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checking pc temperature
I have a
dell dimension 9100 and I was wondering how I can check the temperature of the pc. Someone said that I need to go to BIOS, but I tried that. I pressed F2 to get to Bios and I saw no feature where it said the temp of the pc. Im asking this because a couple of days ago my pc was making a
beeping sound every 5 minutes. Someone told me that it could be overheating and that this may be the cause of the beeping sound. Also the beeping came from the pc and not the speakers. I shutdown the pc for a few hours and after that the beeping sound stopped. Pc has been working fine when it was beeping so I guess there was no problem. If the cause was overheating then that makes no sense since the dimension 9100 has a btx cooling system. Whats the recommended temperature for a PC?
- Check out Everest Home edition, great freeware program that lets you check temps along with viewing and performing other diagnostic tools.
rah - Well, Everest Home Edition does not tell the cpu temperature. I downloaded the software for my old pc(Sony Vaio) and for some reason it will tell the cpu temperature there, but not on the Dell Dimension 9100. The only temperature it gives on the Dell is the HDD temperature. Also I decided to try the trial version of the Ultimate Edition but it still doesnt give the cpu temp on the Dell. I wonder why it tells the cpu temp on the Sony and not the Dell? Are there other safe and free software out there that gives the cpu temperature for Dell computers?
- lol after the 2nd or 3rd reply it said you can't monitor dell temperatures lol, the hdd temp is through SMART on the hdd... and yes 41 is ok. i wouldn't want it getting any higher thou 60c is max for seagate drives from their site and 60ish is also used for maxtor i believe
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Posted August 28th, 2005 21:00