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Need URGENT cooling advice!! I'm too scared to do anything much!
Yes, it's me again! MBM is telling me that my CPU temp is currently 56°C, my
case temp is 44°C and something else (I don't know what sensor it's reading) is 28°C. Now, this is almost idle (all I'm doing is surfing and newsgroups) - I was going to have a game of Lionheart tonight, but I daren't in case it cooks something! I applied AS3 according to AS's instructions, but there has been no reduction in temperature at all (if anything, it's gone up by nearly 10°C!) I'm on a limited budget (and I'm no overclocking expert, so I wouldn't dare attempt water even if I could afford it). Maybe I didn't apply enough AS, or maybe the heatsink's crap (all fans/heatsink were purchased from Chillblast). You could cook your breakfast on the GPU! Some form of HD cooling would be useful too. I need the best cooling solution (I reckon I could afford to spend about £80). Can someone assist? Computing is supposed to be a pleasurable experience, not one spent worrying whether it's going to cook! Thanks folks! -- Perdita X. Dream Please help us to help you http://groups.google.com http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Please note that the reply address is fake. Keep all posts to the groups as private requests for assistance (i.e. email/IM) cannot be acknowledged. Thank you. |
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On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 22:06:42 +0100, Knowing that it was a Hollywood
invention that lemmings jump off cliffs "Perdita X. Dream" wrote : Yes, it's me again! MBM is telling me that my CPU temp is currently 56°C, my case temp is 44°C and something else (I don't know what sensor it's reading) is 28°C. Now, this is almost idle (all I'm doing is surfing and newsgroups) - I was going to have a game of Lionheart tonight, but I daren't in case it cooks something! I applied AS3 according to AS's instructions, but there has been no reduction in temperature at all (if anything, it's gone up by nearly 10°C!) I'm on a limited budget (and I'm no overclocking expert, so I wouldn't dare attempt water even if I could afford it). Maybe I didn't apply enough AS, or maybe the heatsink's crap (all fans/heatsink were purchased from Chillblast). You could cook your breakfast on the GPU! Some form of HD cooling would be useful too. I need the best cooling solution (I reckon I could afford to spend about £80). Can someone assist? Computing is supposed to be a pleasurable experience, not one spent worrying whether it's going to cook! Thanks folks! How many case fans do you have? I have one.I run an AMD XP O/C 143/143 and my max under load gaming temps are around 50/53 Deg C which is well within spec. I don't think you need to spend more money.I suspect you can remove some case fans,tidy up some cables and of course the obvious,lower the room temp as the air required to cool the system has to come from somewhere ;-) Also I space my PCI cards where possible so air can flow around them and don't restrict the back of the case where my one back 80mm case fan is. -- Free Windows/PC help, http://www.geocities.com/sheppola/trouble.html It's a G not a J in gmx for email Free songs download, http://www.soundclick.com/bands/8/nomessiahsmusic.htm |
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Shepİ wrote:
On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 22:06:42 +0100, Knowing that it was a Hollywood invention that lemmings jump off cliffs "Perdita X. Dream" wrote : Yes, it's me again! MBM is telling me that my CPU temp is currently 56°C, my case temp is 44°C and something else (I don't know what sensor it's reading) is 28°C. Now, this is almost idle (all I'm doing is surfing and newsgroups) - I was going to have a game of Lionheart tonight, but I daren't in case it cooks something! I applied AS3 according to AS's instructions, but there has been no reduction in temperature at all (if anything, it's gone up by nearly 10°C!) I'm on a limited budget (and I'm no overclocking expert, so I wouldn't dare attempt water even if I could afford it). Maybe I didn't apply enough AS, or maybe the heatsink's crap (all fans/heatsink were purchased from Chillblast). You could cook your breakfast on the GPU! Some form of HD cooling would be useful too. I need the best cooling solution (I reckon I could afford to spend about £80). Can someone assist? Computing is supposed to be a pleasurable experience, not one spent worrying whether it's going to cook! Thanks folks! How many case fans do you have? Two. No, wait, I lie - three, this case has one in the chassis door. I have one.I run an AMD XP O/C 143/143 and my max under load gaming temps are around 50/53 Deg C which is well within spec. I don't think you need to spend more money.I suspect you can remove some case fans,tidy up some cables and of course the obvious,lower the room temp as the air required to cool the