PC hardware forum: What is the normal temperature a computer should be at?

"I'm just curious what is the normal or safe temperatures, in celcius, for a computer to be at? What should the BIOS, or maybe a utility, be reading?"

Bear in mind that the common answer is that if you are sitting in the same space as the PC and you are comfortable without fans blowing at you, then a properly made PC will be just fine.

Today, many machines are being bolted together without testing for proper cooling. The numbers you ask for vary widely according to what exact unit you have. No one can answer your question yet.

But when I suspect a heat issue, I remove the case cover, inspect the fans for what I think is full speed, then point a fan at the inside parts to see if the problem vanishes. If it does, then we look for fixes or if need be, new motherboards and other parts.

WHAT?! You exclaim! New motherboard? Yes. Put in these words into http://www.google.com BAD MOTHERBOARD CAPACITORS What I'm seeing is that such boards with bad capacitors don't tolerate heat as well as boards with normal capacitors. It's a shame the industry stumbled so badly on this one.

Bob

When making a new post, you are starting a new "thread." No one will remember much of any history you may have.

In short, many CPU's can go well past 75C, but you didn't take the clues or hints that I dropped about this being something you should include in your post. Sorry if I was just dropping the clues. Let's look at this Tip: you see with every post:

"Tip: If you are asking for help to troubleshoot a computer-related problem, please be sure to include all the necessary information (ie: operating system, model number, hardware, software, etc) that will help others identify your problem for a speedy resolution."

In the future, think about what information you supply so others can give you some solid responses. Mine will have to remain fuzzy because the actual CPU model was never revealed.

Bob

Your CPU temperatures can be found by going to the common CPU maker's web sites such as:

http://www.amd.com and http://www.intel.com Manuals and datasheets can be downloaded and read.

This is a skill you should develop as well as using http://www.google.com to search out more about what products you need such technical details.

As to your other posts, those are "other" posts and what's in those posts mean little to this one.

Happy fishing,

Bob

PS. I must be getting too vague still. I asked what CPU you had and you gave me some HP computer system number. I'll try to be less vague with you in the future.

I did ask for what CPU you had, but you handed out the HP model number. From there I would have to look at www.hp.com to find out what CPU you have, then off to www.intel.com or www.amd.com to download a PDF or see if they have a chart with your exact CPU listed.

But I decided it would be too much work for me to do all that. Instead, I gave you the power to go do all that and be more self-supportive. Some will take offense at this, but fishing lessons are much more valuable than handing out fish.

Bob