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"Steven Campbell" wrote in message ... I built my daughter a PC last year and have never been able to solve the overheating problems. It is an Athlon 1400 on a ASUS a7v8x board, 256Mb, CDrw & DVD the case dimensions are (DxWxH)mm 476x185x443 (cheap case from) http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...vd19wcm9kdWN0X 292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=44509 It has a Thermaltake Silent boost with Arctic Silver 3 An exhaust fan. I cut out the mesh on the back of the case and installed a wire grill as I felt previously the hot air was bouncing off the mesh and back into the PC. I have an 80mm fan at the front / bottom but when I have it running it increases the CPU temp and decreases the Motherboard temp. Disconnected it decreases CPU and increases MB temps. MBM shows the temps with the bottom fan connected sometimes as high as CPU 70, MB 32 not under full load. With the fan disconnected it shows CPU 62, MB 40 again not under load. This is all with the side of the case partly off. The PC is in the corner of the room which is really the only place she can have it. I don't think that is helping as the hot air has no where to go. The set up was improved after I added the Silent Boost to it just before Christmas but gradually it is getting worse. It has now got to the point where it freezes occasionally. The fans are all blowing the way they should and the Silent Boost is positioned correctly. Can anyone give me some ideas? I thought maybe the cheap case wasn't helping but am reluctant to shelling out a lot of cash to find it doesn't help. If it was guaranteed then it would be no problem. cheers Steven. Thanks for all the advice to my problem above. To be honest I didn't know where to start as a lot of the advice was conflicting. To clarify a couple of points some posts brought up: The temps I had quoted were measured using Mother Board Monitor 5 and checked with the temps stated in the BIOS. The temps were also just running temps for the PC i.e. The PC was put on and left to run with no programs running apart from the processes in the background. It hasn't been overclocked. It is a standard 1400 AMD I opened the PC up and the inside was particularly dusty. The heatsink on top of the CPU had a layer of fluff over it. The CPU fan itself was working and seated properly. The space for the front fan was just little holes punched out the case so I opened this up into one big hole slightly smaller than the 80mm fan. I took everything out the case, MB, CPU, DVD, CD, fans etc and cleaned them and the case. I also took the power supply to bits and cleaned it. It only has one fan (extractor)(it is AMD Approved). I put the CPU back using Arctic Silver 3 with the minimum amount possible just covering the chip. Re-seated the Thermaltake Silent Boost correctly and resembled everything else. I also tidied the wires and re-routed the sound wires from the DVD, CD as they were previously running between the Power Supply and the CPU (I don't think that would have made any difference as they are so thin anyway). I then reversed the front fan so it was an exhaust fan, as suggested in a previous post. So I had 1 exhaust at the lower front and 1 exhaust at the middle rear (Just opposite the CPU). I also made sure that the case overhung the board that it sat on on the floor so air could escape from the front. Switched it on and I was getting average running temps of MB 36 CPU 61. I then changed the front fan to be blowing air in and average temps are now MB 30 CPU 57. I haven't tested with the front fan disconnected yet. I don't think that would help any! At least the temps are a lot better than before. But if anyone can suggest something else to bring it down further, it would be much appreciated. Steven. |
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Dorothy Bradbury wrote:
|| It is possible to have too many fans. One optional case fan I added || in started making a lot of noise, so I removed it, and the effect on || PC temp was virtually nil. | | Your airflow (cfm) thro the case was sufficient for the internal | wattage, so adding more cfm had no benefit for that environmental | temperature. | | In summer, under full load, you might see a difference since the | delta-T between the environmental air & heatsink is less. It's quite | small though since the heatsink is /still/ much hotter than the | environmental air. | | Biggest problem with PC cases is their often crude punched grill, | and the even cruder air intake at the front in the plastic fascia. You | have 1900mm^2 or less hole, and 9000mm^2 min from 2x 80mm. | Fitting a side-front grill can make a big difference to cfm, so you | can use quieter fans for the same or even lower temperature. | | PCs will become a pain when we hit 200W/CPU, re heavy duty | dual-CPU graphics box, multi-HD, PSU - ie, 600W room heater. Let us hope that improvements in CPU design and manufacturing technology will keep this more easily manageable. Not so long ago, AMD brought about an improvement in this area by designing their CPUs to run at lower core voltages than before. This lead to lower power consumption and thus less heat dissipated. For example, the Thunderbird core used in 1.0 and 1.4 GHz Athlons consumes more power, and therefore produces more heat, than the Thoroughbred core used in the XP2400. Kevin. |
