Comments on: Practical Tips to Decrease the Temperature of your Computer http://www.ghacks.net/2006/07/23/practical-tips-to-decrease-the-temperature-of-your-computer/ A technology news blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:04:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: HZhttp://www.ghacks.net/2006/07/23/practical-tips-to-decrease-the-temperature-of-your-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-1295758 HZ Tue, 18 Jan 2011 02:41:45 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2006/07/23/practical-tips-to-decrease-the-temperature-of-your-computer/#comment-1295758 you should always have your pc case CLOSED to allow for Maximum airflow. Air comes in from Front and Leaves from the Back. if its Open air will come into the case and generally stay there causing heat buildup. ass for the hard drives only have one in the pc and make the others external. you should always have your pc case CLOSED to allow for Maximum airflow. Air comes in from Front and Leaves from the Back. if its Open air will come into the case and generally stay there causing heat buildup. ass for the hard drives only have one in the pc and make the others external.

]]> By: Mike Jhttp://www.ghacks.net/2006/07/23/practical-tips-to-decrease-the-temperature-of-your-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-1128258 Mike J Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:18:00 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2006/07/23/practical-tips-to-decrease-the-temperature-of-your-computer/#comment-1128258 I open up the case & clean fan blades & heat sinks very carefully with a Q-tip ( forgot what the English term is) lightly moistened in alcohol. I also of course clean the vents. I'd advise, don't keep the PC on the floor, esp. if you have pets. I was surprised a couple days ago, peering at the BIOS, to find that heat warning/shutoff was disabled. I have no idea how that happened unless it is default. I redid a Windows install a while back because the fans were kicking into high gear even when the CPU wasn't stressed ( maintaining the registry the Windows MVPs keep telling us is everlastingly fine, bloated beyond reason??) and a new XP fixed that problem right up.It had been 15 months of hard use since the last re-install. I use the desktop in a room sans A/C in Florida, and thus far, no problems. I open up the case & clean fan blades & heat sinks very carefully with a Q-tip ( forgot what the English term is) lightly moistened in alcohol. I also of course clean the vents. I’d advise, don’t keep the PC on the floor, esp. if you have pets.
I was surprised a couple days ago, peering at the BIOS, to find that heat warning/shutoff was disabled. I have no idea how that happened unless it is default. I redid a Windows install a while back because the fans were kicking into high gear even when the CPU wasn’t stressed ( maintaining the registry the Windows MVPs keep telling us is everlastingly fine, bloated beyond reason??) and a new XP fixed that problem right up.It had been 15 months of hard use since the last re-install.
I use the desktop in a room sans A/C in Florida, and thus far, no problems.

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]]> By: trstshttp://www.ghacks.net/2006/07/23/practical-tips-to-decrease-the-temperature-of-your-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-963359 trsts Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:16:00 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2006/07/23/practical-tips-to-decrease-the-temperature-of-your-computer/#comment-963359 my computer video card overheats until it has 107° :S my computer video card overheats until it has 107° :S

]]> By: Csabe}{perthttp://www.ghacks.net/2006/07/23/practical-tips-to-decrease-the-temperature-of-your-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-232815 Csabe}{pert Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:03:49 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2006/07/23/practical-tips-to-decrease-the-temperature-of-your-computer/#comment-232815 If you did everything and your PC is still overheating try to increase your performance. Like:buy some memory,or you haven't got money then you can change the Best look into Best performance,defragment your hard drive,take you'r PC-s case of,clean your fans, check if the air flow is good(I put some holes in the case and from 60c° decreased to 40° -but look out where you put it becuse you cud ruin the air circulation and that wont be useful) other tips for more speed : (use this for your own responsability) start>run, type in system.ini then hit enter and you will see something like this in a Notepad: ; for 16-bit app support [drivers] wave=mmdrv.dll timer=timer.drv [mci] [driver32] [386enh] woafont=dosapp.FON EGA80WOA.FON=EGA80WOA.FON EGA40WOA.FON=EGA40WOA.FON CGA80WOA.FON=CGA80WOA.FON CGA40WOA.FON=CGA40WOA.FON then under[386enh](the 386 can be other number) type in: LoadLocalHigh=1 ConservativeSwaPfileUsage=1 it shoud look like this: ; for 16-bit app support [drivers] wave=mmdrv.dll timer=timer.drv [mci] [driver32] [386enh] LoadLocalHigh=1 ConservativeSwaPfileUsage=1 woafont=dosapp.FON EGA80WOA.FON=EGA80WOA.FON EGA40WOA.FON=EGA40WOA.FON CGA80WOA.FON=CGA80WOA.FON CGA40WOA.FON=CGA40WOA.FON after that restart. for coments and questions Csabexpert_665@yahoo.com If you did everything and your PC is still overheating try to increase your performance.
Like:buy some memory,or you haven’t got money
then you can change the Best look into Best performance,defragment your hard drive,take you’r PC-s case of,clean your fans, check if the air flow is good(I put some holes in the case and from 60c° decreased to 40° -but look out where you put it becuse you cud ruin the air circulation and that wont be useful)
other tips for more speed :

