On 23 Mar 2007 09:43:30 -0700, happymac.support@gmail.com
wrote:


>Thanks for the replies. I got the system custom-built from a computer
>shop. Its been about 7 months since I got it.


What case? Is that case's ventilation system mostly
obsttructed by grills made of mostly blocking, stamped-out
holes in the case wall?

What temps were the system when new?
I'm wondering if the temps have risen, you dont quite say
why you now wonder about them.


>Since I have a see-
>through case, I checked the inside and the CPU fan. There is barely
>any dust. This is the current status of the fans:
>
>Power Supply Fan: OK
>GPU Fan: OK
>CPU Fan (stock Intel): OK
>Chassis Fan: OK
>
>I felt the air that was coming out of the chassis fan and it was just
>barely more than room temperature (around 25C, I estimated) I think
>its always been this hot, I just noticed it now. Do you think I should
>use a different utility to check the temperature? By the way, I
>checked the motherboard temprature too. No matter what i do, the
>motherboard temperature is always 40C - 42C, and I also checked the
>RPM for the CPU fan, it always varies from 4000RPM - 4150RPM.

take the case side-panel off, point a desk fan at it and see
if it reduce temps much. If only a small single-digit # of
degrees, you probably need to replace or at least remount
(with fresh thermal compound, after cleaning off the
original) the heatsink. If temps change more than that, you
may have dust in the case intake or exhaust areas or need
better case cooling - but we can't be sure of this since it
would depend on what has changed since it was new, but your
reported temps are an indication it has poor cooling.

Compare the temp report you see to the one in the bios
health/hardware monitor page. Sometimes a bios update may
fine-tune these temps more, you might check Asus website for
such a bios and notes describing whether there is any such
problem with reported temps or at least an improvement in
accuracy of reporting.