- Feb 22, 2003
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Hello everyone,
Got my nice new system up and running:
Abit IC7 Max3
2.8 ghz P4
2 x 512 Corsair XMS Pc-3700
Enermax 465W power supply
SLK-947U w/ Smart fan 2
36GB Raptor (10K drive)
yada yada yada...
I've reset /cleaned/re-applied everything 2x already and the problem persists. IN the bios the temperature reads 50C idle and shoots up to 80+ C as soon as something intensive happens..this is @ stock everything. no prior O/C...The AS ceramique is applied on both the IHS and the Base of the Heat sink...the smart fan 2 is blowing @ full speed into the HS and the ventilation is great (i.e. a strong current of cool air from front to back...the dead zone around the cpu is covered by the intake fan of the Power supply...i.e. everything is perfect it seems)....sadly this overheating problem is still occuring. nothign seems to fix it...could it be that the HSF is pressed TOO tightly to the processor? i went to thermalright's site and twisted the screws to an identical degree(basically until the screws refuse to turn anymore)...
So what could be the problem? faulty reading from motherboard, too tight HSF, broken processor...i'm really starting to get frustrated since this was my *dream system* and its being a pain
Any and all ideas would gladly be appreciated...outside of re-applying the ceramique (no WAY i'm reseating everything!)
[Edit] Also i have CPU : Throttling in the Bios set to 25% so i.e. when the system is overheating the CPu should throttle down..no sign of this happening...so is it really bios or does it truly sound like a hardware problem...thank you everyone yet again!
Got my nice new system up and running:
Abit IC7 Max3
2.8 ghz P4
2 x 512 Corsair XMS Pc-3700
Enermax 465W power supply
SLK-947U w/ Smart fan 2
36GB Raptor (10K drive)
yada yada yada...
I've reset /cleaned/re-applied everything 2x already and the problem persists. IN the bios the temperature reads 50C idle and shoots up to 80+ C as soon as something intensive happens..this is @ stock everything. no prior O/C...The AS ceramique is applied on both the IHS and the Base of the Heat sink...the smart fan 2 is blowing @ full speed into the HS and the ventilation is great (i.e. a strong current of cool air from front to back...the dead zone around the cpu is covered by the intake fan of the Power supply...i.e. everything is perfect it seems)....sadly this overheating problem is still occuring. nothign seems to fix it...could it be that the HSF is pressed TOO tightly to the processor? i went to thermalright's site and twisted the screws to an identical degree(basically until the screws refuse to turn anymore)...
So what could be the problem? faulty reading from motherboard, too tight HSF, broken processor...i'm really starting to get frustrated since this was my *dream system* and its being a pain
Any and all ideas would gladly be appreciated...outside of re-applying the ceramique (no WAY i'm reseating everything!)
[Edit] Also i have CPU : Throttling in the Bios set to 25% so i.e. when the system is overheating the CPu should throttle down..no sign of this happening...so is it really bios or does it truly sound like a hardware problem...thank you everyone yet again!