What are your idle/load temps?

Okay so yesterday I ran into a thread where Tim explained to me that my cores idling at ~15C was NOT normal, contrary to what I always thought. This got me thinking and curious.

So I was wondering what everybody's idle temps are? Preferably using HWMonitor to keep things constant. If its undervolted temps, stock temps, OCed temps, temps with a cooler, etc, please say so. Also, if at alll possible, describe your computer.

The point of this is to compare idle to idle, load to load temps to see which machines stay cool the best

My rig is a M-152XL
T8300 Processor, currently undervolted
HD 2600 GDDR3 512 RAM
160 GB 7200 RPM HDD
3 GB of RAM
Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit

Undervolted:
Idle
Load (Orthos Stress test)
"DOTA" Test

Stock:
Idle
Load (Orthos Stress test)
"DOTA" Test

 

^^You've got a few extra tags messing up the links. Bloody cool idle CPU temps by the way, especially minimum - do you live in a freezer? Or just northern Canada?

What's the TZ00 in the pics, btw? Chipset or screen? Whatever it is it's pretty warm.

Inspiron 1520
T7500, 2.2 GHz
8600M GT
2 GB RAM (2x1)
160x7200 Hitachi Travelstar
XP Home SP3

Temps (all measured with I8Kfangui)
Ambient Temp: about 78 Fahrenheit except when noted.
Idle:
CPU: 50C right now. Varies a lot with fan speed. At full fan speed it'll be in the lower 40's C; with no fans it'll be about 70C.
GPU: 44C
Memory: 47C
Chipset: 50C
Hard Drive: 38C

Load (maximum I've seen, from memory):
CPU: 89C with 80-82F ambient.
GPU: 68C overclocked to 559/400. 66-68 range at stock clocks.
Memory: 70C
Chipset: kinda foggy memory, about 70
Hard Drive: upper 40's

Not too concerned with the temps. CPU is the only thing that's a bit high, and it's still a good 11C below specifications. And maybe memory, but I figure I'll probably upgrade that at some point anyways so if it stops working it'll just speed up the upgrade.

 

CPU idle: 42-44*C (undervolted)
CPU load: 78-84*C (overclocked)
HDD idle: 32*C

 

Vostro 1500:

CPU: 36c (T5270)
GPU: 37c (8400 GS)
HDD: 33c

 

Here we go, another temps thread

Min and max after playing bf2:



T7500 8400m GS

No OC, Undervolted cpu & gpu Copper mod, AS5, Cooling Pad, 20c room temp.

Its nearly impossible to have cooler temps than your ambient room temperatures. Only if you live in the south pole or your notebook has a built-in air conditioner.

 

I dont know what to say. Is HWMonitor wrong then? If so, I guess RMClock is extra wrong? LoLs.

Any other program you suggest using to check temps?

 

CoreTemp will be right, i thought i explained to you earlier whats up with the inconsistent temps.

Notice how your ACPI Thermal Zone temps are 67c max. Your peak CPU temps should be close to that unless your GPU is making all that heat.

 

Realtemp, Coretemp.

 

Sorry, I truely dont remember.

Okay ill try coretemp and realtemp and report back.

 

Okay I did as I said.

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk87/Lakjin/cputemps.jpg

Now the question is, is this good or bad news?

I understand where you guys are coming from when you say it cant be under room temperature. But man. The evidence is either 1) screwed up really badly or 2) very revealing.

 

LMAO....You should send this info to intel.

Intel inadvertently made the world's first CPU, that runs at a lower temp than normal room temperature.

 

I think you have a problem with your sensors!
no way a CPU idles at a lower temperature as compared to room temperature!
a simple test:
try and touch on top of where the cpu is located!
if you feel even the slightest hint of a minor heat, then it is obviously not 13C!!
Other than that, follow Andy's advice and report to Intel!

 

Lajkin, does your cpu and gpu have seperate fans? or do they share the same heatpipes?

 

XPS M1530 (specs in sig) all OEM fan, cpu, and gpu settings on A08 bios:

IDLE
- GPU: 65c
- CPU: 43c
- HD: 36c

LOAD
- GPU: 74c
- CPU: 63c
- HD: 40c

IDLE with NZXT Cryo LX cooler @ max fan settings:
- GPU: 53c
- CPU: 26c
- HD: 31c (have seen HD temps dip down to upper 20's)

 

if its anything like the 6860 fx, then it has seperate fans.

 

beats me my friend.
I know nothing about my laptop besides the specs that were listed on gateway's website when i bought it.

how would i find out?

 

maybe.

but other people with the same notebook get the same readings.

so maybe a design flaw?

 

I had the same temps. Read on a forum about resetting my BIOS. now i am back up at 45C...

 

by resetting you mean reflashing?

