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tbartold · #1 Post by **tbartold** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 11:21 pm

Maybe I didn't do something right so I'm looking for advice.

I started running my 2.4 A31p on Boinc/Seti, and I was seeing really hot CPU temps, 81C+, so I stopped doing that. But I have to wonder if the constant 100% CPU should be producing those heat levels.

When I put the 2.4 in ( replacing a 1.8 ), I used arctic silver and followed all the instructions I found, and I hope I did correctly. But maybe, ... did I maybe do it badly, and should I redo it? Or is running the CPU 24/7 at 100% just going to run hot? I had no temp issues before (nor do I now), but I wasn't/amn't running the cpu like Boinc did.

I had been running this for weeks before I checked the heat level. Did I do harm? Would I have done harm? How long can I expect before it fails? How long would I have had, had I not stopped?

Now that I'm not running 100% CPU, things are not so bad, but maybe I should go in and redo the heat sink anyway?

ajkula66 · #2 Post by **ajkula66** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 11:59 pm

You should redo the heatskink, and you also may want to install ThinkPad Fan Control version 0.33

FWIW, on my (since sold) A31p with a 2.4 CPU I've never seen anything above 55 C.

Good luck.

basketb · #3 Post by **basketb** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 1:00 am

If you haven't done so already, also clean the fan.

#4 Post by **Harryc** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 6:16 am

What's the FRU number printed on the fan hub? You'd want FRU# 62P4092 for that CPU.

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