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System Manufacturer/Model Number Acer, Aspire M1201\Custom Build
OS Vista Home Premium 32bit and Ubuntu 9.10 32bit
CPU AMD Athlon X2 5000+ @ 2.6Ghz
Motherboard Acer Micro-ATX Motherboard
Memory 2x2gb Patriot Viper DDR2 PC6400 @ 800mhz Dual Channel SLI Edition (4-4-4-12)
Graphics Card ATI HD3870 with 512mb GDDR4
Sound Card Realtek HD 7.1 Onboard Sound
Monitor(s) Displays 22" Acer X223 Widescreen
Screen Resolution 1680 X 1050

Keyboard Acer Keyboard
Mouse Microsoft Sidewinder X5
PSU ULTRA X3 600 Watt Modular
Case NZXT Tempest (The Airflow King) 2x 140mm Fans, 4x 120mm Fans
Cooling 1x 135mm In PSU, 1x 70mm On CPU, And 1x 120mm On GPU
Hard Drives 320gb Western Digital SATA II (Ubuntu 9.10) 500gb Seagate SATA II 1tb Seagate SATA II (Vista Home Premium)
Internet Speed 6 Mbs Down 1 Mbs Up
Other Info AVerMedia 1500MCE TV Tuner Logitech X540 5.1 Surround Sound

04-01-2009	#2 (permalink)
thepizzaman Vista Home Premium 32bit and Ubuntu 9.10 32bit 1,290 posts	Re: GPU running very hot a idle. WHOA.... thats hot hm... one of four things.... underclock it, add lots of fans, raise the fan speed, or get a new case with better cooling....
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