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Temperature, in hardware, refers to the degree or intensity of heat present in the hardware. Generally, excess heat is damaging to hardware which makes it necessary to monitor the temperature of hardware and take steps to reduce it.

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Does wrong CPU heat sensor reading possible?

I've got Dell Inspiron 15 5593 Intel® Core™ i5-1035G1 Processor (6MB Cache, 1.0GHz up to 3.9 GHz), when i run two node applications and CPU usage got higher then fan runs full steam. Then i used CPU ...
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Cooling problems with my ASUS Zenbook pro 15 UX580 after fresh install

I recently reinstalled a fresh WIN10 installation on my Zenbook and caught some heating issues. I used the official drivers from the asus site. The only hardware mortification was an update to the M.2 ...
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CPU / GPU temperature incredibly high in idle mode on Windows, but not on Linux

I have a pretty old HP Pavilion 17-e026sg notebook (AMD A10-5750 APU with AMD Radeon 8670M + Radeon HD8650G, probably around 10-12 years old). Since the beginning, the temperature has always been way ...
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How to run a program with administrator privileges on user login under Windows 10 Pro?

I would like to run a task to monitor CPU temperature while I am logged into my regular working account, which does not have admin privileges. However, admin privileges are required to read the CPU ...
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AMD Ryzen 9 5950x Temperature too look out for

My specs are: AMD Ryzen 9 5950x Nvidia Geforce RTX 3080TI 64GB RAM (CORSAIR RGB) With this i have two Noctua NF-P12 fans and 1x Noctua NH-D15 fan for the processor Given these specs i want to look ...
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How to prevent OS override of thermal trip points in Bios

Motivation I noticed that my laptop is getting very hot in Linux (Ubuntu) but less so in Windows. (I have dual boot) I also noticed that my fan seems to run quite slowly in Linux, so the fan speed is ...
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"/sys/devices/platform/coretemp.0/hwmon/hwmon2/" shows 5 core temps despite being on a quad-core

I am doing some bash scripting for custom polybar temperature monitoring, however when I run ls /sys/devices/platform/coretemp.0/hwmon/hwmon2/, I get files for temp1 - temp5, even though I am using an ...
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Should the temperature spikes with my new 2020 MacBook Pro be a concern?

mac overview and temperature readings from opening xcode/android studio/launching app It only spikes for a short time when opening programs, is that okay? I'm using Intel Power Gadget to read the temp....
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Windows 10 PC crashes following Kernel-Power Event ID 125

Every now and then (perhaps once a day) my PC running Windows 10 randomly crashes to a black screen. When this happens, the CPU fan ramps up to full speed until I manually reboot. This doesn't seem to ...
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Using the 'Performance Mode' on my HP Envy 13t Laptop

I have an HP Envy 13t (2019 edition). My laptop has an Intel i7 chip with 8 GB of RAM. There are settings given in HP Command Center - a Recommended, Performance and Comfort mode. My temps run 50-60 ...
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Intel Turbo overheats my CPU

I have a MSI GF75 Thin 10SCSR laptop with Intel Core I7 10750H CPU. When turbo is on, each core's FID increases up to 45 and CPU temperature reaches 85-90C while gaming. But while turbo is off, FID is ...
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Is my CPU overheating?

I was advised to use 'System Stability Test' to check up on My CPU. But I'm not sure I understand the results so far! The program says the CPU is overheating but the average temps seem to be okay? I ...
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Temp1 overheat SpeedFan - 97°C

I have HP Omen 17 inch, which I believe I bought 2 years ago. I cleaned it several times the last one was 2 weeks ago. The thermal paste haven't been changed since I bought it. I also have IETS GT300 ...
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Odd CPU Throttling Issue

Just got a Thinkpad P15s (Laptop), and I'm experiencing a very odd issuing with the CPU throttling under heavy load and low temperatures. This can last anywhere from 1 minute-10 minute, where ...
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GPU Troubleshooting BSOD on Windows10

Description I have a RTX 3090 SuprimX. I mine ETH with relative low temps, GPU max temp is 52 and HotSpot is 62-63. The problem is my backplate, now that the heatwave came and the summer is on I get ...
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Identify mechanism thats disconnecting monitor

