Originally posted by: goku2100
Do prescotts really run that high?
Originally posted by: alex007
I did everything it said in the instructions , expect i dididnt clean off the thermal grease from when i had the Intel fan. But i aded the thermal grease taht came eith the zalman fan.
Originally posted by: GrandSpleen
Originally posted by: alex007
I did everything it said in the instructions , expect i dididnt clean off the thermal grease from when i had the Intel fan. But i aded the thermal grease taht came eith the zalman fan.
Believe it or not, that could be your problem. You want to apply a rather thin layer of paste -- just enough to cover the area. The initial contact between the heatsink and the proc is the most important, as the purpose of the heat-conducting thermal grease is to fill in the microscopic valleys that exist on the surface of the heatsink. Without that, those pockets would be filled with air, which doesn't conduct the heat as well. If you have a thicker layer of grease, you're not reducing the amount of air that will be conducting heat, but rather increasing the amount of distance between the processor and the heatsink (more layers of paste = more distance), and therefore decreasing contact between the two, effectively lowering the heatsink's capabilities.
That, I imagine could cause your 4° increase.
EDIT: Oops, forgive me for ressurecting this thread. I found it in a search and didn't even look at the date until after I'd posted.
-GS
Originally posted by: alex007
:| It gets me mad. I have a INTEL P4 Presscott precessot with a 1mb of L2 cache. WIth the intel retail cpu fan i got like 46c. I though that was pretty high so i go and buy a very high praised Zalman CNPS7000-CU. You would think that my temp would drop, noooooo, my bios (in my MSI Neo2 PFISR) says my temp is 50c!!. WTF. My case temp is averages 38c. I dont get it. I alredy upgraded my bios to see if there was a problem, but their isnt, still shows the same temp!!! According to my bios i was better off with the intel retail cpu fan. I did everything it said in the instructions , expect i dididnt clean off the thermal grease from when i had the Intel fan. But i aded the thermal grease taht came eith the zalman fan.
PLZ someone, is my temp readign wrong or whats goign on
expect i dididnt clean off the thermal grease from when i had the Intel fan. But i aded the thermal grease taht came eith the zalman fan.
They're not, if at stock speeds, their CPUs start to thermal-throttle, and run at lower than their rated speeds. I think that was the implied caveat there, try adding "... if you want to keep the operating temps during heavy use below those temps that are known to cause throttling." to his statement, see if it makes more sense then. However, if the heatsink is getting very warm, and CPU temps are still too high, then obviously one does need better cooling of the heatsink too. I had that problem with the stock AMD HSF included with my XP1800+. It's an all-Al model, with a wimpy 2500 RPM fan. I replace the fan with a 5200 RPM one off of my old GlobalWin VOS32, and now it stays nice and cool.Originally posted by: Nebor
<BR><BR>You should email Intel immediately. They obviously have no idea what they're doing. :roll:Originally posted by: jhurst<BR>I wouldnt be concerned if my temps were in the 50's idle, but idling in the 60's I think there is a problem. I have an Abit IC7 and a 2.8 (OC'ed to 3.6), and my system idles @ 35C and load 53C. Using the Zalman 7000Cu. <BR><BR>Your temps make me wonder if you have your HSF installed correctly. I would do a just reinstall the CPU/HSF, maybe spend $30 on a Zalman, and $5 on some AS5, reinstall everything, and don't worry about temps. The stock Intel HSF is not adequate IMO for heavy CPU use. My load temps would reach 67-68C with the stock HSF. I know the CPU is rated to run up to like 75-80C or w/e b4 it starts doing its clock-throttling business, but I still don't like seeing the temps that high.