Hot hot hot

[plonq]

My computer has been running really hot lately.  It's running reliably enough, but I'm a bit concerned about how long it will keep working properly with the core running at 59C.  I took the side off the case this evening and blew some of the dust out of the fans.  With the side sitting off it's running at 51C now - which is still about 5-10 degrees warmer than I'd like to see it running at, but that's better than 59.

All the voltages are a little out too - which would cause it to run warm.  I'll have a look at the BIOS to see if I accidentally boosted one of them when I was thinking of over-clocking awhile back, but I'm concerned that the power supply might be going.  It's the (fairly) cheap one that came with the case, and right now it's almost hot enough to fry an egg on it.  What's it going to do when I drop in another hard drive this weekend?  =(

[Edit: I bumped the voltage down a couple of notches in the BIOS, and now it's registering exactly on spec. The temperature has dropped a couple of degrees as well to 48C. That's still a bit hotter than it used to run, but it's an improvement. We'll see how this holds up.]

Comments

[neowolf2.livejournal.com]

You might also want to get hard drive coolers. I've had too many drives fail from what was probably thermal stress. You might even consider locating the drive outside the main case, if you have a firewire connector you can use.

[plonq.livejournal.com]

Not a bad plan. I had a couple of IBM Deathstar drives fail, most likely from heat stress. I may look into a new case fan as well while I'm there because it's a bit noisy when I have the case open like this.