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Fitting the conroe

Count_Zero99uk

Count_Zero99uk

Count_Zero99uk

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im having dificultiy fitting the conroe once it is in the socket imclosing the lock plate but it does not close flush with the mobo so the lever wont lock without force, and i know you are not ment to apply force.

I have a gigabyte DQ6 board. Any help urgently appreicated
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Count_Zero99uk said:
im having dificultiy fitting the conroe once it is in the socket imclosing the lock plate but it does not close flush with the mobo so the lever wont lock without force, and i know you are not ment to apply force.

I have a gigabyte DQ6 board. Any help urgently appreicated
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The lever does get a bit tight after about 3/4 of the way down thats normal. As long as the cpu is sitting properly in the socket it will be fine
 
Right everything is fitted and when i turn the machine on it goes to post starts to install windows and originaly was saying couldnt copy certain files. Now it gets to the point where you pick the partition and when i hit a key it powers down.

I have the Seasonic 600W psu
and a Gigabyte DQ6 board as stated.

I have fitted the 8 pin power to the 4/8 (or 2/4 depending on how these are named) the big one to the big power thing.

is there any other PSU to Board conections that i should have?

Also there is a little blue/black cable comming from the seasonic PSU should that attach to somethign as standard?

My other worry is that when i looked in BIOS at thePC health status my CPU temp was very high 85c plus.
 
That CPU temp is too high, something is wrong there.

The blue/black cable is that a 3 pin? Sounds like the PSU fan cable, lets the mobo report the fan speed.
 
Did you follow the instructions when you were installing the CPU? Seems trivial, but instructions do actually help if you don't know what you're doing.

Have you put the heatsink on correctly? Fan plugged in? Reseated the heatsink?
 
Yeah, im sure i did.

It took a little while to fit the fan but it seems secure now, it dosnt have a specific facing does it?

The instructions with it were a bit naff :(
 
If you mean the cable I think you mean then it is optional yes, or at least it says so in the manual, cos it is only for monitoring not for power.
 
The triangle on the corner of the cpu should match up to the triangle on the corner of the socket :)
 
I had a few goes at fitting the heatsink. Initially it was running at 79c, third attempt it went down to 55c. With both the initial tries it seemed to be fitted securely and held fast without any wobble but on the third go one foot seemed to go down an extra half a mill. Don't know if it's my mobo or the heatsink but it did seem rather temperamental.
 
Mine would shut down ok but it didn't do it on it's own, may be a feature of your mobo that different from my Asus one. But I'd say the excess heat would be most likely be caused by the heatsink/fan being not quite fitted right even though it may feel like it's sitting fine.
 
Those temps are waay too high for Conroe. Mine is sitting at 25deg atm, and it's been on all day like that.

Check the Heatsink mounting for correct fitment and maybe the thermal paste?
 
It has settled down since i refitted the heatsink, it must not have been fitted "just so".

Its now running at around 40c which i am happy with of the stock cooler.
 
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