is this normal?

**uber-randy** · November 23rd, 2004, 05:55 AM

just started using my amd64 3000+ and it has an idle temperature of about 60 degrees celcius.

I hvaent really done much with cooling and it still has the standard heatsink and fan.

is 60 degrees normal?

**muarrif** · November 23rd, 2004, 06:37 AM

Normally it should be around 50C
however it all depends on if you have it OC
look into getting a better heat sink and fan

**[Neo770]** · November 23rd, 2004, 07:08 AM

Maybe also look into a BIOS flash to the latest version some boards can read the temp sennsor wrong.

**Agent_Embryo** · November 23rd, 2004, 08:28 AM

Thermal Pad or Compound? Sometimes reseating the heatsink can work. Also check up on flashing your BIOS as mentioned above. I have heard people with certain motherboards get way too hight temp readings. My Palomino XP1800+ also runs around 60C, so I don't think there's an immidiate danger to the CPU though.

**mazdarx7-64** · November 23rd, 2004, 08:31 PM

My A64 3200+ runs 48C under load, FaD, so there is a problem, I'd reseat the heat sink and use some good thermal paste. A BIOS update would help also. What mother board are you using?

EDIT:: Mine is OC'ed to 2.4