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EluSiOn

Member
Joined
Oct 31, 2002
Location
SC, USA
Here is my story....

3 weeks ago, I mess up my Epox 8RDA+ mobo due to a bad soldering job. Then I bought another Epox 8RDA as replacement. Because I tried to get my system up again ASAP and I did a terrible job mounting my White Water Block, The CPU Temp rise 4c~6c higher than it was before. At first I thought it was the new mobo got faulty temp sensor or lousy bios temp reading, However, soon I discover I have system overheat problem (automatic shutdow at random).

Today I got my RAMSINK and 40mm FAN and I was doing the VDD Mod with SMD Grabber and also putting the RAMSINKs onto the MOSFETs and my GF4 card. This time I paid extra attention on mounting my White Water (by following the WW manual) and now I am running at 11.5x224mhz = 2576mhz @ Vcore 1.975v

CPU Temp idle: 31c
CPU Temp load: 35c
Ambient Temp: 25c
Water Temp idle: 26c
Water Temp load: 27c

Before my CPU Temp load would go as high as 41c!
 
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