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| "Steven Campbell" wrote in message | ... || I built my daughter a PC last year and have never been able to solve || the overheating problems. || It is an Athlon 1400 on a ASUS a7v8x board, 256Mb, CDrw & DVD the || case dimensions are (DxWxH)mm 476x185x443 (cheap case from) || | http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...vd19wcm9kdWN0X || 292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=44509 || It has a Thermaltake Silent boost with Arctic Silver 3 || An exhaust fan. I cut out the mesh on the back of the case and || installed a wire grill as I felt previously the hot air was bouncing || off the mesh and back into the PC. || I have an 80mm fan at the front / bottom but when I have it running || it increases the CPU temp and decreases the Motherboard temp. || Disconnected it decreases CPU and increases MB temps. || MBM shows the temps with the bottom fan connected sometimes as high || as CPU 70, MB 32 not under full load. || With the fan disconnected it shows CPU 62, MB 40 again not under || load. This is all with the side of the case partly off. || The PC is in the corner of the room which is really the only place || she can have it. I don't think that is helping as the hot air has no || where to go. The set up was improved after I added the Silent Boost || to it just before Christmas but gradually it is getting worse. It || has now got to the point where it freezes occasionally. || The fans are all blowing the way they should and the Silent Boost is || positioned correctly. || || Can anyone give me some ideas? I thought maybe the cheap case wasn't || helping but am reluctant to shelling out a lot of cash to find it || doesn't help. If it was guaranteed then it would be no problem. || || cheers || || Steven. | | Thanks for all the advice to my problem above. To be honest I didn't | know where to start as a lot of the advice was conflicting. | To clarify a couple of points some posts brought up: | The temps I had quoted were measured using Mother Board Monitor 5 and | checked with the temps stated in the BIOS. The temps were also just | running temps for the PC i.e. The PC was put on and left to run with | no programs running apart from the processes in the background. It | hasn't been overclocked. It is a standard 1400 AMD | | I opened the PC up and the inside was particularly dusty. The | heatsink on top of the CPU had a layer of fluff over it. The CPU fan | itself was working and seated properly. | | The space for the front fan was just little holes punched out the | case so I opened this up into one big hole slightly smaller than the | 80mm fan. | I took everything out the case, MB, CPU, DVD, CD, fans etc and | cleaned them and the case. I also took the power supply to bits and | cleaned it. It only has one fan (extractor)(it is AMD Approved). I | put the CPU back using Arctic Silver 3 with the minimum amount | possible just covering the chip. Re-seated the Thermaltake Silent | Boost correctly and resembled everything else. I also tidied the | wires and re-routed the sound wires from the DVD, CD as they were | previously running between the Power Supply and the CPU (I don't | think that would have made any difference as they are so thin | anyway). I then reversed the front fan so it was an exhaust fan, as | suggested in a previous post. So I had 1 exhaust at the lower front | and 1 exhaust at the middle rear (Just opposite the CPU). I also | made sure that the case overhung the board that it sat on on the | floor so air could escape from the front. | | Switched it on and I was getting average running temps of MB 36 CPU | 61. | I then changed the front fan to be blowing air in and average temps | are now MB 30 CPU 57. | I haven't tested with the front fan disconnected yet. I don't think | that would help any! | | At least the temps are a lot better than before. But if anyone can | suggest something else to bring it down further, it would be much | appreciated. Steven, Glad to hear that you have alleviated the problem and brought the running temperatures down to something a little more reasonable. I would suggest that with your current fan arrangement - front intake, rear exhaust and power supply you should be getting more than adequate airflow through the PC case. I am currently using a 1.5 GHz Athlon Thunderbird to write this and my reported temps are CPU = 60, m/board = 45. Given that you have now made sure that the HSF is correctly mounted on the CPU, cleaned away the dust build-up (which can't possibly have been helping) and made sure you have a more than adequate airflow, I would suggest that you have gone about as far as you reasonably can without major changes which might bring about little further benefit. The fact that you are running a similar system to this one, at slightly lower temperatures, and this one is perfectly stable and reliable - even when running continuously for several days - leads me to suggest that you have no further cause for concern. Two points I would suggest you attend to: 1) Given the dust build-up you discovered, it would be worthwhile periodically inspecting the inside of the PC case and cleaning away dust as 'preventative maintenance. Except in a very dusty environment, you should find that once every six to twelve months is sufficiently frequent for this. 2) Set the CPU and m/board temperature alarms on the system (in the BIOS, if provided) to a reasonable level above your current running temperatures to alert you of any future problem. I would suggest that ten degrees above the current temps would be a sensible point to have the alarms set. Kevin. | | Steven. |
