PC Temps Running High? Part Two!

External Since: Jan 11, 2004 Posts: 5

I am running an IS7-E with a P4 3.06B. I have the Zalman
CNPS6500b-alcu and am using Artic Silver Arctic Alumina thermal
compound.

I am not OCing at all.

My idle temps are 49C, load 68C, and case 40C. My PWM gets up to about
50C.

I have removed and reseating the heat sink about 5 times. I clean
thorougly each time and applied (what I believe to be a small amount)
of the thermal compound to the CPU. I reseat and the temperatures just
do not seem to change! I tried the dab in the middle method or the
spread all over the CPU and neither made a difference.

Does anyone have any ideas on what could be going on or what I could
do to get these temps down?

Tom? Anyone?

TEO.

External Since: Nov 18, 2003 Posts: 1219

well, the idle temp is fine but the loaded temp is high. mine, at idle, is
around 47 or 48 unless the room is cool and then it might get to 46 or 44.
the thing that I don't like besides the loaded temperature, is that your
case temperature is a good deal warmer than what it should be unless you are
in a warm environment.

my case peaks at 32, maybe a touch higher when the room gets real warm but
not 40. when the case starts out at 40, I'd be willing to bet that heat
builds up when the system is under a load and has no place to go, thus
creating the high temperatures. Zalman coolers are pretty good, I run the
CNPS7000CU (all copper) myself.

I would stop remounting the heat sink as you aren't getting anywhere with
that, obviously. you should have a skim coat of the lubricant on the core
of the cpu, evenly all around the core. beyond that, assuming the cooler is
mounted flush and square then stop messing with something that isn't giving
you a payback.

instead, try to work on a way to get the case airflow set up so that the
case is running much cooler but doesn't sound like a 747 taking off. larger
diameter fans typically move more air with less noise than smaller fans but
that is going to be dictated by the style of the openings that your case
has, if any, for fan mountings.

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"TEO" <nospam.DeleteThis@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> I am running an IS7-E with a P4 3.06B. I have the Zalman
> CNPS6500b-alcu and am using Artic Silver Arctic Alumina thermal
> compound.
>
> I am not OCing at all.
>
> My idle temps are 49C, load 68C, and case 40C. My PWM gets up to about
> 50C.
>
> I have removed and reseating the heat sink about 5 times. I clean
> thorougly each time and applied (what I believe to be a small amount)
> of the thermal compound to the CPU. I reseat and the temperatures just
> do not seem to change! I tried the dab in the middle method or the
> spread all over the CPU and neither made a difference.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas on what could be going on or what I could
> do to get these temps down?
>
> Tom? Anyone?
>
> TEO.