system has to come from somewhere ;-) It is winter and this is the coldest room in the house! The case is already about as neat as it can be. I'm just worried because 72°C under mild load is not exactly a healthy state of affairs. Also I space my PCI cards where possible so air can flow around them and don't restrict the back of the case where my one back 80mm case fan is. I only have one PCI card (my sound card which is in the furthest slot from the Radeon. Unless you count the USB2 hub. I'm naive so teach me...What about my PSU, I would assume it's sufficient? -- Perdita X. Dream Please help us to help you http://groups.google.com http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Please note that the reply address is fake. Keep all posts to the groups as private requests for assistance (i.e. email/IM) cannot be acknowledged. Thank you. |
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On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 00:24:00 +0100, Knowing that it was a Hollywood
invention that lemmings jump off cliffs "Perdita X. Dream" wrote : Shepİ wrote: On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 22:06:42 +0100, Knowing that it was a Hollywood invention that lemmings jump off cliffs "Perdita X. Dream" wrote : Yes, it's me again! MBM is telling me that my CPU temp is currently 56°C, my case temp is 44°C and something else (I don't know what sensor it's reading) is 28°C. Now, this is almost idle (all I'm doing is surfing and newsgroups) - I was going to have a game of Lionheart tonight, but I daren't in case it cooks something! I applied AS3 according to AS's instructions, but there has been no reduction in temperature at all (if anything, it's gone up by nearly 10°C!) I'm on a limited budget (and I'm no overclocking expert, so I wouldn't dare attempt water even if I could afford it). Maybe I didn't apply enough AS, or maybe the heatsink's crap (all fans/heatsink were purchased from Chillblast). You could cook your breakfast on the GPU! Some form of HD cooling would be useful too. I need the best cooling solution (I reckon I could afford to spend about £80). Can someone assist? Computing is supposed to be a pleasurable experience, not one spent worrying whether it's going to cook! Thanks folks! How many case fans do you have? Two. No, wait, I lie - three, this case has one in the chassis door. I have one.I run an AMD XP O/C 143/143 and my max under load gaming temps are around 50/53 Deg C which is well within spec. I don't think you need to spend more money.I suspect you can remove some case fans,tidy up some cables and of course the obvious,lower the room temp as the air required to cool the system has to come from somewhere ;-) It is winter and this is the coldest room in the house! The case is already about as neat as it can be. I'm just worried because 72°C under mild load is not exactly a healthy state of affairs. 72!!!!!!! Bloody hell. Check the orientation of your HS to the CPU.Sound's like you have it the wrong way round.If there is a lip underneath it that should match the raised lip of the CPU well? -- Free Windows/PC help, http://www.geocities.com/sheppola/trouble.html It's a G not a J in gmx for email Free songs download, http://www.soundclick.com/bands/8/nomessiahsmusic.htm |
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Shepİ wrote:
On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 00:24:00 +0100, Knowing that it was a Hollywood invention that lemmings jump off cliffs "Perdita X. Dream" wrote : Shepİ wrote: On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 22:06:42 +0100, Knowing that it was a Hollywood invention that lemmings jump off cliffs "Perdita X. Dream" wrote : Yes, it's me again! MBM is telling me that my CPU temp is currently 56°C, my case temp is 44°C and something else (I don't know what sensor it's reading) is 28°C. Now, this is almost idle (all I'm doing is surfing and newsgroups) - I was going to have a game of Lionheart tonight, but I daren't in case it cooks something! I applied AS3 according to AS's instructions, but there has been no reduction in temperature at all (if anything, it's gone up by nearly 10°C!) I'm on a limited budget (and I'm no overclocking expert, so I wouldn't dare attempt water even if I could afford it). Maybe I didn't apply enough AS, or maybe the heatsink's crap (all fans/heatsink were purchased from Chillblast). You could cook your breakfast on the GPU! Some form of HD cooling would be useful too. I need the best cooling solution (I reckon I could afford to spend about £80). Can someone assist? Computing is supposed to be a pleasurable experience, not one spent worrying whether it's going to cook! Thanks folks! How many case fans do you have? Two. No, wait, I lie - three, this case has one in the chassis door. I have one.I run an AMD XP O/C 143/143 and my max under load gaming temps are around 50/53 Deg C which is well within spec. I don't think you need to spend more money.I suspect you can remove some case fans,tidy up some cables and of course the obvious,lower the room temp as the air required to cool the system has to come from somewhere ;-) It is winter and this is the coldest room in the house! The case is already about as neat as it can be. I'm just worried because 72°C under mild load is not exactly a healthy state of affairs. 