How to monitor temperatures to avoid shutdown?

[Nobody]

When I play a 1080P video on my plasma my computer shuts down after
approximately 2 minutes. When in the bios health page I see that shutdown
is selected for CPU at 70C and that when in the bios page the temperatures
are:

CPU 60C , case 35C

Of course when my video is playing I cannot see these temperatures.

ECS K1N SLI Extreme
AMD64 +4000
Nvidia 8800GT dual DVI
Media Player Classic
Pioneer PDP-LX508d plasma

files are TS

When I play the same file but output to lower resolution to my LCD computer
monitor there is no shutdown.

One point of which I am uncertain is whether a video card if overtemperature
can shut a computer down?

I have all fans running at max and I do not overclock.

All help appreciated.

regards,

Beemer

 

[Paul]

When I play a 1080P video on my plasma my computer shuts down after
approximately 2 minutes. When in the bios health page I see that shutdown
is selected for CPU at 70C and that when in the bios page the temperatures
are:

CPU 60C , case 35C

Of course when my video is playing I cannot see these temperatures.

ECS K1N SLI Extreme
AMD64 +4000
Nvidia 8800GT dual DVI
Media Player Classic
Pioneer PDP-LX508d plasma

files are TS

When I play the same file but output to lower resolution to my LCD computer
monitor there is no shutdown.

One point of which I am uncertain is whether a video card if overtemperature
can shut a computer down?

I have all fans running at max and I do not overclock.

All help appreciated.

regards,

Beemer

OK, I have a program that doesn't use the video card. Prime95 will load
up the CPU and run it at 100%. (Select "Torture Test" when prompted.)
This will give you an opportunity to see how hot the CPU gets.

http://www.mersenne.org/gimps/p95v255a.zip

This program is used to measure temperature and control fans. Start this
running before Prime95, and see what your idle temperatures are like.
Then, run Prime95, and wait a couple minutes for the CPU to heat up.
That will give some idea how hot it would get while playing movies.
It should be able to read out the three temperature channels on your
SuperI/O chip. As well as a few other things, like maybe the hard drive
temperature (as reported by S.M.A.R.T).

http://www.almico.com/speedfan433.exe

The CPU has a signal called THERMTRIP, and that can be used to turn off
the computer. The power supply may have overcurrent or overtemperature,
and the power supply could also shut off if it detected an extreme
condition. The video card, AFAIK, doesn't have a way to turn off the
computer in its hardware. The driver might have the ability to monitor
temperature (maybe a program like GPUZ or Rivatuner could access that
temperature readout). You'll have to look around, and see what utilities
can read out the GPU temp. It is even possible that Speedfan can do that
now.

This is apparently a Rivatuner screen

http://www.ixbt.com/video2/images/nv40-5/6800-high.png

( http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/gffx/nv40-5.html )

The three temperatures you want to measure, under as extreme conditions
as possible, are room temperature, computer case air temperature, and
the CPU temperature, all when the CPU is at 100% loading. Prime95 is
one way to get that kind of loading.

Once you're finished with Prime95, you can stop and exit from it, and
move on to the next test.

You'd want to measure GPU temperature, under some extreme condition for
the video card. I believe ATITool has a stability test, and you could use
that to load up a video card. You should be able to still see the other
utilities on the screen, while ATITool is running.

(ATITool and GPUZ are here.)
http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/

This is ATITool at work. The display doesn't take the full screen.
ATITool works with ATI and Nvidia cards.

http://www.softpedia.com/screenshots/ATITool_1.gif

Paul

 

[VanguardLH]

Speedfan
http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php

Didn't your motherboard or pre-build come with a temperature monitor
program?

 

[Nobody]

OK, I have a program that doesn't use the video card. Prime95 will load
up the CPU and run it at 100%. (Select "Torture Test" when prompted.)
This will give you an opportunity to see how hot the CPU gets.

http://www.mersenne.org/gimps/p95v255a.zip

This program is used to measure temperature and control fans. Start this
running before Prime95, and see what your idle temperatures are like.
Then, run Prime95, and wait a couple minutes for the CPU to heat up.
That will give some idea how hot it would get while playing movies.
It should be able to read out the three temperature channels on your
SuperI/O chip. As well as a few other things, like maybe the hard drive
temperature (as reported by S.M.A.R.T).

http://www.almico.com/speedfan433.exe

The CPU has a signal called THERMTRIP, and that can be used to turn off
the computer. The power supply may have overcurrent or overtemperature,
and the power supply could also shut off if it detected an extreme
condition. The video card, AFAIK, doesn't have a way to turn off the
computer in its hardware. The driver might have the ability to monitor
temperature (maybe a program like GPUZ or Rivatuner could access that
temperature readout). You'll have to look around, and see what utilities
can read out the GPU temp. It is even possible that Speedfan can do that
now.

This is apparently a Rivatuner screen

http://www.ixbt.com/video2/images/nv40-5/6800-high.png

( http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/gffx/nv40-5.html )

The three temperatures you want to measure, under as extreme conditions
as possible, are room temperature, computer case air temperature, and
the CPU temperature, all when the CPU is at 100% loading. Prime95 is
one way to get that kind of loading.

Once you're finished with Prime95, you can stop and exit from it, and
move on to the next test.

You'd want to measure GPU temperature, under some extreme condition for
the video card. I believe ATITool has a stability test, and you could use
that to load up a video card. You should be able to still see the other
utilities on the screen, while ATITool is running.

(ATITool and GPUZ are here.)
http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/

This is ATITool at work. The display doesn't take the full screen.
ATITool works with ATI and Nvidia cards.

http://www.softpedia.com/screenshots/ATITool_1.gif

Paul

Paul,

Thanks again for the help (you helped me in a different thread re memory
testing and all checkd out okay but I'm still getting shutdowns)

I'll download these progs and start monitoring.

regards,

Beemer

 

[Nobody]

Speedfan
http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php

Didn't your motherboard or pre-build come with a temperature monitor
program?

I can't recall seeing one but I'll chek out the MB utilities tomorrow.


Thanks,

Beemer

 

[Sleepy]

When I play a 1080P video on my plasma my computer shuts down after
approximately 2 minutes. When in the bios health page I see that shutdown
is selected for CPU at 70C and that when in the bios page the temperatures
are:

CPU 60C , case 35C

Of course when my video is playing I cannot see these temperatures.

ECS K1N SLI Extreme
AMD64 +4000
Nvidia 8800GT dual DVI
Media Player Classic
Pioneer PDP-LX508d plasma

files are TS

When I play the same file but output to lower resolution to my LCD
computer monitor there is no shutdown.

One point of which I am uncertain is whether a video card if
overtemperature can shut a computer down?

I have all fans running at max and I do not overclock.

All help appreciated.

regards,

Beemer

that CPU temp is way too high and my AMD X2 3800 shutdowns at 70c regardless
of whether any shutdown temp is setup in the bios or not so I *think* you'll
be getting the same
reaction. It could be the CPU heat-sink isn't fitted correctly.

Another possiblity is the graphics card is running very hot and in tower
case that means its below
the CPU and the heat rises and warms up the CPU heat-sink.

So install Rivatuner and check your graphics card temps and also refit the
CPU heat-sink with fresh thermal paste.

 

[Beemer]

Thanks to all. Due to other personal issues I have still to resolve the
shutdown issue.

regards,

Beemer