\PentiumII .4GHz temperatures?

[DereX888]

Im just fixing some old box for my niece, and after I installed Asus PC Probe it is beeping alarms very often because CPU's temperature reaches high levels. I installed Hardware Sensors Monitor and it does the same thing, obviously it must be true then.
It goes from 30C to 85C within a second, then it drops down to 30C in next second, and again and again. Is it normal for Pentium II .4GHz (400MHz ) CPU to have such constant temperature jumps whenever it is working? It is not o/c'd or anything.
TIA

[indolikaa]

I would have to say 'no' on that one. Are you running the original PC Probe or an updated version?

My recently-departed board was an A7V133. The PC Probe that came on the CD worked fine, but their latest update from asus.com was problematic. It would constantly report fans running 0 RPM.

[DereX888]

I used recent pcprobe, 2.22.05 i think is the versiuon. Should i use original one that came with installation dsc? It is P3B-F old board, made when Win98 ruled the world....

[mujahid7ia]

lol, .4GHz

400,000KHz

[VCDHunter]

It goes from 30C to 85C within a second, then it drops down to 30C in next second, and again and again.

Are you sure ? a 55C drop in temp in a sec seems a bit weird, but I'm no expert

[Solarjetman]

Your drop in temp is a faulty reading. There is no way that is possible without some super heavy duty cooling system with a liquid nitrogen tank.

And BTW, my 350MHz computer overheats regularly also.

[DereX888]

yup, it must have been some faulty reading. I uninstalled both pcprobe and hmonitor and its all quiet now

[Cobra]

Just think of the thermal stress on the CPU die of temperature fluctuations of that speed! Apart from being impossible.....

CobraDMX