How hot should an AMD 64FX-62 run at idle? Plus what can I do to make it cooler and quieter?
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I run an AMD 64 but not an FX-62.  The idle temp is different depending on what OS and idle processes you run.  If you're finding that your cooling is inadequate, see if you can find a higher rpm cooling fan instead of (if this is your case) a prong heat sink.  If you want it to run quieter, relieve some of the load off your cpu (if you really want it quite and don't mind, underclock it).  Or, just stop some unneeded process via. msconfig in the 'run' bar.
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Think Ive got this, Use a static Cuff, Remove heat sink and clean the fan (tooth brush is good for Heat Sink Fins and cotton buds for the fan, remove Thermal paste (carefully) white spirit or lighter fuel liquid, apply new Thermal paste to the top of the CPU (a drop say 10-12mm across as it will spread when Heat Sink is replaced, and a drop half that size on the bottom of the Heat Sink rebuild the assembly (fan, heat sink) and all will be Cool.
30473
The air in your computer should circulate, if you have two fans, you should make one an air intake and the other an outtake.\n\nIf you only got one fan, make it take out the warm air in the computer
866880
if you're trying to overclock it to make it a high performance video card, don't even bother.\n\nyou may be able to increase its performance by maybe 5-10% (stable) which will get you maybe 2-6 more frames /sec but it's hardly noticeable. you'd have to either use an auxiliary fan, pointing at the card, or you can switch out the card and the heat sinks altogether. either way, it's a lot of money and hassle to get it performing better, just a tad bit.\n\nyou'd also have to have a mobo that can overclock (bump up your voltage) your agp/pcie slot.
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That could be a temperature issue. Make sure the air vents are clean and clear and that your fans are running.
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It depends on the CPU and whatever that CPU's threshold is. Most are set to around 70 -85 deg C. The setting as far as when the machine shuts down when a certain temperature is reached, may be able to be changed or set in the BIOS or with a third party software.\n\nIf you have a CPU that is overheating, the fan that is over the metal heatsink is probably dusty and dirty. It needs to be removed and cleaned with some compressed air. Clean the metal hetasink too. Make sure if you use water on the metal heat sink that it is completely dry before you put it back over the CPU. If cleaning the fan and heat sink don't do the job, the fan may need to be replaced. Try a known good fan first before you go and by one. It may be a systemboard problem that doesn't allow the fan to rotate fast enough, or the fan is bad, or the power supply is not giving the fan enough power, so the power supply may need to be replaced, try a knonw good power supply before buying a new one. If you found this info helpful, please be so kind as to rate my answer the best!!.
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i have a presario 2500 and my fan runs hard on sertain oocasions. yours will be in overdrive due to the work the cpu is foing feeding the graphics card to run the game. What i do with mine is make sure its well ventilated underneath, either with a laptop stand, or a book so the famns underneath can intake as much air as possible and that the exhaust ducts are not blocked with dust or obstructed either. I have a stand with two cooling fans and mine works fine. As for the restarting, it could be a motherboard/power problem, or possibly you mighthave a virus.
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Besides adding/reconfiguring fans, or removing/reapplying thermal paste to your processor,  I would STRONGLY advise using CPUidle.  This small program runs in the background and tells your computer to "relax" when you are not doing something on it, or are just using it to do basic things.  \nIt basically keeps your cpu occupied when it isn't doing power tasks and thus LOWERS the cpu temperature DRAMATICALLY!  I use it on both my desktop and notebook, cause remember, the lower the temp the longer life you will get out of your processor!  Try it!
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http://www.techpowerup.com/atitool/\n\nUse that to overclock ATI cards. What I do is that I make a new file for overclock. Then, I click the button on the screen saying "Max Memory/Core" and it overclocks automatically that way. Then I save, and then I minimize it.\n\nJust if you're wondering, only certain cards have thermometers. So if it doesn't display a temp, mine doesn't either because mine is also a 9600.
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Not looking at the specs...I'd say that is VERY high. You should look at cooling your computer case more. My CPU usually runs upper 90's. Letting your CPU run at that temp could burn it.
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You could probably overclock it to 2.2GHZ\n\nEither way if you try and overclock it too high, it will just shut down the computer due to getting too hot, just don't overdo it.\n\nIf you recently upgraded just  your processor. This could be the problem.
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Its possible your graphics chip is overheating.  Check the fan.
402010
ok, first of all, get a heatpipe system.  decent cooling and less hassle than liquid. the evercool model is like 30 bucks.  also dont use cheap thermal paste. spend the money for arctic silver. you can get arctic V offa ebay for like 2 bucks, at frys its around 12. also arctic clean is good to take off the old crappy compound. cheap thermal compound SUCKS.
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100F is okay.  What you need to do is measure the under load temperatures, I can't tell you anything based on idle temps.  Any temperature approaching say, 150F is unacceptable.
539808
This is due to hardware problem. Could be your video card overheating too. What are your system specs? Do you have any hardware monitoring tools in windows. I'd recommend Everest to monitor you temps until you can narrow what the cause is. In my experience, this is usually a vid card overheating, but it doesn't have to be that
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Make sure that nothing is impeding the ability of your system to cool itself.  Putting the back of it just one inch from the wall is probably going to let it overheat quickly.  If you have software that lets you read the system's internal thermometers, you might want to check them.\n\nIf the computer is further than an inch away but still pretty close, try putting it at an angle to the wall, so the hot hair does not largely bounce back into the computer.\n\nSee if you have the latest drivers for your video card, and for MS-Windows.  Out of date drivers, especially graphics ones, can cause serious problems.  On MS-Windows, graphics is done right in the core - the "kernel" of the OS.\n\nThe problem with that is, flakey graphics drivers can pretty much crash your machine.  Do a lot of graphics, you increase the risk and decrease the time that it will take before this happens.\n\nCheck your installed version of DirectX versus the one required by the game(s).\n\nAnother possibility is that maybe you have the bad capacitors problem.\n\nIf you want to determine if it is a software vs. hardware/firmware problem, set up your PC to run Linux.  You can either install Linux in a "dual-boot" configuration, or you can get a Linux Live CD for some popular distribution (Ubuntu, Fedora, etc.)\n\nThen just run some Open/GL 3D graphics benchmarking utilities or games.  If it crashes after 10 minutes, that points to your graphics card itself, or its firmware.\n\nIf it continues to run then that points to something on the MS-Windows operating system (the OS, DirectX, or video device driver) being the problem.  If that is the case, then you might want to address those to make sure they are up-to-date.  Or, you could simply get lots of free, open source games on LInux and have fun there.\n\nWhen checking for up to date drivers, don't just rely on MS Windows Update.  Check the manufacturer's website.
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You should check the processor temperature. BIOS in modern computers has a setting that shutdown the system when the processor temperature reaches 70 degrees celcius. Think of a better way of cooling your system.