E5200 Error Threshold Temperature?

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The E5200 is rated for 75 Centigrade. Would it start making errors at some temperature lower than that?

I recall that Athlon XP's rated for 90C would make errors above 60C.

TIA.

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Hi Edlight,

From the website below:

http://ark.intel.com/cpu.aspx?groupID=37212&code=e5200 http://ark.intel.com/cpu.aspx?groupID=37212&code=e5200

The maximum threshold temperature is 74.1 C, but some it can go above the value +5C, it is still ok.

When the cpu overheats, on some boards, you will get an alarm (siren), there is no error message, possibly in the event log in the bios, it may mention something on the cpu temperature.

It all depends on which board you have, as in new desktop board, in the bios there is a new parameter, which is called ProcHot.

Bios Menu:

Advanced >> Hardware Configuration

a) ProcHot must be negative. For example, if the temperature is -21C, this means that it is still ok, as you have 21 more degrees to go for it to be critical.

b) Use the tools from Intel to read the temperature for Intel Desktop Board

Website: http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&ProductID=2912&DwnldID=15641&strOSs=All&OSFullName=AllOperatingSystems&lang=eng http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&ProductID=2912&DwnldID=15641&strOSs=All&OSFullName=AllOperatingSystems&lang=eng

ProcHot means:

temperature at which the CPU will start throttling itself in order to remain cool enough. Throttling means skipping clock cycles.

Hope this helps a bit.

Regards,

Aryan

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Thanks, but what I need to know is, does the precessor stay error-free all the way up to where it throttles, or is there a temperature it's better not to pass if you don't want errors, and if so, what is that temperature? For AMD's it's generally considered to be 60C, I think.