[ale] OT: Athlon XP temps

[danscox at mindspring.com (Danny Cox)]

John,

On Mon, 2002-09-16 at 09:20, John Wells wrote:
> AMDs site says differences in motherboard readings and core temps can vary
> by 30 degrees.  If this was truly happening in my situation, I'd be in
> critical temps under load.  Still, even at core = +20-25 I'm running at 75
> to 80C.  The 2200 is rated only to 85C.  What worries me is this has to
> decrease the life of the processor.
> 
> How long have your boxes been running at those temps? Any problems?

	They've been running for just over one year, now.  Purchased in August
2001.  No problems (with the CPU).  I did replace a dead cpu fan about a
month ago, though.

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Danny


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