I am having a serious issue with my new computer (ASUS A7N8X Deluxe,
AMD Barton 2500+, Thermaltake Volcano 11 HSF, 2x256mb PC2700 RAM, 300W
power supply, GeForce Ti4200 64mb, 20GB WD Hard Drive, 56x CD-ROM, 8x
Burner). At boot, my Bios is registering my CPU at 75 degrees Celcius,
which is somethign like 160 degrees Farenheit. This is completely
ridiculous, there is not even an operating system installed, so there
is nothing that should be pushing my CPU to those temps. The only
thing I can think of is that when I put thermal grease on the CPU
core, a little slopped over the edge. Could that be doing something?
Has anyone else had this trouble with this board? Any solutions?

Naj wrote:
>
> I am having a serious issue with my new computer (ASUS A7N8X Deluxe,
> AMD Barton 2500+, Thermaltake Volcano 11 HSF, 2x256mb PC2700 RAM, 300W
> power supply, GeForce Ti4200 64mb, 20GB WD Hard Drive, 56x CD-ROM, 8x
> Burner). At boot, my Bios is registering my CPU at 75 degrees Celcius,
> which is somethign like 160 degrees Farenheit. This is completely
> ridiculous, there is not even an operating system installed, so there
> is nothing that should be pushing my CPU to those temps. The only
> thing I can think of is that when I put thermal grease on the CPU
> core, a little slopped over the edge. Could that be doing something?
> Has anyone else had this trouble with this board? Any solutions?

Check and see if a wire is touching the CPU fan and slowing it down.
That happened to me once.

"Naj" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I am having a serious issue with my new computer (ASUS A7N8X Deluxe,
> AMD Barton 2500+, Thermaltake Volcano 11 HSF, 2x256mb PC2700 RAM, 300W
> power supply, GeForce Ti4200 64mb, 20GB WD Hard Drive, 56x CD-ROM, 8x
> Burner). At boot, my Bios is registering my CPU at 75 degrees Celcius,
> which is somethign like 160 degrees Farenheit. This is completely
> ridiculous, there is not even an operating system installed, so there
> is nothing that should be pushing my CPU to those temps. The only
> thing I can think of is that when I put thermal grease on the CPU
> core, a little slopped over the edge. Could that be doing something?
> Has anyone else had this trouble with this board? Any solutions?

Fan not spinning or Heatsink not on correctly
I would say you have the heatsink on wrong

"Naj" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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: I am having a serious issue with my new computer (ASUS A7N8X
Deluxe,
: AMD Barton 2500+, Thermaltake Volcano 11 HSF, 2x256mb PC2700
RAM, 300W
: power supply, GeForce Ti4200 64mb, 20GB WD Hard Drive, 56x
CD-ROM, 8x
: Burner). At boot, my Bios is registering my CPU at 75 degrees
Celcius,
: which is somethign like 160 degrees Farenheit. This is
completely
: ridiculous, there is not even an operating system installed, so
there
: is nothing that should be pushing my CPU to those temps. The
only
: thing I can think of is that when I put thermal grease on the
CPU
: core, a little slopped over the edge. Could that be doing
something?
: Has anyone else had this trouble with this board? Any
solutions?

It seems that the heatsink may be incorrectly seated.




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(E-Mail Removed) (Naj) said: news:4149c16d.0308200637.6ea685a8
@posting.google.com:

> I am having a serious issue with my new computer (ASUS A7N8X Deluxe,
> AMD Barton 2500+, Thermaltake Volcano 11 HSF, 2x256mb PC2700 RAM, 300W
> power supply, GeForce Ti4200 64mb, 20GB WD Hard Drive, 56x CD-ROM, 8x
> Burner). At boot, my Bios is registering my CPU at 75 degrees Celcius,
> which is somethign like 160 degrees Farenheit. This is completely
> ridiculous, there is not even an operating system installed, so there
> is nothing that should be pushing my CPU to those temps. The only
> thing I can think of is that when I put thermal grease on the CPU
> core, a little slopped over the edge. Could that be doing something?
> Has anyone else had this trouble with this board? Any solutions?

Did you assemble the PC yourself? In that case....
Did you fit the heatsink correctly, there is a chamfered edge that aligns
with the raised portion of the ZIF, (the hinge end)....

More info required for tighter clarification of the problem.

--
Gene P

If your mobo has a 'cpu disconnect' bios feature, turn that on. And install
the latest bios btw.

rms

have you jumpered the voltages correctly? is the CPU recognized correctly?

"Naj" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I am having a serious issue with my new computer (ASUS A7N8X Deluxe,
> AMD Barton 2500+, Thermaltake Volcano 11 HSF, 2x256mb PC2700 RAM, 300W
> power supply, GeForce Ti4200 64mb, 20GB WD Hard Drive, 56x CD-ROM, 8x
> Burner). At boot, my Bios is registering my CPU at 75 degrees Celcius,
> which is somethign like 160 degrees Farenheit. This is completely
> ridiculous, there is not even an operating system installed, so there
> is nothing that should be pushing my CPU to those temps. The only
> thing I can think of is that when I put thermal grease on the CPU
> core, a little slopped over the edge. Could that be doing something?
> Has anyone else had this trouble with this board? Any solutions?

I put the heatsink on as instructed, but I will check that out. But
why would the temp be so high on boot, I literally check as soon as I
turn the conputer on.

4 seconds is all you have to fry it, lets say, if you had no cooling on it
"Naj" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I put the heatsink on as instructed, but I will check that out. But
> why would the temp be so high on boot, I literally check as soon as I
> turn the conputer on.

Ok,
My heatsink was mounted backwards, I turned it around, and my temp is
now hovering around 60 degress C (after about 5 mins in BIOS). Is this
normal for a non-oc Barton 2500? I was expecting that I might get up
to this temp once I overclocked to a 2800. Any thoughts?