Heat issues with the 1.33Ghz T-bird....

[Steve]

I just put this system together a couple of weeks ago and only now am I realizing that I need better cooling.... seeing that I just put this together and I don't exactly want to run out and buy a new fan but it might come to that.... I've heard alot about Artic Silver.... just wondering... how good is that stuff.... how much of a temperature difference would this make? When I oc just a bit (133x10.5=1400) I boot up to windows at around 45C ... this cools off to a comfy ~35C but occasionally (presently it has become almost all the time) Windows locks up during this period of cooling down to sub-40C..... do I need a better fan? actic silver? a Koolance case :D or both the new case and artic silver..... :)

[diehrd]

That temp Is not high enough I feel to cause a lock up.

My 1.2 AXIA runs at 9x150 Stable as a stone at a max temp of 48c.I use a pal 6035 with Artic silver

[Rob Cork]

Heat is not the issue here, unless your temps are being badly misreported by the in-socket thermistor. If the KT7a has the same design thermistor as the KT7, you should bend it upwards in the socket so that it is pushed down by the cpu when you insert it. This ensures that it is actually contacting the cpu, which ought to make it more accurate.

I would look elsewhere for the problem though - heat would cause it to lock up when it gets hot, not when it's cooling down. I suppose the psu could be the problem (the psu can always be the problem), or it could be the RAM if you're using cheap generic stuff.

PS I assume with those temps that you're using thermal paste of some description, in which case arctic silver will porbably give you a slight temp drop, but not enough to improve stability. I'd still use it though - it can't hurt to keep the cpu cooler :-)

[cookedcomp]

don't worry the duron i got keeps ticking at 1.35 at 59C
i'm sure that that is a volatge prob, not a heat problem

[Hoot]

You are running an unstable OC setup. When you are one or two steps over the line, it is not uncommon to see the system hang once the halt-on-idle kicks in. The voltages all bounce, due to a sudden change in current demand at that point. Your PSU is probably working near its maximum potential. It is only a matter of coincidence that this is also the point when the temp is falling. You didn't say what wattage your PSU was, or what core and I/O voltage you are running at. Trust me on this. I had the exact same problem until I upgraded my PSU to a 400W unit. As a work around, try playing with the core and I/O voltages a little bit.

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