Ok, I reseated my heatsink and that seemes to bring the temp down from
75 to 60-65 C after a few minutes of booting and just sitting in the
BIOS. This still seems high to me, as the system temp is around 30 C.
I thnk maybe I am not doing the whole heatsink thing right. I applied
a layer of thermal grease to the CPU die and then put the HSF on. AM I
missing somethign here? Again, here are my system's specs:
AMD Barton 2500+
ASUS A7N8X Deluxe
Thermaltake Volcano 11 HSF
WD 20 GB HDD
2x256mp Kingston PC2700 RAM
GeForce4 Ti4200
300W Power supply
Thanks again.

> Ok, I reseated my heatsink and that seemes to bring the temp down from
> 75 to 60-65 C after a few minutes of booting and just sitting in the
> BIOS. This still seems high to me, as the system temp is around 30 C.
> I thnk maybe I am not doing the whole heatsink thing right. I applied
> a layer of thermal grease to the CPU die and then put the HSF on. AM I
> missing somethign here? Again, here are my system's specs:
> AMD Barton 2500+
> ASUS A7N8X Deluxe
> Thermaltake Volcano 11 HSF
> WD 20 GB HDD
> 2x256mp Kingston PC2700 RAM
> GeForce4 Ti4200
> 300W Power supply
> Thanks again.

Two things:

First - Why start a new thread for the same subject?!
Second - Why crosspost to so many groups?! Everyone now has to crosspost
reply because we don't know which group you are reading from!

Steve

he also said that the chip IS NOT being recognized properly...

"Naj" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Ok, I reseated my heatsink and that seemes to bring the temp down from
> 75 to 60-65 C after a few minutes of booting and just sitting in the
> BIOS. This still seems high to me, as the system temp is around 30 C.
> I thnk maybe I am not doing the whole heatsink thing right. I applied
> a layer of thermal grease to the CPU die and then put the HSF on. AM I
> missing somethign here? Again, here are my system's specs:
> AMD Barton 2500+
> ASUS A7N8X Deluxe
> Thermaltake Volcano 11 HSF
> WD 20 GB HDD
> 2x256mp Kingston PC2700 RAM
> GeForce4 Ti4200
> 300W Power supply
> Thanks again.

(E-Mail Removed) (Naj) said:
news:(E-Mail Removed):

> Ok, I reseated my heatsink and that seemes to bring the temp down from
> 75 to 60-65 C after a few minutes of booting and just sitting in the
> BIOS. This still seems high to me, as the system temp is around 30 C.
> I thnk maybe I am not doing the whole heatsink thing right. I applied
> a layer of thermal grease to the CPU die and then put the HSF on. AM I
> missing somethign here? Again, here are my system's specs:
> AMD Barton 2500+
> ASUS A7N8X Deluxe
> Thermaltake Volcano 11 HSF
> WD 20 GB HDD
> 2x256mp Kingston PC2700 RAM
> GeForce4 Ti4200
> 300W Power supply
> Thanks again.
>

Try these videos from AMD

http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_869_1073^
6678,00.html

The URL is wrapped, so make sure you copy the whole thing



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"Harry" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 15:31:30 GMT, "jaster" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >
> >"Gene Puhl" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >news:Xns93DEA838C83CDVizor347@192.189.54.177...
> >> (E-Mail Removed) (Naj) said:
> >> news:(E-Mail Removed):
> >>
> >> > Ok, I reseated my heatsink and that seemes to bring the temp down
from
> >> > 75 to 60-65 C after a few minutes of booting and just sitting in the
> >> > BIOS. This still seems high to me, as the system temp is around 30 C.
> >> > I thnk maybe I am not doing the whole heatsink thing right. I applied
> >> > a layer of thermal grease to the CPU die and then put the HSF on. AM
I
> >> > missing somethign here? Again, here are my system's specs:
> >> > AMD Barton 2500+
> >> > ASUS A7N8X Deluxe
> >> > Thermaltake Volcano 11 HSF
> >> > WD 20 GB HDD
> >> > 2x256mp Kingston PC2700 RAM
> >> > GeForce4 Ti4200
> >> > 300W Power supply
> >> > Thanks again.
> >> >
> >>
> >> Try these videos from AMD
> >>
> >>
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_869_1073^
> >> 6678,00.html
> >>
> >> The URL is wrapped, so make sure you copy the whole thing
> >>
> >
> >I noticed with a Volcano 9 using the cpu sensor the cpu fan ran max.
speed
> >and that interfered with the case airflow causing the cpu fan to intake
the
> >hot air it expelled. I dropped the cpu fan speed (for the noise) and the
> >temp decreased slightly. (about 55C at idle, room temp 30C+)
> >
>
> Can you tell me the RPM you settled on. My Volcano 9 cools my CPU to
> 61C. I have reseated it and it only shaved 1C off the temp.
>
> cheers

#$%$%)(&Y newsgroup issues.

