1 2 0
7
GeForce 9400 Temperature
Chapter 7 - GeForce 9400 Temperature
The system board uses the NVIDIA GeForce 9400 all-in-one chip.
The single chip design integrates graphics features and all traditional
northbridge, southbridge, RAID, etc. which easily causes overheat
during its operation.
Please give special attention to the following and take precautionary
measures by applying proper heat dissipation so as to maintain
system stability and prolong the life span of the system board and
its components.
Monitoring the Operating Temperature
Install and run the Smart Guardian utility (included in the provided
CD) to monitor the operating temperature of the CPU, chipset and
system (PWM).
When the CPU uses a water-coolant heat pipe, the CPU’s load
already reached 100%. Without any cooling fan to dissipate heat,
the system (PWM)’s temperature reached 73
o
C which is beyond the
normal temperature range (refer to the figure below). The operating
temperature must be kept below 60
o
C.
