Amd Athlon temperature

I have recently installed an Amd Athlon 1.0 gigahertz processor on a Gigabyte Amd K7 series motherboard. The temperature reads at 56 C is the normal or am I frying my processor?

1. RE: Amd Athlon temperature
lbyard Jun-17-01 07:35 PM
In response to message 0

It's not frying, but it is too hot. See http://duxcw.com/digest/Howto/cpu/socka/6.html for examples. Larry

2. RE: Amd Athlon temperature
deerslayer Jun-18-01 10:17 AM
In response to message 1

if that is idle temps, load temps will be pushing 70C. That is dangerous. Follow Larry's guide and that should fix you up.
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