72!!!!!!! Bloody hell. Check the orientation of your HS to the CPU.Sound's like you have it the wrong way round.If there is a lip underneath it that should match the raised lip of the CPU well? OK, I'll check in the morning, but I'm 99.95% certain I screwed it back on the right way round. It's one of those that screws directly into the board, not a clip jobbie. But, knowing me.... Thanks, Shep, I'll post back tomorrow at some point after I've had the board out again...( -- Perdita X. Dream Please help us to help you http://groups.google.com http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Please note that the reply address is fake. Keep all posts to the groups as private requests for assistance (i.e. email/IM) cannot be acknowledged. Thank you. |
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"Perdita X. Dream" wrote in message ... Yes, it's me again! MBM is telling me that my CPU temp is currently 56°C, my case temp is 44°C and something else (I don't know what sensor it's reading) is 28°C. Now, this is almost idle (all I'm doing is surfing and newsgroups) - I was going to have a game of Lionheart tonight, but I daren't in case it cooks something! I applied AS3 according to AS's instructions, but there has been no reduction in temperature at all (if anything, it's gone up by nearly 10°C!) I'm on a limited budget (and I'm no overclocking expert, so I wouldn't dare attempt water even if I could afford it). Maybe I didn't apply enough AS, or maybe the heatsink's crap (all fans/heatsink were purchased from Chillblast). You could cook your breakfast on the GPU! Some form of HD cooling would be useful too. I need the best cooling solution (I reckon I could afford to spend about £80). Can someone assist? Computing is supposed to be a pleasurable experience, not one spent worrying whether it's going to cook! Thanks folks! -- Perdita X. Dream Please help us to help you http://groups.google.com http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Please note that the reply address is fake. Keep all posts to the groups as private requests for assistance (i.e. email/IM) cannot be acknowledged. Thank you. If your temps went up 10c after appling new thermal compound there's no doubt your heat sink aint sunk! In other words you put the HS on wrong. Hank |
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didn't apply enough AS, or maybe the heatsink's crap (all fans/heatsink
were purchased from Chillblast). You could cook your breakfast on the GPU! Some form of HD cooling would be useful too. Probably TOO MUCH compound. It's a lot easier to over do it that under do it. Make sure the heat sink is on the correct way around, and that it has even pressure. If it uses multiple screws to hold it in place, be sure you turn all the screws the same number of turns. |
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Phrederick wrote:
didn't apply enough AS, or maybe the heatsink's crap (all fans/heatsink were purchased from Chillblast). You could cook your breakfast on the GPU! Some form of HD cooling would be useful too. Probably TOO MUCH compound. It's a lot easier to over do it that under do it. Make sure the heat sink is on the correct way around, and that it has even pressure. If it uses multiple screws to hold it in place, be sure you turn all the screws the same number of turns. The layer was about the thickness of an 80gsm sheet of A4 (sorry I don't speak American so I don't know what that is in lbs/sq yd). I have taken it off again this morning and it was the right way round. Spoke to Chillblast this morning and I've purchased a Thermaltake heatsink (which, according to Ben, has a nasty sticky label over the base - what's the best way to make sure it's all removed?) Thanks -- Perdita X. Dream Please help us to help you http://groups.google.com http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Please note that the reply address is fake. Keep all posts to the groups as private requests for assistance (i.e. email/IM) cannot be acknowledged. Thank you. |
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On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 00:24:00 +0100, "Perdita X. Dream"
