HELP! CPU Cooling!!!

TeKiZeRo · Post by **TeKiZeRo** » Wed Aug 08, 2001 2:27 am

Hi,
I just bought an ASUS A7A266 Motherboard and a AMD Athlon 1.2 GHz CPU. The problem I am having is cooling my CPU.. I went to different PC stores buying new CPU fans and such and none of them seem to keep my CPU temperature under 70 degrees celcius and when my PC reaches that temperature, it has this annoying high pitch noise. Anyone else have the same problem I am having, know how I can fix this problem or know how to cool my CPU better? BTW, my computer has 5 fans.

Cornbread · Post by **Cornbread** » Wed Aug 08, 2001 2:52 am

sounds like your heatsink is not making good contact with your cpu.

merkster · Post by **merkster** » Wed Aug 08, 2001 3:00 am

try some arctic silver gel, if the cpu isnt touching the heatsink this will do the trick even if it is touching it can bring the temp hepps down. i tryed some and it dropped 10 degrees would you beleive

Cheers

DVD Rewinder · Post by **DVD Rewinder** » Wed Aug 08, 2001 3:05 am

Ya just buy some of that gel stuff. Maybe a reallllly powerful fan to

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Cornbread · Post by **Cornbread** » Wed Aug 08, 2001 3:19 am

Originally posted by merkster
try some arctic silver gel, if the cpu isnt touching the heatsink this will do the trick even if it is touching it can bring the temp hepps down. i tryed some and it dropped 10 degrees would you beleive

Cheers

exactly, try the silver stuff, but put a thin layer on, don't make it thick.

CAR-15 · Post by **CAR-15** » Wed Aug 08, 2001 3:21 am

Do you have any case fans?

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Wed Aug 08, 2001 5:25 am

Ok what heatsink are u using?

Jesse23 · Post by **Jesse23** » Wed Aug 08, 2001 7:17 am

Did you pull the tape off of the hsf?

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Wed Aug 08, 2001 8:09 am

Couple of things to consider.

1) Fans....some peeps dig just slapping on tons of fans...but think about the goal and place fans to obtain that. Goal is a steady crossflow across your motherboard, in the front bottom, out the top back. You want more draw going out the back than intake. Keep an even direction, don't have fans blowing every which way, so that airflow doesn't stay in one direction. A case with a few well placed fans will cool better than a case with a dozen fans placed haphazardly.

2) Thermal Heatsink Grease application...thin even layer, nice and neat. And a big help it to get that heatsink placed correctly on the first shot. If you take several attempts at placing and securing the heat sink, contacting the CPU, not getting it right, pulling it back off, placing it back on...you've already blown the nice smooth even layer of grease...instead creating little peaks on the thermal grease when you pulled the heatsink back off. This introduces little air pockets, etc, and really cuts the effectiveness of the grease. I've seen people slap on grease, and take a half dozen attempts trying to get that heatsink on...moving it all over the place, on, off, wiggle, on, off, several approaches.....all that does is ruin the grease layer, it's effectiveness is marginal now. Gotta get it right on the first approach. I know it's tough with some of the socket designs lately, and many of those new twist cam locks.

terrancelam · Post by **terrancelam** » Wed Aug 08, 2001 1:33 pm

Make sure you get a good HS/F, don't buy something that has a fan that runs lower then 5k/rpm a second. What are some of the brands of HS/F you've been buying? Also do check to see if your heatsink of making contact with the cpu core properly. Sometimes the little pcved feet on the AMD cpus can cause a heatsink not to mate properly.

newbie69 · Post by **newbie69** » Wed Aug 08, 2001 1:39 pm

yeah i had the same problem as you, My CPU temperatures were high because of my cheap Heatsink and fan , i then bought a "thermalright SK-6 all copper Heatsink with a 6800rpm delta fan" and my CPU temps went down to 30-39degrees

Rouse · Post by **Rouse** » Wed Aug 08, 2001 11:48 pm

I agree newbie69, that thermalright SK-6 all copper Heatsink with a 6800rpm delta fan is the way to go with anything running over 1.2ghz.

Checkout the review here:

http://www.iamnotageek.com/cgi-bin/revi ... me=sk6&p=1

Gaming-Module · Post by **Gaming-Module** » Wed Aug 08, 2001 11:52 pm

Are there programs or safeguards in case your fan dies on an AMD cpu?

Considering the 5 second lifespan of an Athlon core without a fan.

terrancelam · Post by **terrancelam** » Thu Aug 09, 2001 12:01 am

Another issue, make sure to have the latest bios, as some bioses incorrectly detect the temperature of the cpu.

TeKiZeRo · Post by **TeKiZeRo** » Thu Aug 09, 2001 12:35 am

Sure, I'll buy some of the arctic gel stuff. Anyone know a good place to buy it cheaply? Oh ya, and I was gonna buy a Swiftech MCX370 Heatsink with a delta fan to go with it. Anyone think these would go nicely together or should I get a cpu fan?

A_old · Post by **A_old** » Thu Aug 09, 2001 12:38 am

http://www.theoverclockerz.com get the OCZ gladiator w/ delta fan.. the thing ROCKS i run a 1.43 ghz (1.33 OC'd) on an abit kt7E <--yes E, the thing does 143x10 perfectly w/ pny memory..heh funny huh? 2-2-2 also..anyway the hsf w/ generic radioshack heatsink compound is runnin 28C IDLE and 43 full load after 1 HR. awesome stuff!

it's 380 grams of pure copper + a 38CFM Delta black lable fan. it works

drdoug99 · Post by **drdoug99** » Thu Aug 09, 2001 2:06 pm

heck yea, gladiator rocks, thats what I got, but I got a YS Tech fan.

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