strange temps with v9 .. help

sirtoby · Jan 12, 2003

Ok.. here's the deal.. I recently purchased a TT Volcano9 cooler.. as I wanted a budget cooler that still would have decent performance..

Now, the problwm is that it's basically not any cooler (compared to the stock cooler) with the V9..

I'm getting temps ranging from 44-50 C (depending on idle-load) and that seems to be very high temps for a Tbred .. any ideas?

I've tried reseating the heatsink and I have applied a thin layer of AS3.. only thing I could think of now is to lap the heatsink and see what kind of results I get.. but I'm not too excited about sandpapering my heatsink.. plus if I do that I have to cash out for the sandpaper..

sirtoby · Jan 12, 2003

What I'm saying is with other words.. my temps have only dropped like 1-2 C compared to the stock cooler.. and I would think that the V9 is better than that?

jlin453 · Jan 12, 2003

I would think lapping would help, depending on the condition of the base. If you can run your fingers over it and feel the ridges,then you should lap the heatsink.

btw, sandpaper is only a couple of bucks

sirtoby · Jan 12, 2003

Yeah I know.. hehe.. guess if I can't come up with any other reason I'll go and buy some sandpaper and get mad..

sirtoby · Jan 12, 2003

anyways.. what kind of confused me is the fact that

a) it should be a better heatsink .. more fins and a copper base
b) it has a high speed/high cfm fan

and still it's not really that much cooler.. and that surprised me..

lazerin · Jan 13, 2003

Check out this thread. There's a mod for the volcano 9 that might help improve your temps. Have a read.

By the way, i got a sheet of 600grit 3M wet & dry for $0.45AUD

husky_ky · Jan 13, 2003

Saw 3 sheets of 600 grit + 3 sheets 300 grit, wet'n'dry, AU$2

sirtoby · Jan 13, 2003

Another thing that I think is rather strange is that if I boot into windows in only a couple of minutes the temp goes up like 5-6 C although the CPU should be idling?

lazerin · Jan 13, 2003

Do your case temps also rise during this time? If so, it is due to the higher overal case temp that is caused by the acitivity in your hdd and video card etc.

sirtoby · Jan 13, 2003

No.. I haven't noticed any increase in case temps..

sirtoby · Jan 13, 2003

should perhaps mention that I haven't updated my sig.. so the CPU is running @ 1.95 GHz and at 1.85 V.. would want to reach 10x200 tho.. only at 10x195 now..

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