Too much heat

I just upgraded to the sys in sig and I am having way too much heat. I am running 54-60C idle and quicky get into the 70's with any of the stress tests. I just ordered one of these http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835103026 and two of these http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835129030.
However, I need some help from those of you with a Gigabyte P35-S3L mobo. I don't seem to be able to get the proper settings in MIT (motherboard intelligent tweaker) from BIOS. I can't seem to get to the manual settings for mem timings. I tried flashing the BIOS but I get an error after reading the new BIOS from the floppy. Tried several times. Also how do I find the current BIOS revision?

0. What program are you using to measure temps? Does it display "CPU temp" or "core 0 and Core 1" ?

1. Re-seat heatsink - your delta from idle to load is ok, however it would eliminate a bad seating.

2. Make sure you apply thermal paste the right way. (1 grain of rice)

3. You mobo might be having issues - re-set battery and try configuring for lower voltages or at least try getting stock settings.

4. Update BIOS if you can - some older BIOS rev.'s can cause over-heating.

5. Disable "CPU Spread Spectrum"

Let me know what you can acheive!

-D



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This is the proper way to apply thermal compound (thin line down the middle)
http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0geu_MB0...f/appinstruct/as5/ins_as5_intel_dual_wcap.pdf

To access your memory timings, you need to press CTRL+F1 in the MAIN BIOS screen. The screen will flicker briefly then go into MIT and enable the DRAM Timing Table setting (can't recall exactly what it is called).....

diaz said:

0. What program are you using to measure temps? Does it display "CPU temp" or "core 0 and Core 1" ?

1. Re-seat heatsink - your delta from idle to load is ok, however it would eliminate a bad seating.

2. Make sure you apply thermal paste the right way. (1 grain of rice)

3. You mobo might be having issues - re-set battery and try configuring for lower voltages or at least try getting stock settings.

4. Update BIOS if you can - some older BIOS rev.'s can cause over-heating.

5. Disable "CPU Spread Spectrum"

Let me know what you can acheive!

-D



5.

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1. I am pretty certain my hs is okay, but the new cooler will be here in a couple days.
2. I used the size of 1 rice grain and spread it with a credit card (very thin, even coverage.)
3. I will try a re-set tonight.
4. Need help here, as stated I was unable to flash BIOS, got a check error after reading the floppy from QFlash.
5. Didn't see this option in BIOS but will look for it again tonight.

GTengineer said:

This is the proper way to apply thermal compound (thin line down the middle)
http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0geu_MB0...f/appinstruct/as5/ins_as5_intel_dual_wcap.pdf

To access your memory timings, you need to press CTRL+F1 in the MAIN BIOS screen. The screen will flicker briefly then go into MIT and enable the DRAM Timing Table setting (can't recall exactly what it is called).....

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I read that in one of your other posts and I tried it but it doesn't work. It continues to post and load into Windows, leading me to believe I don't have the same BIOS you're referring to.

Thanks,

danzio said:

I read that in one of your other posts and I tried it but it doesn't work. It continues to post and load into Windows, leading me to believe I don't have the same BIOS you're referring to.

Thanks,

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you need to do it INSIDE the main BIOS (blue) screen, so press delete to enter BIOS and then do CTRL+F1 before you go to MIT

GTengineer said:

you need to do it INSIDE the main BIOS (blue) screen, so press delete to enter BIOS and then do CTRL+F1 before you go to MIT

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Gotcha! I'll try that when I get home.. Thanks