What the h3ll is wrong???!!!!

[hyperbob]

Okay this has been happening for the past week.
The room temp is 76F
I have the side panel off
I am have gone back down to my default 1.4GHz
Everything seems to be running without problems.
My CPU is loading at 43C - 45C at default speed!:mad:
2 weeks ago it was loading at 44C at 1.6GHz
What is wrong?
I have an SK6 with a Delta 38CFM & ASII
I am going insane because I can no longer overclock with this type of heat! What is wrong?:confused: Is the heatsink messed up? PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Morphoius]

Even with the case sides off, make sure that cool air is making it to your CPU. Might want to take a larger fan and blow it into your case.

[JetMech]

Originally posted by hyperbob
Okay this has been happening for the past week.
The room temp is 76F
I have the side panel off
I am have gone back down to my default 1.4GHz
Everything seems to be running without problems.
My CPU is loading at 43C - 45C at default speed!:mad:
2 weeks ago it was loading at 44C at 1.6GHz
What is wrong?
I have an SK6 with a Delta 38CFM & ASII
I am going insane because I can no longer overclock with this type of heat! What is wrong?:confused: Is the heatsink messed up? PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!! Sound to me like the heat is not transfering into the heatsink properly. Either that or you still have your voltage set high.

[JML]

Have you been moving the case around at all? Perhaps the HSF isn't sitting as well as it was before.

[hyperbob]

I've moved the case a bit, not too much. What should I do to the heatsink?

[William]

dust in your heatsink?

I would also try the suggestion of testing the seating and see if it is still good.

[Warlord2]

try reseating it and maybe lapping
are you using artic silver?

[lennytiger]

it is possible that when you move the heatsink it becomes slightly disattached (is that right??) from the cpu core the way to stop this is to use arctic silver epoxy this way it will stick to the cpu core.

[The Overclocker]

take your heatsink off, look on the bottel, check there are no deep bits of artick silver, if there are your core or heatsink could be uneven, another problem could be too much artic silver, go to the website and see how to apply it properly

[UnseenMenace]

Originally posted by lennytiger
it is possible that when you move the heatsink it becomes slightly disattached (is that right??) from the cpu core the way to stop this is to use arctic silver epoxy this way it will stick to the cpu core.

This is the simple way to ruin both the heatsink and CPU, what happens when you upgrade your processor?.. you will be required to but a new heatsink, not a very good idea at all imho

[lennytiger]

oh yeah I should have set that in my last post, failing that just reseat heatsink and see what happens..

[hyperbob]

hmmm maybe a bit too much ASII
When I first finished puting the ASII on the core I put the heatsink on the core to see if it made good contact. When I lifted it up to see if there was ASII stuck on the bottom, there was some extra ASII outlining the core's shape. I haven't removed it since then. If I reseat the heatsink do I need to reapply the ASII?

[JetMech]

Originally posted by hyperbob
hmmm maybe a bit too much ASII
When I first finished puting the ASII on the core I put the heatsink on the core to see if it made good contact. When I lifted it up to see if there was ASII stuck on the bottom, there was some extra ASII outlining the core's shape. I haven't removed it since then. If I reseat the heatsink do I need to reapply the ASII? Just to be on the safe side everytime I disturb the contact between hsf and cpu I clean and reapply. That way you always know how much is there. Find the right way to do it and do it the same way every time. That logic works in manufacturing and I think it will work here.:)