I have a Dell Optiplex 7070 running Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS, with 2 monitors connected via DisplayPort. Under normal operation (RDC, Firefox, Video Streaming), both monitors remain connected and the CPU ...
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Safe temperature for CPU under constant load

I have an AMD Ryzen 3600 and decided to run BOINC on my PC when I'm not using it, the thing is, I want to contribute to the science projects but I don't want to ruin my computer in the process and the ...
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CPU temperature reaches 100 degree on stress when plugged in

My laptop runs fine when using battery and plugged in while normal use. But whenever I try to load some heavy software like android studio or install a game or run a game. The temperature shoots up to ...
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Is there any issue to motherboard sensor if i always use temp sensor app like openhwminotor?

I always minimise openhwmonitor which gives temp sensor readings. Is there any problem to my motherboard or is it stress system if i do it????
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Laptop cpu staying 98 degree celcius for 1 minutes during rendering video

My Dell Inspiron 3501 having 11th gen 1135g7 with igpu iris xe is reaching around 98 degree (aprox for 1 minutes) continiously during video rendering(of 4minutes). After one minute fan kicks on full ...
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Is it possible to look up or determine nominal operating temperatures for various processors?

I am tweaking icinga checks for my servers, one of the checks is monitoring CPU temperatures. Problem is that each CPU has different operating temperatures T_MAX etc. where it should actually show ...
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Nvidia GPU fans not spinning even though it is set to 45% from MSI Afterburner

My computer has two GPUs (1080 ti and 1070 ti), during intense usage they both got really hot (>90 Del C), and I have figured that it is at least partly due to their fans not spinning. I tried ...
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CPU core temp MUCH higher than package temp

The CPU core temperature is MUCH higher than the package. The core sometime reaches 105 degrees Celsious and the package barely reaches 60 Celsious. Why is that? Will this damage my CPU? I got an AMD ...
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Reasonable Limits (alarm) for sensor temperature (lm-sensors)

Using sensors command (package lm-sensors) one finds out values (mainly temperature). I guess it is not useful at all, if one is not capable of estimating which values are critical? How to find ...
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USB drive gets hot/warm even when computer is turned off (but power supply is plugged in)

I noticed something weird today. I left my USB drive (SANDISK) on my desktop computer. When I unplug the USB after a few days, I noticed that the USB drive is warm. (I didn't turn the computer on at ...
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MacBook Pro 16 inch heating up when connected to an external display

I saw this question on other forums but I have yet to find an answer. I just bought a MacBook Pro 16 inch and for development I usually use a second monitor. However, I noticed that when I connect it ...
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Should I be concerned about my iMac’s (Late 2014 27") GPU temperature?

I have Boot Camp installed in my iMac and when I check the temperature in Windows, when idle the GPU temperature is around 84-88 C and this worries me. When I open in macOS the temperature when idle ...
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Trying to find the general temperature sensor of my CPU

I recently have downloaded this free-software called HWiNFO that lets me make graphs with the temperatures, and automatically does the average temperature of a sensor in a specific time, which I found ...
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GPU EVGA XC 2070 Super fans doesn't spin at idle

Just finished building my new PC, with a graphics card EVGA XC 2070 Super, and noticed that at idle, the GPU fans does not spin. With temperatures of about 47-50C. They do spin while booting, so I ...
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PSU operational temperature

What exactly happens if the operational temperature is exceeded and the psu has OTP protection ? Does the psu stop immediately or functions but at a lower efficiency or the continuous output falls ?
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Laptop overheating

Okay so, I have a acer nitro 5 (that's all I know) intel core i5 processor, and a nvidia gtx 1050. Now, I have this laptop for 2 years now, and recently, yes only recently, I have noticed that the ...
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How reliable is the program `lm-sensors` in Linux? [closed]

How reliable is the program lm-sensors in Linux? When I run watch sensors, I see large skips of temperature, as high as 10 degrees Celsius within the refresh interval of 2 seconds. The two readings ...
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HWinfo64 - Temperature report accuracy

