Normal motherboard and CPU temperature

Question

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?

Solution

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.

Comments

[Peter Fowler]

CPU temp very reasonable. CPUs go up to 60-70 C although not desirable. HDD temp is about average at 28 C. Motherboard temp seems very high at 52-56 C. Are you sure SpeedFan is reading the correct temp for motherboard?

[user37137]

Thanks for reply : here is also results from other tool PC Wizard : Hardware Monitoring : ACPI THRM : 52 °C : Processor Intel Pentium : Sensor DTS Core 1 : 42 °C Core 2 : 42 °C Hard Disk Monitoring : S.M.A.R.T Hard Disk TOSHIBA MK3263GSX : 28 °C

[user37137]

@Peter Fowler :In continue to previous comment : do you think that here are fan problem ?

[Peter Fowler]

I assume this is a laptop and is possibly 3-4 years old. Laptops often get blocked fans. Is there plenty of air coming from the fan outlet?

[user37137]

Yes, you're right - it is laptop ~3.5 year old . Some air is coming from the outlet. I think it should be checked in lab. Thanks for replies

[Julian Knight]

Chaps, please put answers into answers rather than comments.

[user37137]

According to SpeedFan on 1/2 hour idle ACPI THRM was ~47C while CPU was ~38 . Are this numbers look OK ? Thanks

[Julian Knight]

CPU is fine, maybe the motherboard is running a little hot but it isn't too excessive. Try the trick with the vacuum cleaner if you like, it doesn't hurt. But overall, I don't think you've anything to worry about.