On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:28:51 +0000, Rhapsodiano wrote:
Hi, I have a question for you that's a bit important, I have a Fujitsu
Siemens Amilo A1630 notebook with a AMD Athlon 64 3700+ installed
It is exactly what I did, in my case I also removed the heatsink,
cleaned it and verified the contact with the processor. Now it works
much better than before (the noise it produces is much better and it
generates much more air).
But the problem was not solved.
Reading some info on this laptop says it shipped with a 3000+ to 3400+ A64
cpu. It appears to be a socket 754 board using the sis 755 chipset. If
you've really got a 3700+ in it that could be the problem. If it's
shutting down due to thermal overload in the cpu itself, then there's just
not enough cooling for the cpu. I assumed you've monitored the temps and
can verify that is the problem. If so, I'd replace the old power hungry
3700+(or whichever) clawhammer core cpu with one of the newer low wattage
core models that run a lot cooler and takes less power to run. the 3700+
(and other clawhammer cores) use 89W of power. There's a 67W model 3400+
that also runs at 2.4GH and should run a lot cooler. This assumes your
bios will support it. You may have to upgrade the bios first if possible.
What you really need to do is look at the pc temps and voltages first to
decide what the real problem is. I had one shutdown on my desktop when the
cooler fan failed. It took a while to heat up and I noticed it, but I
couldn't get the fan replaced before it shut down at somewhere over 60C. I
assume you used some sort of thermal interface material between the cooler
and CPU. If not, that's your problem. Don't need anything fancy. I use
wheel bearing grease and it works as good as any and won't dry out. The
Valvoline I use is 30+ years old. Works great.
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