- Joined
- Mar 1, 2002
- Location
- Texas
My machine continually overheats and locks up at anything over 48C. I've done everything sensible that I can to try and fix this, but nothing is working. I'm posting this now because 1) I leave to go back to college soon and I need this fixed within the next 18 hours, and 2) it's 4:30am, only natural.
-I've applied and reapplied the Artic Alumina I have to two different heatsinks. One had a thermal parafin wax pad which melted into the heatsink, and now none of the particles in the paste can get down into the "cracks". I'm guess that's why the one heatsink doesn't do it's job very well.
-Rearranged cables in my case. With just a single harddrive, I could idle at about 41C. After adding everything else, cards/drives/cables, it hit 43C. That's an improvement over the regular 44C.
-Switched fans. I know that a 7000RPM fan would do the trick, the 5000 I have on it now just doesn't push enough air through. I ordered a 6Cu+ with a 7000RPM fan from Newegg a few days ago, but of course, they sent me the wrong part - a 6Cu, only 5000 RPM. Can I step up the voltage without ruining the fan? I imagine I can, I'm just checking.
-Took the side of the case off. This actually hurt airflow and got my chip to idle at 45C.
So, there. That's all that I know to do without putting a giant floor fan on it (like I have right now). I hope someone has a suggestion, because I'm all out of ideas.
-I've applied and reapplied the Artic Alumina I have to two different heatsinks. One had a thermal parafin wax pad which melted into the heatsink, and now none of the particles in the paste can get down into the "cracks". I'm guess that's why the one heatsink doesn't do it's job very well.
-Rearranged cables in my case. With just a single harddrive, I could idle at about 41C. After adding everything else, cards/drives/cables, it hit 43C. That's an improvement over the regular 44C.
-Switched fans. I know that a 7000RPM fan would do the trick, the 5000 I have on it now just doesn't push enough air through. I ordered a 6Cu+ with a 7000RPM fan from Newegg a few days ago, but of course, they sent me the wrong part - a 6Cu, only 5000 RPM. Can I step up the voltage without ruining the fan? I imagine I can, I'm just checking.
-Took the side of the case off. This actually hurt airflow and got my chip to idle at 45C.
So, there. That's all that I know to do without putting a giant floor fan on it (like I have right now). I hope someone has a suggestion, because I'm all out of ideas.