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What's normal for what? If you're talking about normal processor life given sufficient cooling, probably 15+ years.Given insufficient cooling, closer to 15 months.

No, im talking about temperature.

Anything below 50C should be fine.

Well, I already knew this and SpeedFan just confirms it, Fan2 (top rear) on my comp isn't moving at all. It's an LCD lighted fan so I could see it.
Now Im a hardware n00b so Im cautious about fiddling with anything in there, will making sure the fan is plugged in OK be difficult? What should I look for?

Well, do you see it moving?  If you don't, you gotta verify you plugged one of the SYS_FAN wires to your mobo..

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Originally posted by NeoRevan
will making sure the fan is plugged in OK be difficult? What should I look for?

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It shouldn't be difficult, and you're looking for a small 3-pin connector with red, white, black wires in that order. They only connect one way round. The connectors on the mobo should have FANx written by them - usually FAN1 for CPU, FAN2 for system fan.

Okay, cool, Ill check this out tomorrow. Thanks

true i have a hp windows me brocen and i take it apart all the time you plug o ferget it get the vid and thats it

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Originally posted by raceprouk

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Originally posted by NeoRevan
will making sure the fan is plugged in OK be difficult? What should I look for?

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It shouldn't be difficult, and you're looking for a small 3-pin connector with red, white, black wires in that order. They only connect one way round. The connectors on the mobo should have FANx written by them - usually FAN1 for CPU, FAN2 for system fan.

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Well I did open her up today, and it seems like I don't have a FAN2. I can fit 2 in the front and 1 in the back (not including power supply fan). I flipped both the fans so the front fan is now inhaling air while the back fan is exhausting it. In idle times, the comp is now 7 degrees C cooler. Internal temps seem lower as well. I can feel air coming out from the rear fan, so it must be running
The air coming out from back doesn't seem to be hot, so I doubt the wires back there is gonna suffer from it.

what about the cpu fan?

hows that looking

you might need to remove the fan from the heatsink, and clean the fins as dust along the fins can disrupt heat transferral

and some sensors are picked up wrong on speedfan

the only sensor that speed fan picks up wrong is the one that is my Geforce 5900XT's Core temp sensor, and i need to adjust it by 16c

still 70c is hot for idling, or light use, so either your cpu is overvoltaged, the heatsink has become unseated, the grease wasn't applied right in the first place, or the southbridge on the mobo is dieing, as the southbridge is what picks up the temps.

its still probably best to have the cpu hs/fan be looked at by a pro,

and raceprouk. 50c is not a standard temp anymore

the athlonXp 3200, and the latest athlon64s reach up to 60+ on stock cooling

using 3rd party copper or aluminium coolers is much better


heck i dropped my 2000+ 15c by installing a Volcano 11+ down from 49c to 35c