1.2GHz to HOT?

[NoYaDe]

I am running a new 1.2GHz (266fsb) on a A7A266 board.(Not OC)I am using a Swiftech MC370-0A heatsink and Arctic Silver II but get temp reading of 56*C/132*F from my BIOS with the case open and a room temp of about 74*F. I have 2 fans running in the case but they dont seem to help with the temp. I have seen the temp of the 1.2GHz get up to 60*C or maybe even higher while playing games all with the case open. I dont want to know what it will get to with the case closed.:eek: I have updated my Bios and have checked my heatsink and processor but cant find anything wrong. Is this temp normal with this processor and heatsink or am i doing something wrong?

[wildbilly2k]

make sure you heatsink is touching the core and are you using and thermal grease or articsilver 2. maybe throw 2 more 80 mm in there and see what that does

[NoYaDe]

Thinking it might be little air movement in the case i opened it up and took a room fan and pointed it directly into the case and got a cpu temp reading of 54*C.:confused: So i dont know what to think. Im using ASII.

[wildbilly2k]

well what hsf do you have cause i have the one that came with my chip and i get high reading like you but i dont use artic silver 2

[TranceBear]

Originally posted by NoYaDe
Thinking it might be little air movement in the case i opened it up and took a room fan and pointed it directly into the case and got a cpu temp reading of 54*C.:confused: So i dont know what to think. Im using ASII.

Did you apply the AS-2 correctly? It only takes a very thin coating of it. Is the heatsink seating correctly? It is very easy to install a H/S incorrectly. The case fans you have what size are they and where are they located in your case?

[Hugo 59]

I don't think this is the main problem, but what is your voltage set at? I know on my Iwill board that the board gives it some extra juice if it's set to default (1.75) it will actually get about 1.82. I think this is pretty commen on a lot of boards I went in and had to set mine at 1.6something for it to run at 1.75. Lowering the voltage will cool the chip at least a little.

I have the same HSF on 1.33 that is oced and my full load temps are around 49C and thats with an ambient of about 28C. check to make sure that its seated properly with a very thin layer of ASII. To much ASII is worse than using the pad that comes with it.

Other then that I don't know what to tell you.

Good Luck with it.

[Sl1m1thy]

Dont be alarmed here i had the same problem a couple of months back, only mine was running at 80-90c but i got it down to a cool 43c.
All i needed was a small amount of thermal paste and hey presto!!!
You can pick up a small tube for around £1.30
Let me know how you get on :)

[NoYaDe]

I checked the heatsink seating and tried to put a thinner layer of ASII and ran the processor again with little change in the temp. My friend gave me the no name heatsink that came with his AMD 1.4GHz so i decided to give it a try. What i got was 50-51*C much better then the 56*C i was getting from my Swiftech MC370-0A heatsink. Do you think that the mounting system, that holds the Swiftech MC370-0A on the processor, is not holding the heatsink tight enough to the processor because the no name heatsink that came with the AMD 1.4 snaps down pretty hard? Or do you think the 4-spacer pads on the processor are keeping the Swiftech heatsink from pressing on the core hard enough keeping it from transferring heat well?

[TranceBear]

Originally posted by NoYaDe
I checked the heatsink seating and tried to put a thinner layer of ASII and ran the processor again with little change in the temp. My friend gave me the no name heatsink that came with his AMD 1.4GHz so i decided to give it a try. What i got was 50-51*C much better then the 56*C i was getting from my Swiftech MC370-0A heatsink. Do you think that the mounting system, that holds the Swiftech MC370-0A on the processor, is not holding the heatsink tight enough to the processor because the no name heatsink that came with the AMD 1.4 snaps down pretty hard? Or do you think the 4-spacer pads on the processor are keeping the Swiftech heatsink from pressing on the core hard enough keeping it from transferring heat well?


The 4 black spacer pads are there to not ruin your CPU die when installing your heatsink, keep them.

[AZZKICKER]

contact swiftech and see if they have a SOCKETA clip

i think i read something about oe somewhere