Spreadsheet headings and shutdown issue

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Spreadsheet headings and shutdown issue

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I've been trying to troubleshoot a random shutdown issue, and came across a recommendation for Core Temp. First, great program, thanks!

And second: the shutdowns happen when I'm away, so I looked at the temperture log files. I see a lot of CPU throttling going on between 1.8GHz and 1.6GHz, even though I have the windows power settings set to 'always 100% when plugged in'. The last reading before the shutdown is below.

Questions: what are the 'high temp' and 'low temp'? I thought these were two readings that were averaged for the total temp, but I see that near shutdown these stay pegged at 49 and 89deg while the core temp keeps changing. Second, although the CPU is loaded around 30% when this happens, I'm guessing these temperatures are still too high.. Probably time to look for dust bunnies on the fan, but any feedback would be appreciated. -j6g

Time Core 0 Temp. Core 1 Temp. Core 0 Low temp. High temp. Core load Core speed Core 1 Low temp. High temp. Core load Core speed

0:49:12 82° 82° 49° 89° 12% 1596.00 MHz 48° 89° 5% 1596.00 MHz

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For those interested I made a graph of the x61 temperature readings over time. It would be nice if CoreTemp could do this automatically. Either way, it's great to have such clear evidence of a heat issue. I'd still be interested in finding out the meaning of the 'high temp' and 'low temp' columns. -joe

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It looks like your system is overheating, even when idle.
High temp/Low temp are the extremes recorded by Core Temp in this session, low temp shows the lowest temperature the core reached while high temp shows the highest temperature that core temp was able to record.
The throttling you see in the logs is a thermal protection activated by the CPU and/or motherboard.

You should definitely check out your cooling. If the temp reaches 90C it can't be very healthy for the hardware inside the laptop.
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Thanks for the info - and for the program if you're the developer. Turns out this is covered by warranty - they'll be replacing the fan this week. Anyway, it would be nice if a description of all columns in the log file would exist, perhaps even as standard text at the top of the log. As I mentioned, moving the %, degree, and MHz text to the column label would facilitate plotting, and including a temperature graph by default would be fantastic. -Joe

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OK, problem resolved. The x61 CPU fan was replaced under warranty. There was virtually no dust in it, so the theory is that for some reason the fan was running too slow due to an electronic issue - not really clear. Tip: you may not want to try the replacement at home, since the whole motherboard needed to come out for this. Right now the system runs consistently around 50oC as opposed to 70-80oC, and no more shutdowns have occurred. -Joe

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Great :mrgreen:
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Core i7 2600K 3.4GHz @ 4.3GHz (Scythe Mugen2) / Mobo: Biostar TP67XE / 2x Inland Pro 120GB + HDDs / GPU: ATi Mach64 VT2 / Mem: 4x4GB DDR3-1600 G.Skill 8GBXL RipJawsX - 16GB total / PSU: Seasonic S12II 620W.
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Core i3 7130U / MiniPC / SanDisk SDSSDP-128G / GPU: Intel HD 620 / Mem: 1x8GB DDR3L-1600
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AMD Phenom II X4 B93 / Mobo: ASUS M2A-VM / GPU: ATI Radeon Xpress X1250 / Crucial M4 120GB / Mem: 2x2GB DDR2-800 - 4GB total / PSU: Antec 380W.

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