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After receiving my new G.Skill memory, I retested for a stable overclock using the 1:1 divider, which turned out to be 265HTT. This gave me idle temps of 31C and gaming temps of 42C, which rapidly dropped down according to Speedfan.
Yesterday morning, I briefly tried running 270HTT and a 1:1 divider, but this was aborted after Trackmania Nations crashed. I then went back to the tried and tested 265HTT (2400MHz).
Around lunchtime yesterday, I flashed my Asrock Dual-SATA2 to the new official 1.60 bios, using the 'flash in Windows' download (used that for the 1.40 and 1.50 versions without problems).
Since yesterday afternoon, the CPU and mobo (Northbridge?) temps are very odd. Regardless of leaving my PC idle or under load, the CPU temp always shows the same values now! This reading varies from 40C to 48C, depending on what the HTT is set to between 200 and 265. At present (at 250), the CPU reads as 44C and the mobo as 38C.
I have tried re-applying paste using both the stock HSF and my Freezer 64 Pro, but it didn't make the slightest difference. I have been using approximately 1.5 rice grains worth of paste... does this sounds ok?
The northbridge feels very hot to the touch and I'm wondering if I ought to check the paste under it (read about some poor paste levels by Asrock on both northbridge and southbridge).
In the last 36 hours, while using IE6 in Windows2000, I have experienced split-second loss of picture to my Iiyama Vision Master Pro 451.
Should I be considering RMAing the mobo and/or the cpu?
Advice would be greatly appreciated
Yesterday morning, I briefly tried running 270HTT and a 1:1 divider, but this was aborted after Trackmania Nations crashed. I then went back to the tried and tested 265HTT (2400MHz).
Around lunchtime yesterday, I flashed my Asrock Dual-SATA2 to the new official 1.60 bios, using the 'flash in Windows' download (used that for the 1.40 and 1.50 versions without problems).
Since yesterday afternoon, the CPU and mobo (Northbridge?) temps are very odd. Regardless of leaving my PC idle or under load, the CPU temp always shows the same values now! This reading varies from 40C to 48C, depending on what the HTT is set to between 200 and 265. At present (at 250), the CPU reads as 44C and the mobo as 38C.
I have tried re-applying paste using both the stock HSF and my Freezer 64 Pro, but it didn't make the slightest difference. I have been using approximately 1.5 rice grains worth of paste... does this sounds ok?
The northbridge feels very hot to the touch and I'm wondering if I ought to check the paste under it (read about some poor paste levels by Asrock on both northbridge and southbridge).
In the last 36 hours, while using IE6 in Windows2000, I have experienced split-second loss of picture to my Iiyama Vision Master Pro 451.
Should I be considering RMAing the mobo and/or the cpu?
Advice would be greatly appreciated
