Questions tagged [cooling]
Removal of heat from computer components such as CPU and GPU, required to ensure reliable operation and prevent overheating and failure.
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Is it a good approximation to say that the CPU temperature increases linearly with the room temperature? (passive heatsink)
I need to use an embedded computer outdoors, and I don't know how the CPU temperature will change according to the outdoor temperature. What would be a good approximation?
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Can CPU overheating cause data corruption?
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I realized recently thanks to dmesg and syslog that my CPU has been overheating since May. No overclocking. I have an Intel® Core™ i5-2500K, and the stock cooler was simply defective as ...
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Inconstant Overheating Issue in Laptop
I have a Lenovo Y50-70 with 960m VGA. You may have heard about the cooling problems . So just after I bought it , I bought a cooling pad too.
not the best possible one, but it keeps CPU's temp around ...
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CPU overheating while stresstesting GPU
I have a GTX570 and a i5-3570k processor. Lately, I've been having problems with games randomly crashing and my pc rebooting while playing them. I've encountered a weird problem: while running a GPU-...
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Thermal Paste in a Laptop quickly loses efficiency
Some time ago, I removed the thermal pad from my CPU and applied some thermal paste instead. I also removed dust from the fan. It's a Dell Studio 1735 Laptop.
The laptop got MUCH quieter and cooler.
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GPU overheating
I have an nVidia GTS250 that, in the last couple of months, has decided that it has a problem with newer games. Older games are fine, but anything made in the last couple of years will eventually make ...
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My HP ProBook 4530s got much hotter with Ubuntu Linux than Windows 7
I have a ProBook 4530S with Windows 7 on it. I've got the software drivers from here.
I just installed Ubuntu 11.04 x64 on it. I am noticing that the notebook became much hotter, even after ...
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Can a PSU power or bad battery affect netbook's heating?
My old netbook (AOA110) is getting extremely hot when connected to charger, (thus it has battery dead above 50%), actual charger is about 20-30% more powerful (current/watts) than original - which ...
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Is 75-85C temperature too much for a laptop?
I have an Acer Aspire 4920G that I've had for a couple of years, running Windows/Ubuntu.
I have temperature monitors set up so i can see that with time my CPU temps go as high as 85C, sometimes even ...
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Software way to cool down an old MacBook Pro
First a little background: I've got lots of computers, including Linux PCs and two MacBook Pro (and a MacMini). My concern is with my 'old' MacBookPro (Core Duo). It really does overheat. Warranty is ...
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Help understanding output of sensors command
I have an Acer Travelmate 2420 running Ubuntu Jaunty. It's rather old and halts on occasion due to overheating:
Aug 9 22:25:56 Fjords kernel: [10921.525876] ACPI: Critical trip point
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CPU core temperature high and cycling, @100% CPU load Asus Z170 Deluxe, i7-6700K
Update: Upgraded BIOS to 1801 - CPU got hotter 70-75degC!!
Disabling Turbo Mode in BIOS stopped the cycling (BIOS 1702) CPU temp ~65-69degC.
Already changed the CPU (with upgraded dual fan cooler) ...
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Possible fire risk from leaving a laptop on for several months/years to use as a server
I found this question which comes close to mine - Implications of using a laptop always-on as a server - but doesn't specifically ask about a fire risk, and dismisses the idea of removing the battery, ...
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How to cool my laptop?
I've a 4 year old laptop that is consistently running 60-70 degrees Celsius.
I cleaned the heatsink and replaced the fan as it was previously running at 90 - 100 degrees and although it was clearly ...
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What do the Speed0x controls do in SpeedFan?
I'm monitoring my PC for suspected overheating, and I want to know what the Speed01, Speed02,
and Speed03 controls do in SpeedFan? Specifically what does the Speed03 set to 41 mean?
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Windows is detecting the wrong CPU temps compared to Linux
I have a computer I built which has been rock solid for around a year or so and recently has been blue screening on me. When I do the usual spot checks I use new thermal grease on my H100i cooler. ...
