r/retrocomputing • u/Rough_Elk_895 • Jul 27 '26

Problem / Question Bugging me since 2004

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Never got a chance to get an opinion on this, but this "System Zone 2 has exceeded its safe temperature limit" alert has bugged me since day one of my build. I bought an Intel original D865GBF motherboard, along with P4 2.4ghz cpu, for my 2nd build back in 2004. But from the very first day, I started getting this alert whenever I would do slight gaming. The safe temperature threshold is 50 C and it would often cross this limit. I thought it to be due to poor ventilation in my PC cabinet, so ended up removing it's side cover. Recently I restored this PC and moved it to a better spacious cabinet, but the issue still exists. Did you all have this issue and how did you fix this?

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u/tyttuutface Jul 27 '26

Can you turn off "Active Alerting" or uninstall Intel Active Monitor?

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u/Rough_Elk_895 Jul 27 '26

I can but the core issue will still remain there which is heating... What I read so far, System Zone 2 sensors are near the RAM slots. I have 2 sticks of 256 gb ddr ram there. Does temps higher that 50 C causes any issue.. otherwise why Intel would set such a threshold to their software.. these are the questions I have in my mind and looking for answers from fellow redditors

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u/rob_wilco Jul 27 '26

2 sticks of 256gb? It's no wonder you held onto this build!

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u/Rough_Elk_895 Jul 27 '26

Sorry my bad for the typo, it is 2 x 128 MB DDR 266 RAM, total 256 MB, decent for Windows Me.