Flashing the bios

thedude23 · 21 Jun 2011 at 23:01

Plec said:
OK, you need to reseat the HS - don't do any testing.

You only need a rice/pea sized blob in the middle of the cpu - and then fit the HS on top.

You can use the computer straight away as the AS5 will cure after few days usage (supposedly).

If you only want to spend a minimal amount the Cooler Master Hyper 212 is a great cooler for the money - and comes with pre-applied paste - link

One final thing - how did you clean the HS and the CPU before applying the AS5?

I used akasa tim clean and I applied some it to one of those ear bud things and wiped on the cpu and heatsink,I also used a cloth that my dad uses to clean his glasses with.

Plec · 21 Jun 2011 at 23:14

thedude23 said:
I used akasa tim clean and I applied some it to one of those ear bud things and wiped on the cpu and heatsink,I also used a cloth that my dad uses to clean his glasses with.

That's fine.

I'll look out for your post tomorrow when you've refitted the HS.

thedude23 · 21 Jun 2011 at 23:31

Plec said:
That's fine.

I'll look out for your post tomorrow when you've refitted the HS.

thank for the advice again

thedude23 · 22 Jun 2011 at 12:42

Haven't had a chance to do anything with the computer today,just wondering if I do decide to get a new heatsink what would ye make of this one

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-005-AN

Plec · 22 Jun 2011 at 13:19

It'll do the job well but a decent air cooler at a lower price will do very similar job if not better.

Personal choice/taste - but if i was spending £50 i would buy the silver arrow - link. It will out perform the Antec Kúhler H2O 620 by a considerable margin but if you have high profile memory it wont fit the conventional way (if you do have high profile memory i would probably advise you to avoid it.)

The Gelid Tranquillois is a very good cooler for the money - but OcUK seem to be out of stock - usually about £25 and would be on a par with the Antec Kúhler H2O 620.

Having said all that if you have the funds and like the look of the Kúhler it will fit your needs and is very easy to fit (one of your criteria i suspect) - but if you want to save some pennies and have similar cooling results the Gelid Tranquillois or the Cooler Master Hyper 212 will be a vast improvemnet to your current cooler @ ~£20-£25.

thedude23 · 28 Jun 2011 at 14:19

Hi guys Just an update for ye

I ordered a new heatsink it was similar to my old one with the pushpins,I wanted to order one of the other ones where you have to fit a bracket under the motherboard but I couldn't afford it and I didn't fancy taking everything out of my case and putting it back in again I wouldn't be experienced enough for that and my brother didn't seem too keen on helping me with it either :rolleyes:

Anyway it arrived to and I removed the old fan,cleaned off the old thermal paste and cleaned it with alcohol,I then asked my brother nicely :-P

If he would help me put the fan just make sure I was doing it right and to my shock he actually did the whole thing for me While I watched on closely watching what he was doing so I could possibly do it myself next time if need be.

We went into the bios and the temp was down too 37 degrees and when I logged into windows and ran coretemp the temps for core was in and around 52 and core 123 were in and around 42 and 46,48.

So problem more or less solved I hope...........do ye think this is what was causing the random shutdowns?I was thinking it was the powersupply but now I'm not so sure,I hope this solved it anyway.

thanks for the help everyone I appreciate and ye can bet on It I'll be back If I need it

Sorry for the long post

Plec · 28 Jun 2011 at 14:28

thedude23 said:
I ordered a new heatsink it was similar to my old one with the pushpins

What is the name of the heatsink/cooler?

thedude23 said:
ran coretemp the temps for core was in and around 52 and core 123 were in and around 42 and 46,48

Are these idle temps or load temps?

If they're idle temps they're pretty high - but it's all about the load temps - and if they are load temps they're great.

If the above aren't load temps - run prime 95 for 5 minutes and monitor the temps. Then post back.

thedude23 said:
do ye think this is what was causing the random shutdowns?I was thinking it was the powersupply but now I'm not so sure,I hope this solved it anyway.

If the above are load temps then hopefully you may have resloved your problem - but you wont know for sure until the system has been running for a few days.

thedude23 · 28 Jun 2011 at 15:03

Plec said:
What is the name of the heatsink/cooler?

Its a GENERIC
VALUE SOCKET T/775 HEATSINK WITH FAN

Plec said:
Are these idle temps or load temps?

If they're idle temps they're pretty high - but it's all about the load temps - and if they are load temps they're great.

If the above aren't load temps - run prime 95 for 5 minutes and monitor the temps. Then post back.

ya there idle temps

When You say load temps what do you mean?

Plec · 28 Jun 2011 at 15:54

thedude23 said:
ya there idle temps

Those temps are high for idle - did you remember to use the rice size blob method?

thedude23 said:
When You say load temps what do you mean?

Load means when the CPU is under stress (by an application) causing the core temp to rise.

Run prime95 (i think you have it) and run core temp at the same time for approx 5 minutes - to get a quick indication of the load temps.

thedude23 · 28 Jun 2011 at 16:02

Plec said:
Those temps are high for idle - did you remember to use the rice size blob method?

Load means when the CPU is under stress (by an application) causing the core temp to rise.

Run prime95 (i think you have it) and run core temp at the same time for approx 5 minutes - to get a quick indication of the load temps.

Ya It was rice sized blob this time I was watching my brother do it

well I ran shogun again core 0 didn't go past 59 and cores 123 went up about 48 and no futher,I'll run prime now and whats what,what results should I be looking for when running prime ?

thedude23 · 28 Jun 2011 at 16:21

ran prime 95 for 5 mins

core 0 went up t0 67

core 1 went up to 58
core 2 went up to 56
core 3 went up to 57

Plec · 28 Jun 2011 at 16:31

thedude23 said:
ran prime 95 for 5 mins
core 0 went up t0 67
core 1 went up to 58
core 2 went up to 56
core 3 went up to 57

As stated before your idle temps are a bit high but load temps are the important ones - and the above results seem to indicate that you're within tolerance. Although i would be tempted to run prime for an hour to get a more realistic picture.

REading back through the thread your idle temps are 20 degrees lower, at idle, on core 0 (it was 80) - so hopefully you've solved your problem. But you wont know for sure until you've used and abused the system for a few days.

thedude23 · 28 Jun 2011 at 16:34

Plec said:
As stated before your idle temps are high but load temps are the important ones - and the above results seem to indicate that you're within tolerance. Although i would be tempted to run prime for an hour to get a more realistic picture.

REading back through the thread your idle temps are 20 degrees lower, at idle, on core 0 (it was 80) - so hopefully you've solved your problem. But you wont know for sure until you've used and abused the system for a few days.

I might run it for the hr alrite and see what happens and report back