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(E-Mail Removed) (Naj) wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed)>...
> Ok, I reseated my heatsink and that seemes to bring the temp down from
> 75 to 60-65 C after a few minutes of booting and just sitting in the
> BIOS. This still seems high to me, as the system temp is around 30 C.
> I thnk maybe I am not doing the whole heatsink thing right. I applied
> a layer of thermal grease to the CPU die and then put the HSF on. AM I
> missing somethign here? Again, here are my system's specs:
> AMD Barton 2500+
> ASUS A7N8X Deluxe
> Thermaltake Volcano 11 HSF
> WD 20 GB HDD
> 2x256mp Kingston PC2700 RAM
> GeForce4 Ti4200
> 300W Power supply
> Thanks again.

Something which hasn't been mentioned in the other posts which might
be worth mentioning:

Did you remove the thermal pad before applying the thermal grease? I
ask this because the thermal pad that ThermalTake uses is a very thin
black material and it's pretty easy to mistake it for some sort of
fancy finish on the heat sink itself. I did this myself on my first
HSF. I slathered a dab of HS compound on top of the CPU and put on
the HSF -- never removed the pad. I didn't even find out that's what
it was until about 2 years later when a buddy helped me pull the CPU
and replace it with something faster. I probably would have gotten
cooler temps if I hadn't left the pad in place.

If you did this too, when you pull off the heatsink and reseat it,
you'll probably rip off chunks of the pad and that will leave a bumpy
mess where the heatsink and cpu meet unless you clean that off first
and reapply the grease.

======================================
Thanks,

MCheu

"Adam Overlag Webb" <(E-Mail Removed)> said:
news:bi7i40$1q4$(E-Mail Removed):

>> expect an AMD CPU to run at about 25C above ambient room temperature, ie:
>> 30C ambient + 25C equals...you guessed it, 55C. I live in Australia, and
> in
>> summer, it's easy for the CPU to sit on 60C idle, when the room temp is
>> like 35C.
>
> theres no WAY a cpu should be 25c over ambient at idle...try full load, im
> never 15c over ambient at full load 24/7

Yeah, whatever....







--
Gene P

"Adam Overlag Webb" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message news:bi7i40$1q4$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > expect an AMD CPU to run at about 25C above ambient room temperature,
ie:
> > 30C ambient + 25C equals...you guessed it, 55C. I live in Australia, and
> in
> > summer, it's easy for the CPU to sit on 60C idle, when the room temp is
> > like 35C.
>
> theres no WAY a cpu should be 25c over ambient at idle...

You're kidding, right? If you run your rig in front of an open window at
winter time, do you really think this still holds true, and that your CPU
might be downright chilly?

The temperature inside the case, or ambient case temperature, if you like,
is more important than the outside ambient temperature.
With the system running idle here (well, me typing this post, plus various
services), the case temperature is 34C and the CPU temperature is 33C, i.e.
slightly lower.

Regards,
--
*Art

>
> Yeah, whatever....
>
>

40c now....25c room temp

XP2500 @ 2300mhz 1.7volts......

yeah...whatever....

--
From Adam Webb, Overlag
http://www.tacticalgamer.com

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> You're kidding, right? If you run your rig in front of an open window at
> winter time, do you really think this still holds true, and that your CPU
> might be downright chilly?
>
> The temperature inside the case, or ambient case temperature, if you like,
> is more important than the outside ambient temperature.
> With the system running idle here (well, me typing this post, plus various
> services), the case temperature is 34C and the CPU temperature is 33C,
i.e.
> slightly lower.
>
> Regards,
> --

joys of water mate.......

but, all my other rigs are withing 20c difference for system / cpu at full
load, at idle it will be at most 8c, but they are never idle...

XP Barton @ 2300, 30c system, 40c cpu
XP 0.13 @ 1580, 43c system, 57c cpu, some silent cooler
XP 0.18 @ 1477, 40c system, 54c cpu, alpha 8045 with standard ystech fan

all full loaded with seti

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From Adam Webb, Overlag
http://www.tacticalgamer.com

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