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pengwin   06-03-2006 at 07:44:55 AM

one of my friends has a 3.2 HT Ghz Northwood in a laptop, readings are 102*C

i told him to buy a mobo + RAM + vid card+ case and pop the CPU in since it is no a mobile CPU..


any other suggestions?

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o1die   06-03-2006 at 08:27:21 AM
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102c? Not likely. These readings are from a faulty software or bios program. At 80c, the p4 starts throttling and windows files don't load properly. If he failed to upgrade the heatsink for the new cpu, then the temps will be higher, but not this high. Laptop heatsinks are usually a custom design. Could be hard to find one for the new cpu.

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endyen   06-03-2006 at 10:15:08 AM
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Laptops have a fan that blows air at the cpu heat sink. See if you can hear it running. If you can, hook that unit up to some serious air, to try to blow some of the dust out. If you cant hear it, take it to a shop that does laptop repairs.

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Scougs   06-03-2006 at 10:50:01 AM
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102c? Not likely. These readings are from a faulty software or bios program. At 80c, the p4 starts throttling and windows files don't load properly. If he failed to upgrade the heatsink for the new cpu, then the temps will be higher, but not this high. Laptop heatsinks are usually a custom design. Could be hard to find one for the new cpu.



He is right. In fact, if the CPU stays at 80C or goes higher, it will shut down to prevent thermal damage. The Northwood C Pentium 4s are still nice CPUs. They aren't the fastest in the world but they tend to overclock well and can still hold their own as far as performance goes. I have a 2.8c overclocked to 3.5GHz on stock voltage.

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Mind_Rebuilding   06-03-2006 at 11:43:38 AM
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one of my friends has a 3.2 HT Ghz Northwood in a laptop, readings are 102*C

i told him to buy a mobo + RAM + vid card+ case and pop the CPU in since it is no a mobile CPU..
any other suggestions?



it should be detection error........

Northwood cannot withstand 90'C and above..

Thermal throttle and Shutdown.........

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TheMaster   06-03-2006 at 06:45:47 PM
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If you use that cpu you're going to have to go AGP... or find a pci-e 478 mobo, but i'm pretty sure there aren't an left anymore.

You should probably tell your friend to upgrade to core 2 duo (conroe) while hes at it.
There's no point building an obsolete system.

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pengwin   06-03-2006 at 10:03:26 PM
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i agree but hes not heavy on games or anything. and hes doesnt have money lying around, so i was thinking taht CPU with something like a 6800 or a 6600 , maybe the X850XT all AGP editions a gig of RAM and a sonata II,

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ara   06-03-2006 at 11:24:56 PM
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you'd better be careful with what cpu you have, i suggest taking a look inside the laptop first to see if the cpu is removable (it could be soldered onto the motherboard).

i personally just hope that when my laptop goes south (warranty just expired) that i will be able to remove the CPU and put it into a new motherboard and strap on a heatsink in order to replace my ageing tertiary computer (after the laptop) (PIII 600)

so what i'm saying is don't go along and buy all those stuff until you know you can use the CPU.

Ara

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pengwin   06-03-2006 at 11:49:39 PM
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ok, that makes sense

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oldgreyhead   06-04-2006 at 01:12:33 AM
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Are you sure its not 102 F.

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apache_lives   06-04-2006 at 01:58:49 AM
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Nah then that would be 38*ish which is too cold for a laptop?

id say gay software - iv even seen bios's read temps like an old crappy P3 board by PCShits read my coppermine as 127*c minimum.

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Are you sure its not 102 F.

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TheMaster   06-04-2006 at 03:42:09 AM
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It might be in F.. my p4 northy idles at about 37-39 *C Non O/C of course.

But whatever its not that important, i just hope you can take that cpu out.

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darkstar782   06-04-2006 at 04:33:13 AM
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Heh.... In my last house one of my house mates had a laptop from HP with a 2.4gig P4 that was left on overnight and melted its own casing.

I'm not joking or exaggerating, the bit that covered the CPU heatsink was melted away.

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apache_lives   06-04-2006 at 07:03:29 AM
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yeah thats for desktops - this is in a laptop where idle temps even for pentium m's are ~50's

and btw pentium m's are aparently can run at ~100*c so perhaps the mobile P4's can too?

and my sister has a prescott 3.33ghz laptop.... its more like a computer with built in UPS 8O

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It might be in F.. my p4 northy idles at about 37-39 *C Non O/C of course.

But whatever its not that important, i just hope you can take that cpu out.

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Scougs   06-04-2006 at 11:01:08 AM
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yeah thats for desktops - this is in a laptop where idle temps even for pentium m's are ~50's

and btw pentium m's are aparently can run at ~100*c so perhaps the mobile P4's can too?



I don't know about the Banias (130nm) core but I know that the Dothan/Sonoma (90nm) Pentium Ms don't idle at 50C unless maybe you have it locked at maximum clock speed and don't give it any ventilation or the fan isn't on.

I don't know about the Pentium M running 100C. I would expect it to throttle and shut down far before reaching that temperature.

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wun911   06-04-2006 at 03:03:11 PM
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there are laptop coolers like pads you put the laptop on that has fans the fans are powered by usb usually.

Im not suprised that the laptop is hot.... small fans.... tiny case with hot HD next to a hot cpu next to a hot GPU etc etc.

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pengwin   06-04-2006 at 05:28:47 PM
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nah Pentium M's cant reach 100*C w/o melting. i also read that somewhere

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