Normal motherboard and CPU temperature

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What is the normal temperature of motherboard and CPU?

Details:

  • Model: Toshiba SATELLITE T130
  • Mainboard: Toshiba SATELLITE T130
  • Total Memory: 3.84 GB DDR3 SO-DIMM
  • Processor: Genuine Intel(R) CPU U4100 @ 1.30 GHz (2C 1.3 GHz, 2 MB L2)

The SpeedFan application shows the following results:

  • Core 1 and Core 2: ~45 °C
  • Hard disk drive: ~28 °C
  • Motherboard temp 52-56 °C

PS: Are there better temperature diagnostic tools?

Best Answer

These temperatures seem OK to me.

My Lenovo ThinkPad i5 laptop is fairly new (last year) and is currently showing core temps of around 43-50 with a max of 58

HDD temp is around 28 and stable.

As stated by Peter, the motherboard temp seems a little highbut not excessively, mine isn't reported by the Open Hardware Monitor tool I'm using. Some laptops have a special fan mode that will do a blast of air to clear out any crud. Look under the manufactures power settings tool.

The best test for temp problems is to leave the laptop with nothing running for a while - maybe 1/2 hour - then measure the temps. If they are still high, check that there isn't either a service or an application that hasn't closed properly by looking at the task manager for things reporting >1% CPU.

If there aren't any, try putting a vacuum to the fan outlets for a minute or so to see if you can clear out any fluff.

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