TBird 850 running too hot

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TBird 850 on ASUS A7V-133 (not OC'd....yet)
PSU=300w
256MB RAM @ 133

Problem: according to the 'ASUS Probe' software that monitors the temps, I'm running too hot!! Idle temps are 55C and load temps are 59C. When I check the BIOS temp immediately after a load test, it will read roughly 10C below what the software reports. However, this requires a restart in which the temp will drop some. Booting up into WIN2K and checking the ASUS probe shows 55C. I'm not overclocking...yet, and won't until this is resolved. I am cooling with a dual orb and a case fan directly over hsf pushing about 40cfm with a complimentary exhaust. Are these accurate readings or do I need a better temp monitor? If a better temp monitor is needed, which and where do I get it? Thanks to the vets that can help.

[Fiz]

The -10' temp is correct, there is a prob with asus probe in that it reports the temp by about 10' to high, so you are probably really running at 49'C under load which is ok, little warm but nothing that's gonna kill the proc.

Fiz

[bruce]

D-A-N-G! that's hot!! I just got a new 850 and am running 31 Idle and 46 under a full load! and that's with the stock (aka crappy!) HSF, I use Mother Board Monitor 5, and my board came with a VIA temp utility that I don't use, but most just report to windows what your bois is monitoring, I like MBM 5's ability to make a log file and it has many other features too (get it at www.tweakfiles.com ), don't know what to tell you about cooling it more, are you using good thermal paste? It can make a big difference, I like artic silver, a thin layer does wonders! also a buddy of mine told me rain and other cpu cooler progs. don't play nice with athlons, don't know for sure...

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Thanks for the info... I will check that out tonight. As far as the thermal paste, this is what I did: First and foremost, I peeled that crappy TIM or thermal tape off of the hsf. My experiences have shown a 5C change for the better right off the top when I went from thermal tape to paste. I don't see why anyone would use that bubblegum garbage anyways. Then I took a dremmel with a brush wheel and fanned the contact side of the hsf. Then I took the polishing wheel and made it REALLY shiny!! The paste was then applied lightly and seated snug to the cpu. I am using the dual orb, to which I am not as impressed as I had hoped. The fans are 4500rpm and they appear to be facing each other (seems to be counter-productive). Oh well. I have a design with a heat sink company out of Austin to extrude a copper plate into what looks like really thick hair. I have VERY high hopes for this because of the massive area covered. Oh yeah, this will also have a mounting bridge for a 7Krpm fan on a riser just abov the copper hair-doo. :) We'll see!!