Wow - anyone ever seen something run this hot?

[tigerf117 10+ year member]

Work at a local computer shop, just saw hardware monitor read 107* C (224* F) for a P4 2.8 HT machine. I didn't believe it at first, so I opened the machine. Sure enough the fan on the heatsink is not running. Touched the heatsink and holy shit that sucker was HOT! It was not lying. Now I've seen procs hit 95* C but they'd shut down. Anyone ever hear/see of a machine running that hot consistently without shutting down?

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[ThatChevyGuy 5,000+ posts]

Not without something melting, you sure it was 224? Thats catastrophic

 

[Scoobydoo 5,000+ posts]

check the temp in bios, software readings can be wrong a lot

 

[Rich B 5,000+ posts]

The P4 had a throttling mechanism built it that slowed it down the hotter it got.

Imagine how hot it would have been if it wasnt already throttling.

 

[Scoobydoo 5,000+ posts]

also post a picture of your burnt finger cause if it was truely running at 100°+ celcius and you touched it your skin would burn

 

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

ive seen em run hot and seem to work ok, but they simply cant do the processing it should. If its just idleing on windows desktop, it might work "ok" for awhile. Depends alot on ambient temprature in the room.

 

[skmfkr 5,000+ posts]

ive had a loose hsf and i forgot what it was reading...i opened up my case and it fell off and shut down computer

 

[tigerf117 10+ year member]

also post a picture of your burnt finger cause if it was truely running at 100°+ celcius and you touched it your skin would burn

Touched the corner just long enough to confirm, not a retard.

It might've been wrong, but it was hot as shit for sure. I've seen them get up to 95* but they'd always shut down.

 

[blazeplacid 10+ year member]

deg º = hold alt and type 167, let go of alt

 

[ThatChevyGuy 5,000+ posts]

that doesnt work

 

[jake760 10+ year member]

My old pc had a p4 2.8 prescott, it would go up to 70 under load with the standard intel heatsink. New Amd x4 has never gotten above 46....

 

[bds0688 10+ year member]

My GPU got there when the fan control program decided 40 percent fan speed was suitable for the load of F@H. Temp was at 100C, and the air out of the GPu's exhaust was more than warm to the touch. Shut the program down, ran the fan override at 100 percent for an hour or so. No damage, and I think the threshold is around 120C, but I have no desire to ever validate that.

 

[David19 10+ year member]

pics or it never happened

 

[Scoobydoo 5,000+ posts]

deg º = hold alt and type 167, let go of alt

actually it is alt+248

alt+167 = 69º

alt+248 = 69°

and you need to use the number pad to get it to work

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

I don't have a number pad.