(use this for your own responsability)

start>run, type in system.ini then hit enter
and you will see something like this in a Notepad:

; for 16-bit app support

[drivers]
wave=mmdrv.dll
timer=timer.drv

[mci]
[driver32]
[386enh]
woafont=dosapp.FON
EGA80WOA.FON=EGA80WOA.FON
EGA40WOA.FON=EGA40WOA.FON
CGA80WOA.FON=CGA80WOA.FON
CGA40WOA.FON=CGA40WOA.FON

then under[386enh](the 386 can be other number)
type in:

LoadLocalHigh=1
ConservativeSwaPfileUsage=1

it shoud look like this:

; for 16-bit app support

[drivers]
wave=mmdrv.dll
timer=timer.drv

[mci]
[driver32]
[386enh]
LoadLocalHigh=1
ConservativeSwaPfileUsage=1
woafont=dosapp.FON
EGA80WOA.FON=EGA80WOA.FON
EGA40WOA.FON=EGA40WOA.FON
CGA80WOA.FON=CGA80WOA.FON
CGA40WOA.FON=CGA40WOA.FON

after that restart.

for coments and questions Csabexpert_665@yahoo.com

]]> By: Rickhttp://www.ghacks.net/2006/07/23/practical-tips-to-decrease-the-temperature-of-your-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-36950 Rick Wed, 26 Jul 2006 13:31:14 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2006/07/23/practical-tips-to-decrease-the-temperature-of-your-computer/#comment-36950 Lapping your heatsink and using a quality thermal grease will drop cpu temps up to 5°C. It takes a while to get a mirror polish, especially on "rough" sinks, but any/every drop in temp increases the life of your cpu. Using a quality thermal compound, properly, will offer temp reductions of a couple degrees, just by itself. Lapping your heatsink and using a quality thermal grease will drop cpu temps up to 5°C. It takes a while to get a mirror polish, especially on “rough” sinks, but any/every drop in temp increases the life of your cpu.

Using a quality thermal compound, properly, will offer temp reductions of a couple degrees, just by itself.

]]> By: Ruffianhttp://www.ghacks.net/2006/07/23/practical-tips-to-decrease-the-temperature-of-your-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-36882 Ruffian Tue, 25 Jul 2006 21:51:07 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2006/07/23/practical-tips-to-decrease-the-temperature-of-your-computer/#comment-36882 Hm, my PC is noisy as hell because I always keep my case open to avoid overheating. The only problem now is 3 HDDs which are very close to each other and usually heats up to 45 C. When temperature grows up to 50 I take my portable room fan and place it opposite to my HDDs – it helps :) Hm, my PC is noisy as hell because I always keep my case open to avoid overheating. The only problem now is 3 HDDs which are very close to each other and usually heats up to 45 C. When temperature grows up to 50 I take my portable room fan and place it opposite to my HDDs – it helps :)

]]> By: Martinhttp://www.ghacks.net/2006/07/23/practical-tips-to-decrease-the-temperature-of-your-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-36597 Martin Mon, 24 Jul 2006 05:57:40 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2006/07/23/practical-tips-to-decrease-the-temperature-of-your-computer/#comment-36597 I don´t see a reason why it should not be working with laptops, it depends on the chipsets of the motherboards and the hard drives if they have a sensor for temperatures or not. Try it. I don´t see a reason why it should not be working with laptops, it depends on the chipsets of the motherboards and the hard drives if they have a sensor for temperatures or not.

Try it.

]]> By: Maxhttp://www.ghacks.net/2006/07/23/practical-tips-to-decrease-the-temperature-of-your-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-36552 Max Mon, 24 Jul 2006 01:20:01 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2006/07/23/practical-tips-to-decrease-the-temperature-of-your-computer/#comment-36552 Is this program (Speedfan) also going to work on/with laptops? Is this program (Speedfan) also going to work on/with laptops?

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