running hot??

[devinemadness]

Hello ... I purchased a home made computer a little while ago and it worked fabulous. I was very happy with it. After awhile, I noticed the system would restart after using it for a couple of hours. I have a busy household and a computer is usually on from the first thing to the end of the night. I did notice when the system would restart that the temperature would be anywhere between 135 to 150 from the usual 73-75 when I first start it up. When its hot outside and system will go down much faster than when its a bit cooler outside.

I mentioned this to the guy that made it and he said that he overclocked the system and all of that stuff. He did not seem overly concerned and didn't want to look at it.

The system has a lot of those funky lights with the open side and a few fans, which are working. The increase of temperature is the only thing that is out of place from the usual working.

Could someone please advise me.

P.S... where do I find the specs to post? the system is laid out much different than what i am used to.

Thank you.

[rcdraft]

Post results after checking your specs. Download Everest here, its free:
http://www.lavalys.com/products/overview.php?pid=1&lang=en

[AMD]

Fahrenheit or Celsius? CPU or case temp?

Ask the guy to set it back to stock speeds and clean the processor heatsink - and tell us who sold you the computer so others don't make the same mistake.

What kind of idiot would knowingly sell an overclocked system with insufficient cooling?! :rolleyes:

[Steven]

That has to be farenheit. But take it back to stock speeds, and as AMD says clean er up. But, I did have a system in which would randomly restart due to dust in the AGP slot!

[devinemadness]

I downloaded the program. I am just guessing at the info that you want, I am posting the information from the general section....

Field Value
Computer
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Computer Name XXXXX-2O18IT4YL
User Name XXXXX

Motherboard
CPU Type AMD Athlon XP, 2200 MHz (11 x 200) 3200+
Motherboard Name DFI NFII Ultra-AL (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 3 DDR DIMM, Audio, LAN)
Motherboard Chipset nVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400
System Memory 512 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type Award (12/24/03)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM2)
Communication Port Printer Port (LPT1)

Display
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 (64 MB)
3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440
Monitor TTX TTX-1770 [17" CRT] (11161000006334)

Multimedia
Audio Adapter nVIDIA MCP2 - Audio Codec Interface

Storage
IDE Controller Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive WDC WD1600JD-00GBB0 (149 GB, IDE)
Optical Drive LG CD-ROM CRD-8482B (48x CD-ROM)
Optical Drive LG CD-RW CED-8080B (8x/4x/32x CD-RW)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions
C: (NTFS) 131061 MB (123715 MB free)

Input
Keyboard Labtec Keyboard
Mouse PS/2 Compatible Mouse

Network
Network Adapter NVIDIA nForce MCP Networking Controller (192.168.2.17)
Network Adapter WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface (69.156.54.34)
Modem Communications cable between two computers

Peripherals
Printer Microsoft Office Document Image Writer
USB1 Controller nVIDIA MCP2 - OHCI USB Controller
USB1 Controller nVIDIA MCP2 - OHCI USB Controller
USB2 Controller nVIDIA MCP2 - EHCI USB 2.0 Controller


I saw a section about overclocking. I will post what it says...

Field Value
CPU Properties
CPU Type AMD Athlon XP 3200+
CPU Alias Barton
CPU Stepping A2
CPUID CPU Name AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3200+
CPUID Revision 000006A0h

CPU Speed
CPU Clock 2204.50 MHz
CPU Multiplier 11.0x
CPU FSB 200.41 MHz
Memory Bus 200.41 MHz

CPU Cache
L1 Code Cache 64 KB
L1 Data Cache 64 KB
L2 Cache 512 KB (On-Die, Full-Speed)

Motherboard Properties
Motherboard ID 12/24/2003-nVidia-nForce-6A61BD4AC-00
Motherboard Name DFI NFII Ultra-AL (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 3 DDR DIMM, Audio, LAN)

Chipset Properties
Motherboard Chipset nVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400
Memory Timings 2.5-3-3-8 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS)
Command Rate (CR) 1T

SPD Memory Modules
DIMM2: Micron Tech. 16VDDT6464AG-40BG4 512 MB PC3200 DDR SDRAM (3.0-3-3-8 @ 200 MHz) (2.5-3-3-7 @ 166 MHz) (2.0-2-2-6 @ 133 MHz)

BIOS Properties
System BIOS Date 12/24/03
Video BIOS Date 12/26/01
Award BIOS Type Phoenix-Award BIOS v6.00PG
Award BIOS Message (N81LDC24) EVALUATION ROM - NOT FOR SALE
DMI BIOS Version 6.00 PG

Graphics Processor Properties
Video Adapter nVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440
GPU Code Name NV17 (AGP 4x 10DE / 0171, Rev A3)
GPU Clock 270 MHz
Memory Clock 202 MHz



anything else needed?

Thank you.

[AMD]

Utilities are notorious for inaccuracy - if you're not comfortable opening the system and/or changing the BIOS settings, take it to someone who is.

According to what is listed, the processor is not overclocked. (that is, if it's a 3200+ XP)

[devinemadness]

okay, so what is wrong with the system? when i go to get it fixed what should i be telling them to look at.

thank you

[Just Doug1]

Having a whole bunch of fans does not guarantee a cool system. Any fans in the top of the system should be blowing out hot air and any fans in the bottom should be drawing cool air in. You should also remove the fan on your processor heatsink and blow out the dust and crud with a can of compressed air. If the system has been overclocked, it wouldn't hurt to clean off the old thermal paste on the processor and apply a small dab of new paste.

[Pedar]

AMD Athlon XP's do run hot. If you are using the original heat sink fan (HSF) that sits on top of your CPU it might not be enough to cool it down. Might be an option to get a third party HSF that will do a better job.