Subj : Re: About To Blow A Gaske
To   : SNIPER
From : ROB MCCART
Date : Sun Jun 19 2005 06:21 pm

RM> Speaking of...  This is really odd..  I still use quite a few
RM> DOS programs (Win 98 DOS) and with warmer temps I was watching
RM> the processor temps more closely the last few days..  It's cooled
RM> down again, barely 70f in here today, but my processor, that usually
RM> can run virtually anything in Windows up to mid-level Games and
RM> stay at 52c, will run itself up to 63c - 65c just doing mail in
RM> a DOS Mail Reader or playing Dos games designed to run reasonably
RM> well on a 386. I dunno why it gets so hot running those...
RM> (P4 3.0 GHz Prescott - 512 ram)

SN>Sometimes, its the program you are using to "Monitor" the tempratures
  >that is incorrect.  Just a thought...

But if it's inaccurate, it should be inaccurate all the time.
If it's just inaccurate while the 'offending' programs are
running, then the temps should immediately jump to the correct
levels as soon as you terminate the DOS program, but that
doesn't happen. It slowly cools off just like it would after
any stressful program was shut down.

Everything I've tested shows the results are accurate.
And it's not just one DOS program. It does it in DOS games
and DOS word processors, etc..  It must just be a reaction
of running 16 bit software through a high end processor..

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