Why are my cores running hotter than windows



The Duck said:
I believe this is the spec sheet for your processor.

Intel® Pentium® Processor G620 (3M Cache, 2.60 GHz) - Product Specifications | Intel

Intel® Pentium® Processor G620 (3M Cache, 2.60 GHz) quick reference with specifications, features, and technologies.
www.intel.com www.intel.com

The max temp appears to be TCASE 69.1°C so your temps shown in the inxi are well within the operating range.

All in one desktops are nothing more than a laptop mounted in a monitor case and very minimal space left for cooling.

As long as the temps are within range and the processor is not throttling down and shutting down I wouldn't worry to much.

The bios temps are what I would trust over any software monitoring program as just have proven to me to not be accurate.

I've run Intel processors well beyond the maximum operating temperature without problems or throttling down or shutting down.

Intel processors seem to have a lot of temperature head room beyond what they are rated for based on my experience from overclocking them.

It may also be time for the back cover to be removed and a good dusting to all of the inside and out.

Welcome to the forum.
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I did just recently give it a good cleaning. The fan was starting to make some awful noise and went in and did away with dust rabbits. I plan on an SSD and maybe update the CPU. I think there is only one gen above the one installed but it may have ore cores??? I got this thing years ago, really low price, I like the darn thing. I have a really nice laptop on the desk behind me, bunch of RAM, nice SSD but this screen is easy for my eyes.

So 69.1C -- I won't need to worry because I'm not near that temp.
 
urdrwho10 said:
I did just recently give it a good cleaning. The fan was starting to make some awful noise and went in and did away with dust rabbits. I plan on an SSD and maybe update the CPU. I think there is only one gen above the one installed but it may have ore cores??? I got this thing years ago, really low price, I like the darn thing. I have a really nice laptop on the desk behind me, bunch of RAM, nice SSD but this screen is easy for my eyes.

So 69.1C -- I won't need to worry because I'm not near that temp.
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If it were me I'd just use it as is or as you mentioned install an SSD.
 
urdrwho10 said:
I am a Fahrenheit guy and TLP used to show that hitting 171 was high temps. Right now I am using corectrl and it is frequency is set for CPU utilization. I have one youtube running and I am looking at my temp widget showing Core 1 is 109 > 117F and core2 is 106 > 109F. I can live with that but the thunderstorm that has my lights flickering --- yikes!

Think I'll run this for a while before checking out CoolerControl.

I hope this works out and I'll give it a try on Mint 22.
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I'd give Xsensors or psensor a try.
 
Not really my cup of tea.....and I may well be talking out of my hat...but.....I noticed in the inxi that the kernel in use was 6.9.7......what are the chances that the kernel is a bit too "new" or 'advanced' for the "older HP 520 All In One"....?
 
Over on my one computer I have LMDE on it and there is a cpupower-gui. I find it on Git but there is no DEB for it. I'll admit, I am not good at Makefile, I've done it but always need help. Ya would think after the many years I would know and remember but nope. Any help on a DEB for Debian?

If LMDE still came with KDE I'd be using that instead of Deb12. Yeah I know that I can add a distro but that just adds extra files to the original install.

github.com

GitHub - vagnum08/cpupower-gui: cpupower-gui is a graphical program that is used to change the scaling frequency limits of the cpu, similar to cpupower.

cpupower-gui is a graphical program that is used to change the scaling frequency limits of the cpu, similar to cpupower. - vagnum08/cpupower-gui
github.com github.com
 
Condobloke said:
Not really my cup of tea.....and I may well be talking out of my hat...but.....I noticed in the inxi that the kernel in use was 6.9.7......what are the chances that the kernel is a bit too "new" or 'advanced' for the "older HP 520 All In One"....?
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Nah, it was doing the same using lower kernels. In fact, I went to that latest kernel because the Debain forum recommended it while trying to get some Git control apps to work.
 
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Personally, after installing Linux I would look at the services running and disable all that you don't need. I would make sure that hardware video acceleration is enabled for your browser.
Finally, I would optimize services that you need to run. And there is your kernel that you can optimize too. You can also take care of CPU scheduler and so on.
Linux is not Windows.
urdrwho10 said:
# 8-01-2024
#vm.vfs_cache_pressure = 200
#vm.swappiness = 1
#vm.watermark_boost_factor=0

# added this 12-24-2023 turned off for test 8-1-24
#net.ipv4.conf.default.accept_source_route = 0
#net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_source_route = 0
#net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_source_route = 0
#net.ipv6.conf.wlan0.disable_ipv6 = 1
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Network sysctl were good and secure commenting these out is a mistake on desktop or mobile. They do not affect CPU. VM is just that nothing else.
 
By the way your vm parameters do not make any sense. So to conclude it is difficult to say why your system s running hot but suspect that "optimizations" may play a role. First I would revert to the default settings and they learn how to improve your experience.

Hope this will help
 
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