Hot Shuttle

[khizman]

hi all,
i bought me an sn95g5 and assembled etc
i started using and it got soooo friggin hot so i downloaded a bios from shuttle
its not so hot nemore but on the right hand side where the psu is its really hot but on the other side its cold, is it possible that the psu is overheating?
any good ideas?
thanks, khizman

[Surgeon]

if it isnt broke, dont fix it.

What i mean is, even with the temp are you having any problems in windows / doing anything ?

[khizman]

erm well my dvds that come out can be a bit hot and my nec sometimes finds it hard to read some cd-r
could the heat be affecting it

[Surgeon]

hmm its possible. The way i found you can tell if a shuttle is getting too hot is when you start getting problems on the ethernet port - like, slow transfer or random disconnects etc.

Thats my experience from the last 5 shuttles ive had after doing some tsting.

[khizman]

hmm never use the ethernet port
only got wireless

[TiG]

That sounds like its the DVD drive thats having problems, and to be honest most DVD or CD players will make CD/DVD's warm, spinning them at the speed they do now.

What temperatures we actually talking, you got MBM5 running at all to monitor temperatures?

TiG

[Peekaboo]

I've found that the PSU's in both Shuttle's I've had has definitely been the warmest part to the touch. Currently I've a SN85G4, with a mesh sided cover and blowhole and the PSU still feels like I could roast my Sunday lunch on it :S The wee beastie doesn't crash tho, so I'm happy. Don't sweat it if the system seems ok with it. I've found Shuttle's to be very different from a regular system for both heat generation and power consumption.

[khizman]

hmm
case is 48 degrees
cpu 42
is that ok?

[alexander]

Thats absolutely fine, my SNG45G shuttle runs hotter than that..

[Atomic]

THose are pretty good idle temps for a shuttle.

Idle my SN41G2 ran CPU: ~48, CASE: ~55 (before I watercooled it that is)

[kjp]

My Zen is now malfunctioning and turning itself off because it gets so hot. It works again when it has cooled down, but not for long. The fan works intermittently and I have no answers to what the problem might be. Can anyone suggest something to this non-technie.

[andrewuk]

hmm
case is 48 degrees
cpu 42
is that ok?

That's not hot (for a shuttle). If it goes over 65-70 then I'd be worried otherwise don't worry about it!

[JRO7563]

Hi,
Sorry to but in on your thread. Just built my first Shutttle (5G5) and have the same concerns regarding heat. Case feels quite cool when system is idle but tends to get hot when running games ie Farcry and Half Life 2. The fan is set to smart fan with a 30 degree temperature tag (????). Should the fan speed increase as the system gets hotter as I can't hear any audiable difference as I don't want to cook it????

[kjp]

Update to my previous comment - the shuttle ST62K Zen switches itself off when the CPU temperature rises to 130, My question is, could this be anything other than a malfunctioning fan - the fan is not now coming on at all.

[Apex]

jr07563
Look unless your hitting like 70c and it's crashing then the temps are fine.

and kjp if the fan is not on at all then it's rma time m8.