On mine, it says there are no readable sensors. Some processor upgrades have them disabled.IJ Reilly said:Any number of freeware/shareware applications can read the temperature reported by the internal CPU sensor.
On mine, it says there are no readable sensors. Some processor upgrades have them disabled.IJ Reilly said:Any number of freeware/shareware applications can read the temperature reported by the internal CPU sensor.
howesey said:Processors do not like going over 50C, anything above 60C and then you have to start to worrie.
My iMac idles at 45C and maxes at 55C under full load, I'm worried for when summer comes. I know if I cover the fans for a few minutes and let it get over 65C OS X crashes.
All I know is that mine runs very cool: I have a very silent base fan with a temperature probe nestling on the CPU heatsink, and I removed the Radeon fan to fit a Zalman heatsink. The heatsink is still in its box, one year later...livingfortoday said:I think it really depends on the processor, though. On my old Athon XP computer, I would usually be in the 50's, and it was fine, but during gaming I'd hit the 60's and it would freeze up. The Cube seems to be handling a constant temperature in the 60's rather well, with no crashes or kernel panics. I don't know if there will be damage to the system long-term, though, so...
skunk said:All I know is that mine runs very cool: I have a very silent base fan with a temperature probe nestling on the CPU heatsink, and I removed the Radeon fan to fit a Zalman heatsink. The heatsink is still in its box, one year later...
livingfortoday said:Under load, what does it run at? Mine idles in the low 50's, but when folding for a few hours it's in the mid 60's. Of course, my apartment is overly hot, too. I just opened a window, and in an hour, from 65 it went down to 60, still folding.
IJ Reilly said:You're in Chicago in January and you need to open the window to cool your apartment down?
skunk said:I can only get the HD temperature: 42C at 99% CPU load, though I have no idea what use that is...![]()
.mp3 said:Intresting topic, I'm also a Cube-Owner as probably already know livingfortoday. The heat haven't been a big problem for me yet. Especially now when my GeForce 2MX died, so I'm stuck with my old ATI RagePro now. I'm looking for a new card for the moment.
Since I don't have a new CPU I can't messure the temperature of my CPU. But I tried an old app called Gauge Pro in Mac OS 9 today. And the app said the my CPU temperature was around 26-30°C. I don't know if I can trust those numbers, but it has to be running cool. I'm using a Zalman OP1 [80x80x15] Base-Fan. But I will replace that one with a Everflow [80x80x25] this week. The Everflow fan should be more noiseless, the Zalman is to noisy for me. I hope this little reply can keep this thread alive. I want more Cube facts/problems/pics!
livingfortoday said:Ok, I'd just like to add that I figured out if I set my processor performance to "low" or whatever the option in Energy Saver is, I can shave 20 degrees off of the computer temperature without much loss in performance.
I was encoding a DVD to burn, and it took about 5 hours with full performance on, and the temp averaged 77C. When I cut the processor speed (both run at 750Mhz now) it took about 7 hours and the temperature never went above 58C!
aquajet said:According to Freescale's published specifications for the 7447 and 7457 (your powerlogix dual uses one of these), maximum allowable junction temperature is 105 degrees C. I can't imagine there's anything to worry about.
CoMpX said:You looking to get rid of it? What's wrong with it?
Your Cube should rest in peace, if you don't get a new motherboard ofcourse. I'm also thinking of removing the CD-ROM and place my hdd there instead. Because I have an external cd-burner [FW] that works as a CD-ROM reader as well. But how did you mount your hdd, did you use the Spirica kit our did you mount it yourself? Pics Pics Pics! [plz]livingfortoday said:If those numbers are accurate, you've got quite a cool Cube, there! My Cube motherboard recently died, so it's being sadly relegated to the closet until I can get the funds to fix it up again, so don't expect much more from me on this subject, I'm afraid. But congratulations on your Cube, they're great (when they work)!
Well my Cube is stock for moment. Because my GF2MX died last week, but as I said before I'm getting a new Card as soon as I find a good one. And yes I'm already a member at CubeOwnerHector said:
.mp3 said:Pics Pics Pics! [plz]
The problem is that I live in Sweden and most of the people don't ship to Sweden. And if they do the shipping-cost and taxes are way to much. And the second problem is that I need a Card with a ADC contact so I can use my Apple Studio Display.Hector said:fans dont effect the gpu at all, i'd get a flashed 6200 from ebay, they are about 100 bucks but worth every cent.
Okay I get the picture, thanks. Is the orange fan a Nexus fan?livingfortoday said:Well, the only pic I can seem to find is this one:
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b236/livingfortoday2/replaced.jpg
And it's of the Cube running open. The orange thing in the HD bay is a second 80mm fan. The hard drive I mounted on just one side using the optical drive bay holes, and the cables that were all smooshed in there cushioned its other side. Not exactly the most professional install I admit.
.mp3 said:The problem is that I live in Sweden and most of the people don't ship to Sweden. And if they do the shipping-cost and taxes are way to much. And the second problem is that I need a Card with a ADC contact so I can use my Apple Studio Display.