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Old 9th January, 2003, 01:07 PM
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Originally posted by mookydooky
I think I would shut that machine off, like, RIGHT NOW! There's got to be something wrong. 242F is 116C which is obscenely high. Is your heatsink fan plugged in? I forgot to do that once too and was wondering why my temp kept rising until I opened the case.

This reading is an anomaly

It ain't that high, that's the point. I can put my fingers on the heatsink and it's cool. I have a thermally controlled fan on the HS and it's hardly cranked up, further proof the BIOS is just plain goofy!
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