My 1st ever full build log - likely to need your support!

Yozz76 · 6 Feb 2010 at 15:05

BIGBC said:
Those temps without full load, to me anyway, indicate there is still a problem.

Run Prime and keep an eye on the temps - if it gets over 80 then stop it.
If + how long it takes to hit 80 will be good indicators of a problem.

You are quite right, ran small ffts and took less than a minute for core 2 to get to 80

Going to take side panel off in a moment and see if I can feel any vibrations from the pump as someone else has previously suggested.

Yozz76 · 6 Feb 2010 at 15:19

I don't think the pump is working, I have the side panel off now and there is no obvious vibration when you touch it! The pump connecter has 3 holes for the pins but the psu peripheral actually only had 2 prongs, is this normal?

Yozz76 · 6 Feb 2010 at 16:18

Might have my first bit of good news about the cooler in that I think the pump must now be working. However, and you guys will know better than me, I don't think the temps are too flattering. I can live with it for now as I don't plan on overclocking anything for a while, I've got too much too learn before all that. Anyway heres the screen shot I think some of you have been after:

Yozz76 · 6 Feb 2010 at 16:32

You read right BIGBC. Was hoping for better I have to say. I'm now thinking that maybe it still isn't running as efficiently as it should be in that it has a fault or that it is just not very good. Either way I'm confused and I'm now tempted to send it back and go with something else. As to what I did to get through prime, I simply reconnected the pump to the psu peripheral! It is still very hard to tell if the pump is actually working as there is still no obvious noise or vibration.

The thing that is still confusing me is that the pump connecter has 3 holes and the molex peripheral to connect to my psu only has 2 prongs. Is this normal?

Yozz76 · 6 Feb 2010 at 17:21

Diggsy said:
Just having a quick look through the thread and noticed this comment. Are you aware that to stop Prime, you have to select Test>Stop Test from the menu along the top?

Simply pressing the 'X' in the corner will not stop it running. All that does is minimize it to the tray. Hence why you still saw 100% CPU after 'closing'.

Is probably the mistake I made tbh.

Yozz76 · 6 Feb 2010 at 17:27

macca672 said:
epu6 engine is a power saving program and turbov is an overclocking program. both safe to uninstall if you dont want to use them

latest BIOS version for the P6T is 1004.ROM

download it from the asus website and put it on a usb flash drive
http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us

in the bios go to tools and and theres an option in there to run ez flash, run it and select the flash drive you have the new bios on and run. simple as that

Much appreciated, thanks. I'm starting to feel like a bit of an idiot now, is a flash drive different from a usb memory stick? Also, could I do this using a portable usb hard drive.

Yozz76 · 6 Feb 2010 at 18:24

Have now updated the bios, used AsusUpdate which was painless.

All this is a huge learning curve for me and I can see it giving me a heart attack before long. I'm developing an unhealthy obsession with temps and I'm beginning to wonder if building my own was such a good idea!

Yozz76 · 7 Feb 2010 at 13:25

jalyst said:
It'll all pay off in the long run & you'll be glad you stuck with it.

It may simply be that the cooler is actually a lot worse than most decent air coolers.
I've come across one of the 1st reviews...

I hope the reviewer was biased & has fudged the figures (doubt it) or the unit was faulty.
Because I was hoping for much better than this, damn

Going by the above it looks like the H50 still creams the Eco, how sad if competition is dead.

Thanks for posting this jalyst, it reassures me that it must be working and that I have fitted it correctly. I suppose I'll just have to accept that I've purchased a naff product and will certainly do more research in the future before falling to marketing gimmicks.

I will be replacing this as soon as I can and might go with the H50 as I don't want the noise that comes with air.

I have a Cool-It Eco for sale if anyone is interested lol.

Back to the rest of my build, what do you think about my attempt to tidy the cables? I was pretty pleased with myself tbh although I appreciate some of you may spot room for improvement.

Also, can someone confirm that I do not have to have the psu fan plugged in to the mobo?

Yozz76 · 7 Feb 2010 at 20:10

I have a plan for the Cool-It Eco, it is going in to my daughters PC. I'm interested to see how it fairs with a dual core E6400.

What should I be looking at If I want cool and quiet for my own rig, will a H50 do the trick?

Yozz76 · 9 Feb 2010 at 18:26

barrolde said:
Hi Guys, this is Barry here w/ CoolIT. Just based on those stock clock, temperatures something is clearly wrong and I suggest you return your ECO on RMA Yozz.

We've got a 920 here so I will set it up w/ an ECO on it and report the temps back here later.

We designed the ECO to beat the H50 and that is exactly what it does. Not sure what is going on atm but we will get to the bottom of it and report back.

To all that were helping assist in this thread. Greatly appreciated.

Only just read this as my internet was down yesterday. Really appreciate that you care enough to post with some advice and I shall do as you suggest. Is only fair to give the product a chance.

Now makes me wish that I had bought the retail version of the cpu though as I don't have an alternative cooler to install for duration of the RMA!

I just hope the company from whom I purchased the ECO don't try and make things awkward!