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    Mobo shuts down my Athlon XP 3000 at 40 deg C

    The xp3000+ was installed with a brand new cooler (and thermal pad) and Yes I`ve cleaning and adding new paste. Thank though
  2. thecuttoff

    Mobo shuts down my Athlon XP 3000 at 40 deg C

    Now, When using my XP+2000 the temp rise is more gradual, even at full load. It happily operates at 30C when idle and about 40C to 45C when at 90% CPU usage. So I definity need more cooling as the 3000+ obviously runs hotter faster. After taking the XP3000+ out I have noticed that there seems...
  3. thecuttoff

    Mobo shuts down my Athlon XP 3000 at 40 deg C

    Oh Yeah, I updated to that bios version some time ago, I`m waiting for another update that actually mentions the 3000+
  4. thecuttoff

    Mobo shuts down my Athlon XP 3000 at 40 deg C

    Thanks guys, I`ll look into those. Even after I reduced the FSB the mobo still shuts me down but at a higher temp, around 55 to 60 deg C. I have now put my old XP 2000+ back in. If the same problem occurs then I know that the mobo does not like the low fan speed.
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    Mobo shuts down my Athlon XP 3000 at 40 deg C

    Thanks SYAR2003, How about if I bump up the FSB to a level below 166 that will not shut me down?
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    Mobo shuts down my Athlon XP 3000 at 40 deg C

    Thanks guys, I was getting the temp reading from both the bios and fuzzy logic. I figured it could be a old mobo - new fan issue. I have emailed MSI to see what they say. In the mean time I`m running the CPU at 133FSB as apposed to 166FSB and its stopped shuting down (I`m at 44...
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    Mobo shuts down my Athlon XP 3000 at 40 deg C

    Yes, but I set it to 90 deg and then disabled it with no change. Thanks though
  8. thecuttoff

    Mobo shuts down my Athlon XP 3000 at 40 deg C

    Hi there, I have recently added an Athlon XP 3000+ to my system, It seems to work fine until the CPU hits around 40 degrees C the motherboard shuts down the PC. My system specs as follows: MSI KT4 Ultra (mobo) Speeze Raptorcool I CPU Cooler Q-Tec 550W PSU 1 Gig RAM 1 SCSI and 2 IDE HDs...
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