PLEASE HELP! Concerned with temps on my newly built PC!

azza21 · 6 Apr 2006 at 12:56

Hi peeps I need your help. I have just built a new PC which I was actually going to overclock on but I’ve hit my first hitch already and I’m only at the PC configuration stage in the bios.
Right, I installed all the hardware no problem, checked everything, wires as you do then I turned my PC on I went straight to the bios to check and configure all the settings as you do. I then went to "Hardware Monitor" to check my CPU Temp and MB Temp and it was at 42C/107.5F my case temp was around 33C, now I have a Scythe Ninja+fan cooling my 3700 SD CPU, I am pretty sure you shouldn't be getting these temps. I turned off my PC checked all the connections and heatsink just encase I f_cked up installing it then I turned the computer back on I then went to the bios> hardware monitor and watched it for 10/15 minutes. Their is definitely a quick temp rise on the CPU as it started at around 31C and rose to around 41C in about 15 minutes and steadied itself at around the 42C/105.5F mark I left my pc on for a further 2 hours in bios>hardware monitor, idle. Came back the temps seem to stay at 44C and didn't rise, that is concerning me considering I haven’t even put the CPU under any pressure yet and its idle'ing at 43/44C I’ve not tried to overclock or even install Windows XP yet. So the next step for me was to do it all again. I took the 3700 SD chip and heatsink out cleaned them with arcticlean remover and purifier, once cleaned put the Arctic Silver 5 back on the CPU. I done all the thermal silver 5 right as I followed Arctics silver guide, installed it again turned on the PC went to the bios> hardware monitor, SAME problem high temps. I cannot understand it where I am going wrong. The Scythe Ninja is new no marks, the AMD Athlon 3700 San Diego is retail brand new, Code ADA3700BNBOX, KACAE 0605 and I have a great case the Gigabyte Aurora all fans working fine. I do not know why they are so high or what to try next in the bios or in the case? I hope you experts can help me it would be much appreciated Az

Details:
Gigabyte Aurora Case
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego (ADA3700BNBOX-Kacae "0605")
Scythe Ninja+Fan 120mm
Asus A8R32-MVP Deluxe 3200 Xpress
Sapphire 1900XTX 512-tv/dvi
2GB Corsair Twinx2048 3200C2PT
Western Digital Raptor 74GB Sata HD
Maxtor 160GB IDE HD
Asus dvdr+-/Asus cdr+- Writers
Bios v2.58 (Megatrands)

azza21 · 6 Apr 2006 at 13:03

williamw11 said:
Check the heatsink is seated properly.

I re-installed the heatsink twice now reading through the manual and double checking its seated properly it all seems fine. The only thing i didn't do with the Scythe Ninja was to put the backplate onto the back of the mboard i am using the backplate that comes with the mboard, which is fine i read as many people do that.

azza21 · 6 Apr 2006 at 14:43

Testing the AMD supplied heatsink and its been in for around 15 minutes now and its at 38C/98.5F so it is slightly better but again 38 when its idle'ing is Bios is quite high isn't it?

azza21 · 6 Apr 2006 at 17:58

are u sure, heh heh if thats the case then i feel like a right dumb arse. I honestly thought the bios wouldn't put much pressure on the CPU at all. that my explain why my Ninja was at 42/44 then. One thing that still doesn't make sense though if thats the case then why was my standard retail amd heatsink and fan was running at a lower temp then the scythe ninja it was running at 39C and stayed at the temp. I will take my mboard off and put the scythe backplate on the mboard might help.

azza21 · 6 Apr 2006 at 20:14

Did they come down substantially... What was the temp drop? From what i have read people with similar specs and same ninja heatsink as me theirs seems to be at anything from 29C to 35C mine was at 44c would i see that sort of decrease do you think?