I recently got a secondhand PC with a 4790 i7 and Z97p Killer motherboard and decided to try a little overclocking. I have it boosted to 3.9GHz, but the fan sounds very loud and in the hwInfo64 ...
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Thermal paste loses effect in one day? [closed]

Recently I replaced my thermal paste and everything seemed fine at the beginning, temperature and idle was 49 degrees, but then over the day the temperature would slowly increase, stabilizing at ...
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Core 0 and 2 of my cpu get more heated than other cores

I have recently changed the thermal paste, but after that, I noticed that core 0 and 2 are almost about 95 when doing some heavy work. Is there anything I did wrong while implementing the new thermal ...
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Is there any way to get hard disk temperature via the terminal in mac os

I wanted to know how to monitor the temperature of your disk without using a 3rd party applications and using the terminal instead. Since there are applications that do this, there has be a way to ...
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Should I worry about high ssd temperature?

I am using a new ssd and I installed CrystalDiskInfo, it shows good as health status but the temperature is very high it is 95 degree C. Should I worry about that and how can I solve this problem?
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Will Putting a dust filter over the fan vents damage the fan?

I bought an Intel Hades Canyon as i had a Dell pc of the same form factor earlier and i liked it. While you could open the Dell box to clean the fans which accumulated a lot of dust, the Intel box ...
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What thermal paste comes factory-applied with AMD Ryzen processors?

I've done my first PC Build and I was wondering what kind/brand thermal paste comes factory-applied with processors, I'm specially interested in the one that comes for Ryzen 7 3700x (this box). The ...
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Can someone tell me why my laptop's showing such high temps? I'm unable to run most of the things i could run before

screenshot of task manager sorted by cu usagehttps://i.stack.imgur.com/xtS4t.jpg video of ask manager processes my temperatures reach upto a 100 degree celsius sometimes.Most of the time they're at 80 ...
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Temperature spikes on Ryzen 2600 - sensor fail?

Sometimes my PC turns off because of high CPU temperature (around 100°C in idle or browsing web etc). But I'm 100% sure this temperature was not real. When I looked at HWMonitor (on Windows) and ...
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PC Submerged in Mineral Oil: Operating Temps / Warm Environment

I support many PCs in a factory-type environment with very poor air quality. The air is full of salts and other chemicals that corrode everything and destroy electronics quickly. I am plagued with PC/...
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How can the temperature of the processor, in less than 1 second, jump from 44*C to 54*C?

Im monitoring my processor temperatures on a 5930K and for a few of the cores, I see the temperatures jumping from about 44-46C to 53-56C in a instant, and then a few seconds later, a instant jump ...
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Accidentally set C: as active partition: Windows won't boot - live USB system won't boot - suddenly CPU overtemperature error?

I just accidentally set the system partition C:\ as active in Windows 7's disk management, trying to get this absolutely useless Windows backup & restore program to work. Now I can no longer boot: ...
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What is the normal temperature range of Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz?

I was using this command to read the temperature of cpu: cat /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone0/temp Then I was looking for some other options and suddenly found that there is another option to find out ...
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What are some of the locations of virtual files that can tell me CPU temperature in Linux?

I have a router that is running customized OpenWRT OS with a MIPS cpu. I'm trying to read CPU temperature from the virtual files such as files in /proc There is no way to install any additional ...
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HP Pavilion Notebook overheating on Windows 10

My HP Pavilion 17-e026sg notebook has been having troubles maintaining the right temperature ever since I bought it. It was shipped without an OS and I first installed Windows 8 where it only ...
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Ryzen 9 Temperature Jumps

I recently build a new PC with a Ryzen 9 3900x. I noticed variations in CPU Fan Speed and when looking at HWMonitor i noticed temperature jumps of around 10-15 degrees even under next to no load, ...
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Location of temperature sensors on the mainboard?

I installed PSensor in order to monitor and adjust the CPU fan speed on my ThinkPad R60 (which was overheating) and was surprised to find a total of 14 different temperature readings: It seems there ...
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Why do different 100% cpu loads cause different temperatures on the cpu?

I have been running tests between using CPUz and OCCT. I noticed that if I set CPUz to stress the CPU with multiple threads it will never go above 70c. On the other hand running OCCT to load on the ...
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