Hot!! Pentium 4

[NeonFrog]

Just a question about heat. What should a normal operating temperature be for a 3.06 ghz P4? Even while running simple applications temps get to around 78 degrees celsius. This seems pretty hot to me. I'm using the stock heatsink/fan with a Gigabyte GA-8INXP motherboard in a case that has 4 other cooling fans. Any help would be appreciated.

[TC]

That's way too hot, but I'd be willing to bet your reading is not reliable, or something is wrong with your cooling setup. I've been running the same chip on a GB board at various speeds (up to 3.6) and voltages up to 1.65, but I've never seen mine hit more than 63C under full load. That's using the retail hs with a delta 68 fan. Tell us more about your cooling and where you're getting this temp.

[jdmcnudgent]

too hott bud, get better cooling.

[NeonFrog]

I'm getting the info from 2 sources. 1. A utility that came with my Motherboard called Easy tune and 2. from my BIOS. I'm not used to such high power processors so it has me confused. My old P III never got too hot. While running, the heatsink doesn't feel too hot to the touch.

[jdmcnudgent]

chip runs pretty hott, get better cooling;)

[tio]

That seems way too hot to be reliable. Thermal throttling would have kicked in long before that chip reached 78°c. Do some digging around in the Gigabyte motherboard section and see if the GA-8INXP reports temps higher than they actually are.

[Enigma422]

What was the condition of the TIM before you mated your HSF to your CPU. If it was in bad condition then that may be the cause of your high temps. I remember my last retail P4, the TIM on the HSF was pretty scratched up. I cleaned it off and applied some AS3 to fix that problem. If you have any spare thermal compound around you should try cleaning off the TIM on your HSF and applying some of the thermal compound insead.

Seeing that you have a retail HSF, I doubt that it is the seating of the HSF since the retention clips on the HSF pretty much push the HSF into your CPU.

[FIZZ3]

Yes, it's too hot. There are always rather large inaccuracies involved in CPU temperature reporting, but this readout you get is so high that it's safe to say it's not good.

I used to run my 3.06 with the retail HSF and it ran 52C max under Prime95 load (2 hour run).

Intel lists the throttling temperature at 70C, for comparison.

I agree that you could try to replace the TIM with thermal grease to remove faulty TIM material from the equation. It's also possible that you mounted the HS incorrectly somehow. Are all clips engaged and the levers pressed? Reseating may help.

[asw7576]

Have you check the mounting system again? I think you didn't mount the HSF correctly.... there is possibility the HSF is slightly tilted.

Clamping pressure is important too. I inserted plastic plate ( 0.7 mm thickness ) between the clamp lever and the base. It snaps like glue when you twist the lever.

And forget the alluminum foil that come with HSF. Remove that TIM and replace with real TIM such as AS3.

Good luck buddy...

[lexx]

There are a number of threads in the Gigabyte boards secition which discuss the inaccuracy of the 8INXP's reported temperatures. Mine is out by as much as 15-17 degrees. That said, I would certainly recommend checking the fitment of the HSF. I now have a thermal probe in place and run approx 30 degrees idle and up to 47 degrees under load (stock Intel HSF).

[seamadan000]

those two independent sources you get your readings from are getting their info from the same place, the diode on the motherboard. Thus, they are really just two readings of the same source, and would both be equally affected by the probe being innacurate.
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