xp2600 tbred-b running hot?

[ElectroBlaster]

Hi guys

Im not entirley happy with the temps im getting on an xp2600. It's hitting 60c idle with a coolermaster x-dream on fullspeed (fan has a rheostat built in)

All I did was take out an xp1800 t-bred and plonk this xp2600 in and put a dap of goop on the core and leave the cpu at stock settings

Stability wise everything is ok but even my barton 2800 runs cooler than this lol

 

[james.miller]

it should run a lot cooler, i used to have an xdream. they werent great, but they werent that bad lol. check its nothing silly like the cpu voltage too high, and try reapplying the heatsink

 

[Arthalen]

Remember, the XP chips always ran very hot. They were designed in some cases to cope with temps upto 90C!!

 

[james.miller]

well, i found an old post that said i was at 40c idle/49c load with a tbred @ 2.1ghz with an xdream. i dont think the added 100mhz of an xp2600+ is going to mean 20c higher temps all round, and my temps werent with the fan at full pelt either. i never could stand noise.

 

[ElectroBlaster]

Hmmm I made sure the heatsink was clean before re-applying it, made sure the cpu was flat in the socket and also made sure the core was clean before applying the heatsink goop stuff

Then I reset/cleared the cmos... still sat at 60c
I do wonder if the board is just cack at reporting temps, its a cheapy ECS L7VTA thing in my daughters pc

I havent got the time to keep messing with it so I shall leave it for now and just see what happens, also played a game or two to put the cpu underload and the temps only went up a bit lol

 

[Socaddict]

check the dust levels in the case and fans?

 

[ElectroBlaster]

Yes done all that m8, double checked all around the socket area aswell

 

[Cyber-Mav]

right time for a new cooler i think. i used to run my old xp-m2600 at 2.5ghz with 1.825v and it ran stable 100%. the cooler i used was a gigabyte G-Power BL. not very noisy but offered amazing cooling power, its probably the second best cooler your going to get on socket A systems. if you have mounting holes around your cpu socket then you can fit a thermaltake big typhoon. thats more quiet and better at cooling than the g-power, cheaper too.

mind you my BT cost me £18 inc vat, and the g-power cost me £20 inc vat from my local pc shop. for ease of fitting i would suggest the g-power. no need for board removal.