CPU FUZED to heatsink. Help?

danjama · 2 Mar 2012 at 12:16

So i finished and turned on my new build yesterday, but was not happy with idle temps. Decided to apply new paste today, took out the heatsink, and it ripped the processor out with it!!! Luckily no bent or broken pins, but it's not fuzed to the heatsink. How can i get this off without breaking it?

It's a 1090t with stock heatsink/fan.

danjama · 2 Mar 2012 at 12:47

Phew! Bloody AMD paste :/ Got it off by running the hard dryer to warm up the paste. Anyway, i used some mx-4 paste instead, but idle temp is still around the same mark. Should I just accept that i have a hot running CPU and this is the best ill do with the stock cooler?

danjama · 2 Mar 2012 at 13:18

42c at idle. Push-pull 120mm fan setup.

danjama · 2 Mar 2012 at 13:25

I havent installed OS yet so couldn't say. I'll do that and come back later. Thanks mate!

danjama · 2 Mar 2012 at 14:22

Oh wow, wish i knew that earlier today! Thanks so much

danjama · 2 Mar 2012 at 17:24

I'd rather ask here than start a new thread. Is it possible to have windows and documents on one hard drive and programs on another? Or do programs need to be on the same partition as windows, due to registry?

e.g.

C:/ = W7 and Documents/files
E:/ = Programs and games

p.s. using my new system to type this

danjama · 2 Mar 2012 at 18:33

Pulseammo said:
If you wanna install programs not included with the OS on another partition that is fine. Programs don't have to reside in the Program Files folders.

Thanks very much, this is what I was after. I sort of already figured it out, as I remembered i used to have a seperate hard drive altogether for fs9, and it ran fine.

So i think it would be efficient to have any large programs or games on a seperate hard drive to my windows installation and documents.

danjama · 2 Mar 2012 at 20:06

PapaLazaru said:
Those idle temps are warm though. Mine idles at 31c and I have the heating on.

965BE @ 4Ghz. Thermolab Baram, Noctua Fan (single). MX4.

Yes, they seem slightly warm I agree. Will have to look into aftermarket coolers maybe. Getting 38c now in windows.

Can anyone recommend a decent program to stress the CPU, so i can check stability and temps?

danjama · 2 Mar 2012 at 20:33

Will prime95 monitor and record too? Is it safe to run so early in the processors life, or does it need some 'bedding in' time?

danjama · 2 Mar 2012 at 23:42

Thanks for the help so far everyone!

Is there any reason my 750gb WD drive is showing up as 698gb? I've known of a few gb's being missing before, but never 50!! Had a look in hardware manager, doesn't seem to be any part of the disk not in use.

danjama · 2 Mar 2012 at 23:57

Thanks fellas. That's mental :eek:

danjama · 3 Mar 2012 at 01:46

One final question!

My current bios version is 0705

There has been 4 more versions since, including 1 beta.

Do i just install the latest bios, or do i need to install each new version since my current one?

danjama · 3 Mar 2012 at 11:58

Thanks guys. Just installed the latest official beta. So much easier than it used to be, with this asus update program.

My bios is still resetting itself, which is a pain in the arse. I've a battery around here somewhere, will have to try to dig it out.