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"Steven Campbell" wrote in message ... "Steven Campbell" wrote in message ... I built my daughter a PC last year and have never been able to solve the overheating problems. It is an Athlon 1400 on a ASUS a7v8x board, 256Mb, CDrw & DVD the case dimensions are (DxWxH)mm 476x185x443 (cheap case from) http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...vd19wcm9kdWN0X 292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=44509 It has a Thermaltake Silent boost with Arctic Silver 3 An exhaust fan. I cut out the mesh on the back of the case and installed a wire grill as I felt previously the hot air was bouncing off the mesh and back into the PC. I have an 80mm fan at the front / bottom but when I have it running it increases the CPU temp and decreases the Motherboard temp. Disconnected it decreases CPU and increases MB temps. MBM shows the temps with the bottom fan connected sometimes as high as CPU 70, MB 32 not under full load. With the fan disconnected it shows CPU 62, MB 40 again not under load. This is all with the side of the case partly off. The PC is in the corner of the room which is really the only place she can have it. I don't think that is helping as the hot air has no where to go. The set up was improved after I added the Silent Boost to it just before Christmas but gradually it is getting worse. It has now got to the point where it freezes occasionally. The fans are all blowing the way they should and the Silent Boost is positioned correctly. Can anyone give me some ideas? I thought maybe the cheap case wasn't helping but am reluctant to shelling out a lot of cash to find it doesn't help. If it was guaranteed then it would be no problem. cheers Steven. Thanks for all the advice to my problem above. To be honest I didn't know where to start as a lot of the advice was conflicting. To clarify a couple of points some posts brought up: The temps I had quoted were measured using Mother Board Monitor 5 and checked with the temps stated in the BIOS. The temps were also just running temps for the PC i.e. The PC was put on and left to run with no programs running apart from the processes in the background. It hasn't been overclocked. It is a standard 1400 AMD I opened the PC up and the inside was particularly dusty. The heatsink on top of the CPU had a layer of fluff over it. The CPU fan itself was working and seated properly. The space for the front fan was just little holes punched out the case so I opened this up into one big hole slightly smaller than the 80mm fan. I took everything out the case, MB, CPU, DVD, CD, fans etc and cleaned them and the case. I also took the power supply to bits and cleaned it. It only has one fan (extractor)(it is AMD Approved). I put the CPU back using Arctic Silver 3 with the minimum amount possible just covering the chip. Re-seated the Thermaltake Silent Boost correctly and resembled everything else. I also tidied the wires and re-routed the sound wires from the DVD, CD as they were previously running between the Power Supply and the CPU (I don't think that would have made any difference as they are so thin anyway). I then reversed the front fan so it was an exhaust fan, as suggested in a previous post. So I had 1 exhaust at the lower front and 1 exhaust at the middle rear (Just opposite the CPU). I also made sure that the case overhung the board that it sat on on the floor so air could escape from the front. Switched it on and I was getting average running temps of MB 36 CPU 61. I then changed the front fan to be blowing air in and average temps are now MB 30 CPU 57. I haven't tested with the front fan disconnected yet. I don't think that would help any! At least the temps are a lot better than before. But if anyone can suggest something else to bring it down further, it would be much appreciated. Steven. Having re-read you OP it occurred to me that your Asus MB could be a contributing factor. I once had a 1.4 Athlon on an Asus board and found it very difficult to cool because Asus deliberately overclock their boards at manufacture by setting the vcore slightly high. At the time I was having my problem there was no BIOS release for it available that allowed an appopriate decrease in the vcore setting and so I returned the board to Ebuyer who tested it and agreed that there was little that could be done. I know it's already been suggested somewhere in the quagmire of "answers" that your post created but you don't mention having tried it, it could be the root of your evil problem. Don't know whether I'm right in saying that the 1.4 Tbird was the worst heat producer of them all? Your system temps are exactly what I would have expected now BTW and Asus MBs have never had a good rep for having the most accurate sensors either. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.581 / Virus Database: 368 - Release Date: 10/02/2004 |
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"Kevin Lawton" wrote in message ...
