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Originally posted by Choil
another thing: is the program done specially for you mother board or is it a generic program? you should see the site of your motherboard and get that kind of programs form there, if they exist. if not, note that 3rd parties programs may not display the exat temperature.
Yep, downloaded it from the MSI homepage, it's called PCAlert 4. It also shows voltage. Don't know if it's made just for my model but I tired anohter one (from the MSI homepage too) that said that it didn't support that model so I suppose this program does.
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Originally posted by Choil
i think (not very sure, tho.) that 61 C is too much hot for an Athonl XP.
one last thing: maybe the problem is not with the fans but with the dissipator (<- dodgy word, i don't know how it's said in english. I mean the thing that is placed between the processor and the fan and it takes the hot off the processor. I hope you get me: for example in the next image you see the fan and below it's that thing:
![[Image: app2305-1.jpg]](http://www.appinformatica.com/fichas/ventilador/grande/app2305-1.jpg)
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Well, now that you already know about what i'm talking... :
maybe that thing isn't big enough for your precessor and maybe you should buy other that is bigger and/or more powerful
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Originally posted by Vilkku
Okey, I think that I will install a new fan then. Depends on what you answer on my question later on
you can install it, but i don't think it'll decrease a lot the temperature. fans placed there are to decrease a bit the global temperature inside the computer. I think that your problem has to do with the processor and if i was you, I'd buy a new fan with a new "thing" in the first place. Then I'd think about putting a fan there 
Ok, I'll talk with the ppl at the trusty computer shop when I go upgrade the computer sometime in the near future. Btw, I have pretty much dust on the sissipatorwhatever, chould that cause the overheating?
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