not had the time to assemble them as yet but you build a thermistor controlled circuit that will turn on a pesso speaker and a led when the temp goes above the normal operating range c or there abouts cheep to do if you use radio shack junk under think about that one for a while sam gosh i think i just installed a virus it was called ms dos don t copy that floppy burn it i just love windows crash
