Building Problem

Kras · 10 Mar 2011 at 21:13

HELP! I went into BIOS and it showed 43C and started rising to 44C-45C (arent those normal) now I noticed on top of my cooler the heat pipes seem to have melted a little! What is this about im going crazy :|

RJC · 10 Mar 2011 at 21:16

Temps could be a little cooler but the BIOS puts the cpu under a little load I am lead to believe.

You sure about the heatpipes melted?? take a photo!!

Kras · 10 Mar 2011 at 21:21

Here is the photo you can see how the heatpipes are kind of chipped in when you zoom in. Also why would it do that?

reygjabla · 10 Mar 2011 at 21:37

Did you put a thermal paste on both the CPU and the HS before you bolt it in?

Tonester007 · 10 Mar 2011 at 21:49

Kras said:
... I noticed on top of my cooler the heat pipes seem to have melted a little! What is this about im going crazy :|

Kras said:
Here is the photo you can see how the heatpipes are kind of chipped in when you zoom in. Also why would it do that?

This looks normal to me. I had a Artic Cooler HSF with similar "crimping" on the top of the heatpipes. Its just they way they have been closed off.

Kras · 10 Mar 2011 at 21:52

I put a medium sized blob in the middle then I put the heatsink on top. I just removed it and there is thermal paste on most of the CPU surface just a bit in the corners is missing. I am going to put the stock cpu cooler.