2) Try blowing with your mouth into free air, and then at or through an empty PC case fan grille. Notice how much noise the air makes as it impinges on grille. Notice also how not all of the air you are blowing passes through the grille, but bounces off the metal instead. It's good that you're not one of those people who obsesses about cooling for the sake of cooling and who performs proper systematic testing and doesn't use ad hoc methods that are subject to great bias. In this case I was illustrating a point that the PC case fan grilles increase noise by causing turbulance as they disturb the passage of air from the fan. Precise empirical measurement was not absolutely necessary in order to demonstrate the principle, In the second part I was addressing heat, not noise, and so were you, unlike your quote. Temperature can be measured accurately with a thermometer placed in front of the fan. |
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do_not_spam_me wrote:
| "Kevin Lawton" wrote in message | ... | || 2) Try blowing with your mouth into free air, and then || at or through an empty PC case fan grille. Notice how much || noise the air makes as it impinges on grille. Notice also || how not all of the air you are blowing passes through || the grille, but bounces off the metal instead. || ||| It's good that you're not one of those people who obsesses ||| about cooling for the sake of cooling and who performs ||| proper systematic testing and doesn't use ad hoc methods ||| that are subject to great bias. || || In this case I was illustrating a point that the PC case || fan grilles increase noise by causing turbulance as they || disturb the passage of air from the fan. Precise empirical || measurement was not absolutely necessary in order to || demonstrate the principle, | | In the second part I was addressing heat, not noise, and so were you, | unlike your quote. Temperature can be measured accurately with a | thermometer placed in front of the fan. Well, fine. I was also addressing the problem of the greater noise which will be generated if a fan is forcing air through a grille of small holes instead of a fan-sized open gap. Do you really need precise measurements when you can clearly hear the difference ? Kevin. |
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Steven,
Glad to hear that you have alleviated the problem and brought the running temperatures down to something a little more reasonable. I would suggest that with your current fan arrangement - front intake, rear exhaust and power supply you should be getting more than adequate airflow through the PC case. I am currently using a 1.5 GHz Athlon Thunderbird to write this and my reported temps are CPU = 60, m/board = 45. Given that you have now made sure that the HSF is correctly mounted on the CPU, cleaned away the dust build-up (which can't possibly have been helping) and made sure you have a more than adequate airflow, I would suggest that you have gone about as far as you reasonably can without major changes which might bring about little further benefit. The fact that you are running a similar system to this one, at slightly lower temperatures, and this one is perfectly stable and reliable - even when running continuously for several days - leads me to suggest that you have no further cause for concern. Two points I would suggest you attend to: 1) Given the dust build-up you discovered, it would be worthwhile periodically inspecting the inside of the PC case and cleaning away dust as 'preventative maintenance. Except in a very dusty environment, you should find that once every six to twelve months is sufficiently frequent for this. 2) Set the CPU and m/board temperature alarms on the system (in the BIOS, if provided) to a reasonable level above your current running temperatures to alert you of any future problem. I would suggest that ten degrees above the current temps would be a sensible point to have the alarms set. Kevin, thanks for the advice. I think the reason it was so dusty in the first place was due to me removing the side of the PC and letting some cool air in. It may have helped in the short term but long term just caked the inside with dust!!! cheers Steven. |
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Having re-read you OP it occurred to me that your Asus MB could be a