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How to make Intel Turbo Boost to reach its maximum for testing cooling efficiency?
I noticed that Intel stock cooler occasionally gets really loud (oh, Intel, why did you make your stock coolers worse; SandyBridge ones were larger and quieter), so I will replace it with a third ...
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High CPU temperature of new Clevo w350ST Laptop
I just recently bought a new Clevo W350ST laptop. While everything has been working extremely fine in it, its the CPU temperatures on the laptop I am worried about.
The Tj Max. for my processor (i7 ...
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Alternative (cooler) CPU than a Intel Celeron M 420 1.6GHz?
I bought a broken Toshiba Satellite A105-S2101 laptop off eBay. It would freeze on the BIOS loading screen; I found out it was just a bad DVD drive. I replaced it and all is well, except it overheats ...
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MacBook Pro suddenly getting very hot when using external monitor
My MBP (unibody, Summer 2010) has suddenly begun getting very hot and running the fans at full speed when I have an external monitor plugged in via the mini display port. I've used the monitor for ...
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Laptop gets really hot then turns off, suspect it is overheating. How can I reduce this?
My laptop keeps overheating and turning itself off. Underneath it gets really hot.
Even playing 3D online poker is impossible, it just overheats. If it is on my lap, I try and balance it so it's ...
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Extreme server cooling
My tower server is packed with hardware and could possibly overheat. 2 Opteron CPUs, 8 DIMMs, 4 hard drives all in an Antec P182 ATX case (not EATX/SSI/MEB/whatever) and the temperature of the box in ...
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How to use mineral oil cooling safely?
I've heard some people talk about cooling a computer by immersing the hardware in mineral oil, and seen a few videos on YouTube demonstrating it. Maybe I'm just overthinking it, but this sounds a ...
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Thermal paste on stock cooler and CPU
I'm building a relatively high-end PC without any overclocking. I have a stock CPU cooler with my Intel Xeon E3-1230V. I understand the stock CPU cooler comes with thermal paste pre-applied (three ...
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Does it make sense to replace the thermal paste in a new Intel i7 stock cooler?
I am about to install a new i7 Ivy Bridge CPU and I am wondering whether it would make any sense at all to replace the thermal paste that is pre-applied on the stock cooler. There are three stripes of ...
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i7 with aftermarket heatsink still hot
I have an i7 2600 processor running with an after market coolermaster heatsink. I've tried two different aftermarket heatsinks and the stock. The cpu runs at idle around 40-45c in my room that is ...
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Computer case front bay fan?
I've recently built a new sandy bridge rig for my computer.
Up until now, I've mostly been running low - mid performance PC's with no need for extra case fans and such.
However with this new rig (i5 ...
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Samsung laptop randomly shuts down
I have a Samsung R560 laptop that is overheating, and shutting itself down under load consistently.
Here are my load/idle temps from Speedfan:
Ignore "Temp1 and Temp2", whatever sensors they are, ...
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Laptop not being powered on
My laptop has had a problem recently. When I flicked the power button on, it won't come on, the lights won't get turned up, etc. I had checked the wiring connection and that had no problem. I had to ...
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What is the difference between a CPU fan and a case fan?
I know very little about fans except that I have an Arctic Cooler 11 LP in my current system to cool my CPU, and that my hard drive temperatures tell me I need another one at the back of my case's ...
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Do I need new thermal pads?
I have an ASUS G51VX that I've had for about 5 years and it ran fine, except when watching HD videos; then it had a tendency to overheat and turn off. I took the heat sync off to apply some Arctic MX-...
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Laptop upgrade from HDD to SSD heat and noise?
I'm considering upgrading my notebook's HDD to an SSD.
I'm doing a lot of research and some people are saying it makes a world of a difference, where as some people are saying that it is negligible ...
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How can I identify the weak link in my system's cooling?
For fear that this question is too specific, I'm posing the general question first and including details of my own situation below.
