Symptoms of overheat CPU

[Insthink]

In my room, its a real sona =( and its all computer generated heat and... the summer hehe

Average room temp is 30-35 C + humidity, its a small room and no AC. My idle temps is 45C with a small fan blowing on the side of my open case and about 50C when working

My current voltage is 1.88 and im maxed out in speed/stability at 142fsb (which is max fsb I can reach with stability and not go over +0.3V DDR) and 10.5x Higher then that, lets say 11x or something, I lose stability over the CPU, so I was thinking, to beat that 1.5ghz speed, I need ... maybe +0.1v! Vcore!


Now, the temp then might go close to 60C when working, might even go a bit higher... I remember before I cooled down my PC, case closed, bad thermal paste etc, I got to 60C and stayed stable, but I never let it too long.



I was wondering, AMD says the dye of the chip can reach 95C, i know its BS, but.. meaning I COULD still go higher then 60C, so what would be the symptoms of my computer if lets say, my CPU was to reach a heat soo high it wouldnt be stable anymore, heat related unstability... without having it crash and burn to death.

[TeKkDrOnE]

Well, it depends. If it's really bad: It won't post. Otherwise the most common heat related failure is total hardware lock-up. But at those temps, I would really advise against running that vcore any higher than you have to. At 95 degrees a T-bird is well-done, toast, pffffft. Assuming your temperature readings were from the bios, I'm willing to bet that your reading of 60 degrees is really 70 or more, those socket based thermistors are terribly inaccurate, up the voltage and THAT is wayyyyy to close to the limit of the processor. IMHO, it's already too hot, but if it's stable, right-on. What cooler or HSF are you currently using? And remember, it's cooling ability is limited by the ambient temperature of the room.