contributing factor. I once had a 1.4 Athlon on an Asus board and found it very difficult to cool because Asus deliberately overclock their boards at manufacture by setting the vcore slightly high. At the time I was having my problem there was no BIOS release for it available that allowed an appopriate decrease in the vcore setting and so I returned the board to Ebuyer who tested it and agreed that there was little that could be done. I know it's already been suggested somewhere in the quagmire of "answers" that your post created but you don't mention having tried it, it could be the root of your evil problem. Don't know whether I'm right in saying that the 1.4 Tbird was the worst heat producer of them all? Your system temps are exactly what I would have expected now BTW and Asus MBs have never had a good rep for having the most accurate sensors either. I missed that suggestion!!! I had a look in the BIOS and the CPU Vcore was set to AUTO 1.75 so I changed it to manual but the lowest it could go was 1.75 so I re-set it to the AUTO setting. Further on in the BIOS under Hardware Monitor the Vcore Bios was being displayed as between 1.82 and 1.84 yet in a previous screen as stated above it was set to "Auto 1.75" Not knowing anything about Overclocking, would reducing the Vcore reduce the speed of the CPU? cheers Steven. |
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"Steven Campbell" wrote in message ... Having re-read you OP it occurred to me that your Asus MB could be a contributing factor. I once had a 1.4 Athlon on an Asus board and found it very difficult to cool because Asus deliberately overclock their boards at manufacture by setting the vcore slightly high. At the time I was having my problem there was no BIOS release for it available that allowed an appopriate decrease in the vcore setting and so I returned the board to Ebuyer who tested it and agreed that there was little that could be done. I know it's already been suggested somewhere in the quagmire of "answers" that your post created but you don't mention having tried it, it could be the root of your evil problem. Don't know whether I'm right in saying that the 1.4 Tbird was the worst heat producer of them all? Your system temps are exactly what I would have expected now BTW and Asus MBs have never had a good rep for having the most accurate sensors either. I missed that suggestion!!! I had a look in the BIOS and the CPU Vcore was set to AUTO 1.75 so I changed it to manual but the lowest it could go was 1.75 so I re-set it to the AUTO setting. Further on in the BIOS under Hardware Monitor the Vcore Bios was being displayed as between 1.82 and 1.84 yet in a previous screen as stated above it was set to "Auto 1.75" Not knowing anything about Overclocking, would reducing the Vcore reduce the speed of the CPU? cheers Steven. This is exactly the problem I had, have you checked to see if there is an updated BIOS available that may allow you to lower this? There may even be an option to set vcore by jumpers on the board, have a look in your manual. Lowering the vcore will not effect the speed of the cpu. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.587 / Virus Database: 371 - Release Date: 12/02/2004 |
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"Kevin Lawton" wrote in message ...
2) Try blowing with your mouth into free air, and then at or through an empty PC case fan grille. Notice how much noise the air makes as it impinges on grille. Notice also how not all of the air you are blowing passes through the grille, but bounces off the metal instead. It's good that you're not one of those people who obsesses about cooling for the sake of cooling and who performs proper systematic testing and doesn't use ad hoc methods that are subject to great bias. In this case I was illustrating a point that the PC case fan grilles increase noise by causing turbulance as they disturb the passage of air from the fan. Precise empirical measurement was not absolutely necessary in order to demonstrate the principle, In the second part I was addressing heat, not noise, and so were you, unlike your quote. Well, fine. I was also addressing the problem of the greater noise No, you were again addressing the problem of heat, and your claimed 45C case temperature is rather bad, even without a case fan, unless the room is 35C or hotter. |
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