When I run PRIME95, my computer threatens to turn off
 

The CPU temperature gets high really fast and I am forced to turn prime95 off before the computer shuts down. Is there a way around it(software, make prime95 use less cpu) or hardware(cool the processor) ?

It´s a desktop AMD 64 dual x2 4400.

Thanks,

Rafael

[QUOTE=Rafael;281961]The CPU temperature gets high really fast and I am forced to turn prime95 off before the computer shuts down.[/QUOTE]Can you post your temperatures? High temperatures are normal with Prime95, but most likely they won't be too high. Your machine will likely be able to handle the heat.

Prime95 can be throttled to make it generate less heat. Most of us leave it running 24/7 at full power though.

Try to undervolt your cpu!

Is your heatsink fan running? Have you ever removed your heatsink? Without thermal paste between the heatsink and the CPU the heat disappation properties are greatly reduced. Also you need to make sure your heatsink and fan are not clogged with dust.

[QUOTE=Uncwilly;281966]Can you post your temperatures? High temperatures are normal with Prime95, but most likely they won't be too high. Your machine will likely be able to handle the heat. [/QUOTE]

Using speedfan 4.40:
Before prime95 runs:
Fan 3054 rpm
Temp1:39C
Core:49

After it runs:
10 mins
temp1:71C,
core: 56C

It begins to beep,that´s when I shut down. I suspect it has to with the fact that I began to use other software at the time. If I don´t do anything else, it doesn´t beep.

[QUOTE=Uncwilly;281966]Prime95 can be throttled to make it generate less heat. Most of us leave it running 24/7 at full power though. [/QUOTE]

How ? Configuration, or changing the code ? Some variable in prime.ini ?

Rafael

[QUOTE=bcp19;281975]Is your heatsink fan running?dust.[/QUOTE]
Yes.

[QUOTE=bcp19;281975] Have you ever removed your heatsink?
[/QUOTE]
No.

[QUOTE=bcp19;281975]
Without thermal paste between the heatsink and the CPU the heat disappation properties are greatly reduced.
[/QUOTE]
Yeah I am thinking about putting some. Lots of sites recommend it, so I assume it is safe.

[QUOTE=bcp19;281975]
Also you need to make sure your heatsink and fan are not clogged with dust.
[/QUOTE]

That´s a real problem, the box has holes for ventilation, but a lot of dust gets in. I guess I should leave cpu-intensive processes for when the
air conditioning is on and the windows are closed.

Rafael

I don't know if this is true or not, but it seems to me that old thermal paste could lose some of its heat conductivity. It might be worth unmounting the heatsink, cleaning it and the fan for dust, and then use the opportunity to apply new thermal paste (which should always be done after removing a heatsink).

I can't speak to old AMD's, but the AMD Phenom II I had ran fine at 65C, and the Intel Sandy Bridge worked fine at 80-85C (that's borderline though) but I've also heard AMD's are less temperature tolerant. I would try Googling the thermal tolerance of the Athlon? of Phenom? what exactly?

As for throttling, you can put

Throttle=N

in prime.txt, where N is a percentage. Note that instead of running at N all the time, it will run at 100% and then run really low and then run at 100% and cycle that way so that the running average is N. You can look in Task Manager to see what I mean. The other option is to simply run one worker instead of two, which will leave the other core unloaded and open to whatever else you're doing.

Yep, thermal grease can dry out...especially the cheap stuff if it's an unknown...

It is very important to be clean (and if you are nuts, lap flat) the surfaces to be joined with the thermal paste...you want just enough to fill the microscopic gaps, no more....

And get the dust out!

It´s an Athlon, this table shows the 4400 series have a maximum temperatures ranging from 65 to 72.

[URL]http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Maximum-CPU-Temperature/143/9[/URL]

I found this on undoc.txt

"If you are running on a laptop or in a hot room and you want to slow the
program down to reduce heat, then you can add this line to prime.ini:
Throttle=n
where n is the number of milliseconds to sleep after each iteration."

I´ve set to 200 got my temp to 40C and about 20%/50% use of cpu.I hope such slow calculation is of any help. When I put some thermal paste I may lower the ms experimentally.

Thanks,

Rafael

ANY calculation is a help! Thanks for participating!

[QUOTE=rafael;282026]It´s an Athlon, this table shows the 4400 series have a maximum temperatures ranging from 65 to 72.

[URL]http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Maximum-CPU-Temperature/143/9[/URL]

I found this on undoc.txt

"If you are running on a laptop or in a hot room and you want to slow the
program down to reduce heat, then you can add this line to prime.ini:
Throttle=n
where n is the number of milliseconds to sleep after each iteration."[/QUOTE]

was searching for something like this. is it actually the number of milliseconds, or is it the percentage of time you want the program active? my version of undoc is saying that n should be the percentage of time you want it running, have shoved in 50 on mine (phenom was running at high 80's so kind of wanted it cooling down a tad, shoving in 50 gives temps of 40-odd)