XP-120 Hotter than stock cooler

StevenG · 2 May 2006 at 17:56

if it is what do i do then? EDIT: concave

StevenG · 2 May 2006 at 17:58

i am going to do that now. but i will use the thermalrite stuff to save my percious as5

james.miller · 2 May 2006 at 17:59

you dont need to let as5 settle in. i wish people would stop with that. at best as5 will give you 4-5c when its settled for >300 hours. AT BEST. It isnt the cause of his problems.

i can only think of 3 reasons for the high temps:

1) bad seating
2) too much compound
3) faulty heatsink, which could explain why it was on the MM in the first place.

StevenG · 2 May 2006 at 18:27

right. im back lol. ive been took it off and cleaned it put a rice sized blob of thermalright crap on my cpu and squashed it with the heatsink and i look a pic.

TaKeN · 2 May 2006 at 19:29

Doesnt even look spread out...

Almost like the base of your 120 is not level :confused:

dazza121 · 2 May 2006 at 20:05

You did replace the plastic mounting bracket on your motherboard didnt you (heatsink should have come with a new 1) that pic looks remarkably like your still using the original bracket as the heatsink isnt making contact with the processor.

TaKeN · 2 May 2006 at 20:06

dazza121 said:
You did replace the plastic mounting bracket on your motherboard didnt you (heatsink should have come with a new 1) that pic looks remarkably like your still using the original bracket as the heatsink isnt making contact with the processor.

I think it would be impossible to clip his clips onto a socket 939 retention bracket.

The mounting clips just wouldnt go on...

StevenG · 2 May 2006 at 20:11

correct. i did everything i was supposed to do and i get higher temps that my stock which i now have back in

TaKeN · 2 May 2006 at 20:30

StevenG said:
correct. i did everything i was supposed to do and i get higher temps that my stock which i now have back in

Was the cooler lose when the clips were on ?

Seems to me like the retention bracket wasnt tightened down enough or one side was higher than the other..

StevenG · 2 May 2006 at 20:47

it was all as tight as i it would go without breaking my board. the black plastic bracket didnt move and the heatsink was very tight on the clips.

TaKeN · 2 May 2006 at 20:50

StevenG said:
it was all as tight as i it would go without breaking my board. the black plastic bracket didnt move and the heatsink was very tight on the clips.

Must be a duff heatsink..

Is it under warranty ?

StevenG · 2 May 2006 at 20:55

i bought it off the mm and the guy i bought it off says it was fine when he was using it to cool his A64 3500+ at 2.4

megatron · 3 May 2006 at 13:09

Is the heatsink being obstructed by any capacitors when u fit it? Other than that - again it could be an non-flat surface. Google a lapping guide, if u have sandpaper already it takes 20min, and I use brasso to polish it up.

StevenG · 3 May 2006 at 14:00

just re seated the heatsink 1 final time. it was 2'c under at idle and its 4-8'c over on load. this is with a akasa amber at full rpm

so looks like it needs to be lapped. make some off the edges try and get the centre to actually hit the IHS...

the guy i bought it off has e-mailed Thermalright and they say that as i have overclocked the fan will not work to its full potential.

could someone please give me some temps with a opty 146 at 2.8 and an xp-120.

Raikiri · 3 May 2006 at 14:08

StevenG said:
could someone please give me some temps with a opty 146 at 2.8 and an xp-120.

Not the same but, my venice @ 2.5 with 1.55v is currently 31c idle with my freezer 64 pro and gets to about 38-40 load. Ambient temps are about 23c.

TaKeN · 3 May 2006 at 14:11

I would say that Full Load temps should be anywhere between 38 and 42oc with that cooler and voltage,

StevenG · 3 May 2006 at 14:13

im on 53 at the minute on load. converting a dvd. ambient temp is 24'c

EDIT:

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EDIT2: just finished converting and its down to 38'c which is what my stock cooler sits at :mad:

z0mbi3 · 3 May 2006 at 15:30

Duff temp sensor!!!

Have you tried touching the heat sink while it's supposedly at 50 whatever degrees it is your seeing?

Obviosuly be careful when doing so. I very much doubt those are your real temps.

Input from others? I can't be the only one thinking this.

Raikiri · 3 May 2006 at 15:34

z0mbi3 said:
Duff temp sensor!!!

Have you tried touching the heat sink while it's supposedly at 50 whatever degrees it is your seeing?

Obviosuly be careful when doing so. I very much doubt those are your real temps.

Input from others? I can't be the only one thinking this.

A "duff sensor" would still show a diference in temp even if the temp itself is incorrect. Instead of 38 idle and 53 load it might show 28idle and 43 load. Either that or it wouldnt change at all so idle and load temps would be the same.

StevenG · 3 May 2006 at 15:48

when i touch the heatsink or heat pipes they are barely warm... 30'c max i would say. duff sensor?