There are utiliities that monitor the temperature of the CPU, but they don't work on Dell motherboards because Dell motherboards do not have a connector for a temperature sensor.

Steve

If you dont want to mount the fans, simply keep your room cool with an AC.

XPS-R450 to XPS-R1000 (Intel P3 1GHz)
-A13 BIOS
-384MB RAM (2 Crucial and 1 Dell TI OEM)
-Triple Boot W98 1st Ed/ W2K SP2/ WXP Pro
-Maxtor 40GB 7200RPM HD on Promise (Maxtor branded) ATA100 Controller Card
-Maxtor 17GB 5200 RPM HD
-Hercules GeForce2 MX-400 32MB (14.41 drivers on W98/21.83 on W2K and WXP) with DX8.1
-Dell P991 Monitor
-Toshiba CDR/DVD
-WinDVD
-Turtle Beach Montego 2 Sound Card (VORTEX 2 4.06.2048 reference drivers from Vortex of Sound for W98/ native W2K and WXP drivers on other OS')
-U.S. Robotics 56K v.90 Hardware Modem
-Netgear FA310TX NIC for DSL with Westell Modem
-Altec Lansing ACS495 Speaker Set
-Intel Create and Share Camera
-Logitech Mouseman Wheel
-Iomega Zip Plus 100 (external)
-HP LaserJet4L (purchased in '93 and still kicks a)
-CyberPower1250AVR (670 watt) UPS/Line Conditioner with USB
Favorite Game: MSFT NBA Inside Drive 2000
Nvidia Reference Chart (third party not mine):
http://65.68.55.12/inetpub/ftproot/nvidia_gf_reference_chart.htm
How to Clean Out Old Nvidia Drivers:
http://www.tweak3d.net/tweak/geforce/3.shtml
Old Nvidia Drivers Directly from Nvidia: http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=IO_20011116_3872

Then, of course, there's the always-popular "let's run cold water through it!" method, as seen here.

Richard

Dimension 4100
Pentium III, 933 MHz
20GB Ultra ATA-100 Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
256MB 133MHz SDRAM
Windows ME
17" M781s Monitor
32MB NVIDIA TNT2 M64 AGP Graphics Card
48X Max Variable CD-ROM Drive
QPS Que! 16x10x40 CD-RW Drive
Soundblaster 64V PCI with Dell Jukebox
harman/kardon Speakers
V.90/56K Telephony Modem for WindowsME-Sound Option
QuietKey Keyboard
MS Intellimouse
Xerox Docuprint M750 Inkjet Printer

I can't resist. Why not contact someone with a "freezing computer" problem!

Charles,
Tag # 6VMY111

What makes you think it is too hot? The function of the fan is to exhaust hot air. It draws air in throught the front openings and blows warm out the back.
Be sure the vents in the front and
rear have space around them for air movement.




Message Edited on 02/01/02 08:19PM by Jake02324