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How toght do I tighten the nuts on a Thermaltake Silent Tower fitted to an
LGA775 motherboard (Abit AA8-Duramax). My first attempt created a CPU
Voltage check error in POST so I slackened the nuts off a bit, the HSF can
be moved slightly with slippery thermal paste (supplied with the HSF).
However running the board in ABIT's normal mode I still get CPU overheat
beeps

Andi.



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"Andi Cole" wrote in message...
How toght do I tighten the nuts on a Thermaltake Silent Tower
fitted to an LGA775 motherboard (Abit AA8-Duramax). My first
attempt created a CPU Voltage check error in POST

....In which case you've created a short somewhere. You shouldn't be able to
do that simply by tightening a nut; sounds like you've missed out an
insulator somewhere, or possibly one of the components around the heatsink
is shorting out. Check closely that everything clears.

However running the board in ABIT's normal mode I still get
CPU overheat beeps

What sort of temperatures are you seeing via uGuru, and what speed are you
running the fan at? The HSF you have may be called the Silent Tower, but
don't think you can get away with running a Prescott based system in
"silent" mode. The heat output of these processors is high enough that
you'll need a good degree of airflow through the heatsink at all times.
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The Thermaltake Silent Tower is no baby HSF that would be wasted on a
Prescott, this things enormous
http://www.thermaltake.com/coolers/c...ilentTower.htm

I was getting 50 debrees C at idle and almost any benchmark would cause a
temp warning after it was fitted.

However it wasn't fitted properly, it's possible to slide the thing from
side to side and I had done just that. Now the heat sink fully covers the
CPU temps are down by about 10 degrees. It will run all my benchmarks at
4Ghz (it's a P4 560 ie 3.6). without a hitch.

Andi.



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"Andi Cole" wrote in message...
How toght do I tighten the nuts on a Thermaltake Silent Tower
fitted to an LGA775 motherboard (Abit AA8-Duramax). My first
attempt created a CPU Voltage check error in POST

...In which case you've created a short somewhere. You shouldn't be able
to
do that simply by tightening a nut; sounds like you've missed out an
insulator somewhere, or possibly one of the components around the heatsink
is shorting out. Check closely that everything clears.

However running the board in ABIT's normal mode I still get
CPU overheat beeps

What sort of temperatures are you seeing via uGuru, and what speed are you
running the fan at? The HSF you have may be called the Silent Tower, but
don't think you can get away with running a Prescott based system in
"silent" mode. The heat output of these processors is high enough that
you'll need a good degree of airflow through the heatsink at all times.
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Richard Hopkins
Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
(replace .nospam with .com in reply address)

The UK's leading technology reseller www.dabs.com
Get the most out of your digital photos www.dabsxpose.com