Urgent Help Required !!!

[Onichan]

Hey guys,

I have a Flipchip PIII 700 (100mhz fsb) that was running at 933.
I'm using a QDI Advance 9 board, with no problems, until today...
I'm using a golden orb cooler, + 2 fans in my case.

Standard running temp was 27 deg C. O/C resulted in a temp rise to 32 deg c.
great I thought..... now, when I boot my pc, biso reports a temp of around 30 deg.....

get into windows and MBM 5 says the core is running at 71 deg c........

**yikes**
but to touch, the heatsink is cold...
am I gonna screw my chip if I continue running my system like this ?????
or are the temp readings from mbm 5 wrong ???
my system ambient temp is 23...

if I reset my pc, and look in bios again, the temp is nearer to 30 - 35.....
I doubt the heat would dissipate in the time it takes to reset a system.......
So i'm confused... any help you could offer would be great...

[Tim-]

The heatsink can cool off awfully fast when the system shuts down. Many times when the cpu seems hot, but the heatsink is cool, it means that the heatsink isn't making good contact with the cpu die. Make sure it's seated well, and squarely on top of the die. A very thin layer of thermal compound is advised as well. Some of the less expensive thermal grease may tend to dry up over time also, and only a fresh application will cure the situation.

[LutaWicasa]

I've seen several other posts(elsewhere) that have been reporting some really wrong reads in MBM and to a lesser extent Sandra. I would trust the bios temps even with the poss that the chip could cooldown that quickly. Have you tried other soft monitoring progs?

[Onichan]

Tim,

I checked my heatsink connections... they appear to be fine....but I reseated it just in case. my pc hasn't moved, and yet now, I am looking at a core temp of 74 deg c...
yet I have no system instability, or anything else I would relate to such a high temp....
am I looking at a fried chip ?

[Onichan]

Even after resetting my chip to standard and it runs at 73 deg.. (or so it says) any more ideas ?