General Question
If I know that my system is overheating (to the ...
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Have you tried passively cooling your laptop by situating it at an angle? DId it help?
According to Wikipedia "heat build-up in notebooks is reduced by 15 to 20 percent, when a laptop is situated at an angle compared to a laptop in a horizontal position". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
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Why is airflow always front in, back out?
The motherboard on my gaming computer recently died, leaving me with a lot of functional components that just need a new mobo/cpu, so I'm taking this opportunity to 'build'(/rebuild) my first PC. As ...
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Overheat and turn off during CPU stress test
I test my system health by applying a cpu stress test using the stress program in a script shell. Here's the script and it's output :
xubuntu@xubuntu:~$ cat bin/test_stress.sh
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Quieter cooling solution for Dell PowerEdge C6100 Server
I have a Dell PowerEdge C6100, I’ve stripped out 3 of the nodes and I’m down to only using one. I’ve taken out 3 of the fans to reduce noise and left one fan for the single remaining node.
I would ...
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Should I remove RAM stickers in a Intel i5 NUC?
Just put together a Intel i5 NUC (NUC5i5RYK) and the Corsair Vengeance DDR3L sticks have some rather big stickers on them. Should I remove them for cooling? But I assume that might/will void warranty.
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CPU overheats when display turns off
Since about a week I’ve noticed that my CPU heats up very badly as soon as the display turns off.
I can't find any suspicious processes when I resume, but, if I leave the display off for more than 20 ...
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Are these temperatures okay?
These are my computer specs: (collected with Everest):
Field Value
CPU Properties
CPU Type Intel Pentium 4, 2800 MHz (21 x 133)
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Do I need liquid cooling? [duplicate]
I'm building a computer mainly for gaming and developing games. It's going to be a three screen system with two GeForce GTX 460's and a quad-core i7. The newegg wattage calculator says I need around ...
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Is it safe to shut down my PC right after intensive CPU/GPU load?
Is it a good idea to shut down or put to sleep my PC seconds after some very heavy processing load on the CPU or GPU?
I'm asking this because i'm not sure if the cooling system has enough time to ...
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What is this part I found in an old PC? It looks like metallic alternating spikes
I was taking apart an old Dell mini tower PC. I found a strange part that looks like it could be some kind of heat sink but I have no clue as to what it really does. I have two photographs of it:
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Will keeping all my fans at 100% speed harm my computer?
If I use a program such as SpeedFan to keep my fans at 100% power 24/7, will it harm my computer? I don't care about my power bill but if the excess power could harm my computer I would worry. I have ...
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Enable CPU fan always on
I am using 3 years old overheating laptop and I want my CPU fan to be spinning 24/7 regardless of the consequences. How to make it spin?
The problem is that CPU & GPU heats up to 68°C (154 F) ...
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Does the Raspberry Pi run hot? [closed]
I know they come out with a plugin computer called the Guru Plug a while back in which someone complained it ran so hot they burned their fingers while trying to unplug an ethernet cable: http://1wt....
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Fitting Corsair H60 into NZXT m59
I'm building a desktop for the first time with the NZXT m59 case and I'm trying to install a Corsair H60 liquid cooler.
It appears to be already set up and everything so all I need to do is attach ...
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Is an after-market cooling system needed for a non-overclocked PC?
I am in the midst of building a computer and am deciding on various components. I am buying a mid-level CPU and am wondering how important (if it is important at all) that I buy an after-market ...
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Gigabyte Onboard graphics card heating up and then crashing [closed]
5 minutes after I turn on my PC the onboard graphics card is usually over 80° celsius and then crashes (random colors on screen, only way to get out is to just plug out the pc).
I haven't installed ...
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Isn't it inefficient to have intake vents on the bottom of laptops since even a hard flat surface blocks off the vents?
This is something about laptop design that I don't understand: Laptops typically put intake vents at the bottom and exhaust vents at the sides or back. Putting the intake vents at the bottom has ...
