oops, I ran my 2.4c without fan and it worked!

[neptunefix]

I wanted to also point out that my 2.4c ran without the fan on the stock heatsink for a few hours before I realized there was no fan going. The Winbound hardware doctor read me at 70C. I replugged in the fan and now it's reading between 50 to 58C @ 205FSB depending on how stressed the system is. My system temp stays at around 32C. This with a steel miniATX case that has one 92mm fan blowing out. Plus, I live in the deep south. I don't know how accurate the temp readings are, but I do know my system did not crash. So, for a reference point, I know I can overclock to the point of it getting to read 70C in hw doctor. It's a very snappy system. Should be a breeze to get a very quiet setup using a Zalman 7000 and removing my case fan. Did I just get a good chip, or what's the deal?

 

[beatle]

Thermal throttling = :heart:

 

[jar5tyle]

Wow, that's crazy... I'd think your computer would at least crash or get errors... A few hours you say? was it under full load or just idle?

I think it was tomshardware that had a video in which they took off the heatsinks to a couple pentium4's and a p3 under full load, nothing really serious happend, just some errors....

 

[apac]

lol. I tried that with my first athlon xp

 

[bacillus]

Originally posted by: apac
lol. I tried that with my first athlon xp

my condolences!

 

[modedepe]

p4's downclock themselves if their temp gets too high.

 

[apac]

Originally posted by: bacillus

Originally posted by: apac
lol. I tried that with my first athlon xp

my condolences!

A lesson well learned at $70

 

[arcenite]

Originally posted by: apac
lol. I tried that with my first athlon xp

lmao

 

[Auric]

Huzzah for TT

 

[neptunefix]

I think I'm also lucky to get 420mhz @ 2-6-3-3 timings out of my Geil Golden Dragons as well as good quiet performance out of my $27 sparkle power supply. I hear so many RMA nightmares.

 

[0roo0roo]

yea thermal throttling, kinda neat.

and a tip about giel mem.
http://www.dansdata.com/quickshot002.htm

 

[SexyK]

lol, its funny how everyone used to slam Intel for having hardware throttling. Interesting how times change.

 

[Pocatello]

My dead Athlon XP1600+ never had a chance :brokenheart:

 

[neptunefix]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
yea thermal throttling, kinda neat.

and a tip about giel mem.
http://www.dansdata.com/quickshot002.htm

Okay, that kinda worries me for when I add the 2nd GEIL chip to my system. Hopefully I will be able to run simillar timings as I'm running now.

 

[Slogun]

Yea, and I think he said he DID still have the heatsink on.

Two years ago I had just bought the 1.4 thunderbird, at the time the fastest (read:hottest/most expensive) AMD CPU.

Thought I was doing something good adding a shim to it, when I turned it on, it burned out in about 3 seconds.
Don't know if it shorted out or prevented contact between HSF and the die.

 

[neptunefix]

Yes, ofcourse I had the heatsink on. I felt stupid for not noticing the fan disconnected. Anyhow, I have not seen any documentation stating my 2.4c throttles down.. That would sorta contradict the temperature shut off setting.

 

[ElFenix]

pentium 4s have clock throttling.

the AXP i'm using atm i didn't plug the fan back in and it got to 85 C before i noticed

 

[DannyBoy]

Originally posted by: neptunefix
So, for a reference point, I know I can overclock to the point of it getting to read 70C in hw doctor.

With the same cooling as before, overlcocking that chip should not increase the temp of the chip by more than 2 degrees even with voltage changes.


If it does I would be worried...

 

[Ionizer86]

Just curious, how's the throttling on AMD's now? My EPoX 8RDA+ bios has options for throttling the clock speed down, for warning temperature, and for shutdown temperature.

My guess is that if the temps slowly rise (say, a fan failure), it'll throttle and possibly eventually shut down, but if I take the hsf off, it'll fry immediately.

Anyone else know? Anyone else have experience with bios warning temps, shutoff temps etc?

 

[Mikesta]

Did you put thermal paste on the core any ways? It must be a lucky chip or the HS you are using is really good or are you using it?

 

[neptunefix]

The heatsink has a thermal pad on it. The fan was just not plugged in. I hate having to repeat this. After installing XP, I noticed it ran hot and that's when I noticed my mistake. This was not an intentional thing. I think my new spawn of satan kittens possibly got into my case when it was open and yanked the fan power wire off the jumpers.