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what could be considered a healthy operating temperature for a cpu, my
system has a AMD Athlon XP 2000 1.67 ghz in pc health check it says it is
54 degrees C . something smells warm.
thanks. the rebelmc.

Sounds high to me, for comparison, I have an AMD 64/3000 that runs 25-27°
C....luck...

"therebel" <> wrote in message
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> what could be considered a healthy operating temperature for a cpu, my
> system has a AMD Athlon XP 2000 1.67 ghz in pc health check it says it
is
> 54 degrees C . something smells warm.
> thanks. the rebelmc.
>
>

You're still ok at that temp but I don't think it should be running
quite that hot. Could be several different things causing it. Here's a
list of some of them:

1: Is the CPU fan working properly?
2: Is the CPU fan seated/installed correctly?
3: Is the thermal gel installed correctly?
4: Does the case have adequate fanning and air flow?

I advise you to start by checking these things.


therebel wrote:
> what could be considered a healthy operating temperature for a cpu, my
> system has a AMD Athlon XP 2000 1.67 ghz in pc health check it says it is
> 54 degrees C . something smells warm.
> thanks. the rebelmc.
>
>