CPU Overheating

oafc0000 · 28 Apr 2006 at 10:43

HELP!!!!

Built a media centre with the following spec

AMD 3200
Silverstone Tech NT01 passive cooler (no fan)
Silverstone Tech LC10M case

And it is overheating

I have DEFO installed everything correctly, the cooler just dosent do what it claims to do.

Really angry that companies make false claims. I have intake and exhurst fans on the case so their is good airflow though the case.

Any suggestions on a quiet heatsink/fan i can get my hands on which will do a good job but wont be to nosey???

vanandjuanunited · 28 Apr 2006 at 10:46

What temperatures?
Are you running cool n quiet.

SiriusB · 28 Apr 2006 at 10:53

Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro or the Scythe Ninja Plus with a quiet fan?

SiriusB

oafc0000 · 28 Apr 2006 at 10:54

I turned on Cool n Quiet, no improvement

System when sat "idle" is at about 65c and when doing TV etc reaches 85c + and at which point i turn it off.

oafc0000 · 28 Apr 2006 at 11:03

by the way, when it first overheated i fear it hit something like 90+ and then the CPU failed, or seomthing, when I cam down in the morning the system was switched off. There is nothing on the motherboard to tell it to switch off at certainly temps.

Since then i have been montoring it closely, and the CPU still seems to be working fine. Do you think I have done any perment damamage, system still runs fast as ever. No obvious sign of damamage, but it does continue to over heat as described above.

vanandjuanunited · 28 Apr 2006 at 11:06

Thers no way I would be putting a passive heatsink on a cpu. Hopefully it hasnt done it any harm. As above get a freezer pro or a ninja with silent fan.

oafc0000 · 28 Apr 2006 at 11:28

okays,

thanks for the advice.

GuruJockStrap · 28 Apr 2006 at 12:43

Is that an AMD64 3200 or a non 64 bit 3200?

daz · 28 Apr 2006 at 12:48

Try reseating the CPU and heatsink - ensure the correct amount of thermal paste has been applied and there is a good link between CPU and the heatsink base.

SteveOBHave · 28 Apr 2006 at 13:09

daz said:
Try reseating the CPU and heatsink - ensure the correct amount of thermal paste has been applied and there is a good link between CPU and the heatsink base.

Agreed, it is amazing how much difference just a little too much thermal compound can make. Almost as amazing as the difference a well lapped heatsink can make.

EDIT: here is a link to correctly applying Thermal Paste, my favorite bit is the start where it states "Don't put it in your mouth"

http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_silver_instructions.htm

Dutch Guy · 28 Apr 2006 at 13:23

Is there a casefan or PSU fan close as that is recommended for that cooler?

It also says it's a cooler for Intel Socket 478 http://www.silverstonetek.com/products-nt01.htm :confused:

SteveOBHave · 28 Apr 2006 at 13:36

Dutch Guy said:
Is there a casefan or PSU fan close as that is recommended for that cooler?

It also says it's a cooler for Intel Socket 478 http://www.silverstonetek.com/products-nt01.htm

True that... hmmm did you have any issues attaching the heatsink???

oafc0000 · 29 Apr 2006 at 13:12

Hi

I got this version of the heatsink
http://www.silverstonetek.com/products-nt01v2.0.htm
Supports AMD 64 3200+.....apparently

THink i will buy a artic cooler 64 pro....but i am a little worried it will be to nosey for a HTPC

gr1mey · 29 Apr 2006 at 14:36

are you sure a Freezer 64 or ninja will fit in the HTPC case, they are pretty large heatsinks you know...

oafc0000 · 29 Apr 2006 at 15:01

my media centre case is the size of a standard desktop, so hope so

Zefan · 29 Apr 2006 at 15:03

It could be fine - motherboard sensors have a terrible habit of reporting totally stupid temperatures. Actually feel the sink and if it burns you then you know it's really hot

oafc0000 · 2 May 2006 at 11:39

Got the Zalman CNPS9500-LED Aero Flower (Socket 939/754/478/775) CPU Cooler (HS-015-ZA) in the end

CPU now running at 45c at full load and is very quite

Cheers for your help everyone