EDIT:
http://www.wikihow.com/Reset-Your-BIOS
This? I will try this later if that is the only option.

The funny thing is, i pulled my computer out of hibernation, i usually hibernate it rather then shutdown since booting is faster, and the cores have been idleing around ~44C now, which makes a lot more sense then ~15C.

But if i restart my computer, im pretty sure it will go back to reading the cores at ~15C idle(this has happened to me before once or twice).

Anyway, I wanna see what Gateway says about this.

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...I am pushing my way to a supervisor as we speak. I probably wont get my issue solved, but man I am sure going to yell at them. I pay $1000 for a notebook, just to be told to get to a pay by the minute service if something goes wrong? Like hell.

You know what pisses me off the most? This guy all of a sudden seems to know a lot more about computers now then before I got angry at him. Either someone is helping him now, or he was lying to me.

 

no, not reflashing. Just selected "setup defaulfts" and exited. simple as that....

 

Dell Inspiron 9100, 2.8GHz Pentium4 with Hyper-threading.

 

i tried that...that didnt work for me =(

i have noticed that if i put the computer to "sleep" and bring it out, HWMonitor reads the cores idle at around ~42C which is likely the actual idle temperatures vs the usual ~15C.

Any ideas?

 

This is what I mean(look at core temps):
Normal Temperature Readings(i.e. just after a restart or reboot)


Temperature Readings After I "sleep" the computer, then pull it out:

Ignore the minimum values, just look at current values because I had HWMonitor running thru out this whole thing and forgot to reset min/max.

 

this sounds like software failure. id update to newest BIOS and format my computer when it does like this. If it doesn't help i would talk to gatway about sending it in... Something is not right...

 

I have the newest bios and a format will do nothing. I already formatted already many times.

This is how its been since I got it. Heck, even other people who have the M-152XL get idle readings of ~15C...

Something is wrong and I dont think sending it to gateway will do anything. I agree it seems like a software thing.

 

Can you show a Coretemp screenshot?

 

This is my new updated rig. It's pretty much stacked for a Santa Rosa system and it runs beautifully. The speed is phenomenal.


F8SN-B1 Upgraded and Modded
Core 2 Duo X9000 @ 3.08Ghz 880 FSB (custom install)
2x2GB Transcend DDR2 PC-6400
Nvidia 9500M GS 515 Core/470 Memory
WD Scorpio Black 320GB 7200RPM
LG Philips LTN141WP2 14.1 WSVGA+ LCD Screen(custom install)


Here are the temps:

Idle: 33-36(depends on the core)
Max: 69-71

I just installed the X9000 today and I used SetFSB to overclock it a tad to 3.08Ghz, on the contrary people were saying that the temperatures will be much higher, but to my surprise it's actually cooler on idle. Of course at max temp it's higher but not by much. The cpu fan is pretty much the same as before, and perhaps kicking in earlier, but I don't really notice it. Will post up screenshots in a bit. Going to do some benchmarking first.

 

Okay, there they are:

Sager NP9262, Fans At Full Speed All The Time;

Idle:

CPU - Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 @ 2.66 GHz, 1.2500V -> 1.1500V Undervolt, Arctic Silver 5: Core #0: 50.6 C, Core #1: 48.0 C, Core #2: 48.2 C, Core #3: 44 C.

GPU - x2 Nvidia GeForce 8800m GTX: Core #0: 53 C, Core #1: 53 C.

THM0: 46 C.

Load:

CPU - Core #0: 65 C, Core #1: 63 C, Core #2: 64 C, Core #3: 60 C.

GPU - x2 Nvidia GeForce 8800m GTX: Core #0: 60 C, Core #1: 62 C.

THM0: 57 C.

 

Mine idles around 50-55c.

 

These are the readings I normally get(HWMonitor, Coretemp and RealTemp):
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk87/Lakjin/cputemps.jpg

These are the readings I get if I put the computer to "sleep" then pull it out (HWMonitor, CoreTemp, RealTemp) Ignore the max temp on HWMonitor, I forgot to reset it after running orthos:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=22855&stc=1&d=1219215243
...photobucket is down!

 

Is there any settings regarding sleep/hibernation in your BIOS? I would try disabling those to check if it makes any difference. Wake on Lan as well.

 

Unfortunetly there isnt.

As I mentioned, other people with the same notebook as mine get the same temperature readings of ~15C idle. I am not sure if they experience the same sleep-temperature thing tho.

 

Ive read around, and there might be an issue regarding 45nm Penryn. It looks like a faulty temp probe or something. So it could be that as well. Only way to find out is putting another CPU in your notebook. Which is kinda overkill just for an temp issue. I guess you just have to put the computer into sleep each time you reboot.

 

Ya its not a big issue right now, as long as its not overheating.

Gateway offered to take a look at it, but I told em I cant send it in atm...maybe during winter break.