|
[HAM]Fisted
Guest
|
 |
« on: June 07, 2009, 10:13:22 AM » |
|
Just thought i would share a problem which reared its ugly head again last night. But no problem will get in the way of TF2 and me so i solved it. Now dust is a nasty little bugger when it gets into your pc, causing havok all over the place. Now the problem i had before i solved it last night was this: My CPU core temps were...... 80 degrees! (Game load) so i checked my pc and what do you know undernearth my fan, on top of the cooling vanes was a layer of finly compact dust which had collected there for nearly 2 years. Obviously i got to work removing it but once it was gone i checked the tempereatures 40 degrees (Game load). Thats half as much as before, no wonder my pc was playing up and i was geting the dreaded Deffered Procedure Calls (DPC) during games! At least i figured it out before impulse buying  |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Marenghi
Guest
|
|
« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2009, 11:19:27 AM » |
|
and you timed it well, chances are with a hot summer you would have said bye bye to your CPU
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
Nineblade
Official WDG Tattooed Person
Karma: 1220
 Offline
Gender: 
Posts: 2503
Get witch or die trying
|
|
« Reply #2 on: June 07, 2009, 11:26:41 AM » |
|
Hope you saved the dust - it's a great diet food apparently |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Hzza
Guest
|
|
« Reply #3 on: June 07, 2009, 12:26:36 PM » |
|
I probably need to give mine a bit of a clean, it's been a few months since I built it now. I'm going to try an experiment: I was wondering if I can link the wifes mouth up to some kind of hose and use her non-stop nagging to blow the dust away instead of a can of compressed air. I'll post the results.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
Brahms
I can't start laughing
Karma: 725
Offline
Posts: 3801
I'm Johannes Brahms and I died in 1897
|
|
« Reply #4 on: June 07, 2009, 01:05:26 PM » |
|
Where do you guys get a reading of your CPU temp?
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Official unofficial WDG Minecraft Server:  |
|
|
DeadlyAvenger
Ex-Leader
Donator
Karma: 1265
Offline
Gender:
Posts: 5291
Spam, Egg, Sausage, Chips and Spam
|
|
« Reply #5 on: June 07, 2009, 01:09:35 PM » |
|
Lots of little utilities you can use to read CPU temp etc.
Core Temp
RealTemp
Everest Ultimate (shows a *lot* of information about your computer)
Speed Fan does it too I think
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
Nineblade
Official WDG Tattooed Person
Karma: 1220
Offline
Gender:
Posts: 2503
Get witch or die trying
|
|
« Reply #6 on: June 07, 2009, 02:21:33 PM » |
|
An alternative method would be to remove the fan/heatsink and place your tongue on the processor for approx 20 seconds. Then you can use a standard medical thermometer (available from most chemists) to measure the temperature of your tongue. Add a 5% offset to allow for the bodys emergency cooling effect. This negates the requirement for specialist sensor equipment/software.
Don't forget to re-attach the heat sink!
*Top tip taken from the ultimate computer reference chapter 11 - Nineblade, The Tool
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
Chaos
Fail Artist
Karma: 638
Offline
Gender:
Posts: 4452
GIVE IT TO ME! I'LL BREAK IT!
|
|
« Reply #7 on: June 07, 2009, 03:02:05 PM » |
|
Real temp is probs the best option for most people..
Its the most accurate Freebie
Everest is what I use though but it costs money!
I like it because it has a Vista sidebar gadget which is handy
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Mode: Chaos is wise
Hz: No, you were right
|
|
|
|
Marenghi
Guest
|
|
« Reply #8 on: June 07, 2009, 09:50:30 PM » |
|
could you find me the link for the vista gadget please, had a look but couldn't see it
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
DeadlyAvenger
Ex-Leader
Donator
Karma: 1265
Offline
Gender:
Posts: 5291
Spam, Egg, Sausage, Chips and Spam
|
|
« Reply #9 on: June 07, 2009, 10:10:02 PM » |
|
could you find me the link for the vista gadget please, had a look but couldn't see it
It's in the settings for everest, you enable it there and then it's added to the list of installed gadgets. You have to have everest running for it to show the info in the sidebar. |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
Brahms
I can't start laughing
Karma: 725
Offline
Posts: 3801
I'm Johannes Brahms and I died in 1897
|
|
« Reply #10 on: June 10, 2009, 04:37:02 PM » |
|
On this topic, is there anything that'll tell me the temp on an Nvidia gpu? Entirely possible my GPU is full of dust these days... Poor compy sits on the floor.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Official unofficial WDG Minecraft Server: |
|
|
Prometheus
Karma: 19
Offline
Gender:
Posts: 62
|
|
« Reply #11 on: June 10, 2009, 04:54:28 PM » |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
DeadlyAvenger
Ex-Leader
Donator
Karma: 1265
Offline
Gender:
Posts: 5291
Spam, Egg, Sausage, Chips and Spam
|
|
« Reply #12 on: June 10, 2009, 04:59:22 PM » |
|
On this topic, is there anything that'll tell me the temp on an Nvidia gpu? Entirely possible my GPU is full of dust these days... Poor compy sits on the floor.
I have heard that riva tuner does it? Everest also tells you the GPU temps (but I don't think all are available in the trial version) i.e. what prometheus said! |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
Zarf
Clan member
Karma: 710
Offline
Gender:
Posts: 2161
The Paragon of Animals
|
|
« Reply #13 on: June 10, 2009, 05:02:22 PM » |
|
get GPUz, you can leave the temp monitoring window open.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
[ZiiP] Lazzars
Guest
|
|
« Reply #14 on: June 10, 2009, 05:17:55 PM » |
|
meh, i've been running 80 degrees game load on my GPU for well over a year now, its still living! the card fan always runs at a rubbish 25% unless i turn it up with rivatuner and the case fans all stay at 30% until i turn them up with speedfan. then the bugger is happy and cool, but loud as hell. i canne win
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Total Members: 311
