HOW THE HECK??

[human2k]

My 1GHZ@1.2GHZ with a cheap Volcano 6C HSF use to reach full load at 50C, now ever since I installed a SOund Blaster LIve 5.1 sound card and disabled the onboard sound I'm maxing out at 56C!!!!!!!! ANy ideas??

sis config:

MSI K7T266PRO-2
256MB crucial pc2100
1ghz t-bird@1.2ghz with volcano 6C
geforce 2 gts-v 32mb ddr
seagate 40gb 7.2krpm
sounblaster live 5.1

 

[bjc112]

if u switch back does it go to 50 again...

and if it is stable... don't even bother... Athlons can take the heat

 

[human2k]

Havn't done that, kinda busy at the moment (Mid terms =(), but it still runs pretty stable.

 

[AluminumStudios]

DId the SB software install any software that stays resident (system tray utilities, menus that appear when the cursor is over certain parts of the screen, etc)? They may be preventing your CPU from idleing if they are doing constant houskeeping and garbage.

There was this one other dude who had voice recognition software installed and he didn't even know it was running. I know it's unlikely, but something like that would certianly keep the CPU running.

What's your OS? If you are using 2000/XP go into task manager and see if there are any programs that seem to have used a lot of CPU time.

 

[wars]

hmmmm....i don't think an app would cause the additional heat...as u said...full load it was running at 50C. So i'm figuring you might've jarred the hsf when you installed the card causing uneven heat transfer across the die. Reseat the heatsink and see how you do.

wars