wrote:: Shepİ wrote: On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 22:06:42 +0100, Knowing that it was a Hollywood invention that lemmings jump off cliffs "Perdita X. Dream" wrote : Yes, it's me again! MBM is telling me that my CPU temp is currently 56°C, my case temp is 44°C and something else (I don't know what sensor it's reading) is 28°C. Now, this is almost idle (all I'm doing is surfing and newsgroups) - I was going to have a game of Lionheart tonight, but I daren't in case it cooks something! I applied AS3 according to AS's instructions, but there has been no reduction in temperature at all (if anything, it's gone up by nearly 10°C!) I'm on a limited budget (and I'm no overclocking expert, so I wouldn't dare attempt water even if I could afford it). Maybe I didn't apply enough AS, or maybe the heatsink's crap (all fans/heatsink were purchased from Chillblast). You could cook your breakfast on the GPU! Some form of HD cooling would be useful too. I need the best cooling solution (I reckon I could afford to spend about £80). Can someone assist? Computing is supposed to be a pleasurable experience, not one spent worrying whether it's going to cook! Thanks folks! How many case fans do you have? Two. No, wait, I lie - three, this case has one in the chassis door. I have one.I run an AMD XP O/C 143/143 and my max under load gaming temps are around 50/53 Deg C which is well within spec. I don't think you need to spend more money.I suspect you can remove some case fans,tidy up some cables and of course the obvious,lower the room temp as the air required to cool the system has to come from somewhere ;-) It is winter and this is the coldest room in the house! The case is already about as neat as it can be. I'm just worried because 72°C under mild load is not exactly a healthy state of affairs. Yikes! I would have thought the Motherboard's overheat protection would have shut you down by then (Mine defaults to 60C). A few of possibilities come to mind: 1. When you installed the cooler, you didn't remove the "protective" plastic on the base of the heat sink. It's clear plastic on some of them, and some coolers don't come with instructions, so it's possible to miss it. With the plastic in place, the heat sink just isn't going to make any contact, all the AS3 in the world won't help you. 2. The cooler was installed crooked. Some designs make it virtually impossible to seat it improperly this way if oriented properly, but I guess it's possible to still put it on backwards. If this is the case, remove it carefully, clean off the die and inspect it. This mistake can crack or chip the core because if it's making contact at all, it might be doing so unevenly. 3. The cooler's fan wire wasn't connected properly. You'd probably have noticed this, as the CPU fan wouldn't be spinning. Of course, to see this, the side panel would have to be off, and most people don't power up the system until after the panel's in place. Anyways, if the CPU fan isn't spinning, all you've got is a passive heat sink, in which case, I'd say the heatsink efficiency is pretty good (all things considered) -- but the situation is definitely not good. Also I space my PCI cards where possible so air can flow around them and don't restrict the back of the case where my one back 80mm case fan is. I only have one PCI card (my sound card which is in the furthest slot from the Radeon. Unless you count the USB2 hub. I'm naive so teach me...What about my PSU, I would assume it's sufficient? I would make the suggestion to check that all the fans are oriented such that there is a directional flow through the case (in the front, out the back, since the PSU fan blows out the back). Of course, even if air flow was really bad, with fans blowing every which way, I would expect better cooling than what you're getting. ---------------------------------------- Thanks, MCheu |
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On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 10:39:42 +0100, Knowing that it was a Hollywood
invention that lemmings jump off cliffs "Perdita X. Dream" wrote : Phrederick wrote: didn't apply enough AS, or maybe the heatsink's crap (all fans/heatsink were purchased from Chillblast). You could cook your breakfast on the GPU! Some form of HD cooling would be useful too. Probably TOO MUCH compound. It's a lot easier to over do it that under do it. Make sure the heat sink is on the correct way around, and that it has even pressure. If it uses multiple screws to hold it in place, be sure you turn all the screws the same number of turns. The layer was about the thickness of an 80gsm sheet of A4 (sorry I don't speak American so I don't know what that is in lbs/sq yd). I have taken it off again this morning and it was the right way round. Spoke to Chillblast this morning and I've purchased a Thermaltake heatsink (which, according to Ben, has a nasty sticky label over the base - what's the best way to make sure it's all removed?) Thanks If it's on the HS drop it in boiling water and then clean off a plastic knife/spatula and then polish the HS bottom with a rubbing compound/metal polish.If you don't have any compound toothpaste will do. -- Free Windows/PC help, http://www.geocities.com/sheppola/trouble.html It's a G not a J in gmx for email Free songs download, http://www.soundclick.com/bands/8/nomessiahsmusic.htm |
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