Aren't Alphas Supposed to be good??

[SharkyTM]

OK,
Here's my problem... i have a tbird AXIA 1.2 266 bus... I just removed the HSF and processor to clean the mobo... put it back in, and.... Here's the specs first im running it in a kt7a-raid board, with an aplha pal6035 and a delta. I've got the delta sucking air out of the heatsink. Now, the problem... The FSB is at 133, no overclock. Im running 118 to 120 f (46-48C) IDLE>>>>>>>>>> what the Fukk..... ive used arctic silver, and lapped the heatsink... used to get below 40C under prime95 loads...... what'd i do wrong this time? too much silver? I found a chip out of the die's corner, but it still runs no problem... just hot. I wont turn the computer on again until i can figure out the problem

SharkyTM

Forgot to mention... room temp is like 86F...... fukkin dorms with no A/C....
Shark

 

[MsNath]

Turn your fan around so it is blowing. I found my temps dropped with a blowing fan.

 

[It_The_Cow]

It may be the room temperature. Since its nearing summer, temperatures are going to go up, therefore, your heatsink won't be able to cool as much as it could before

 

[klosters64a]

The PAL-6035 is an excellent HS. However, even with a Delta 38, it's not up to drawing ~61 Watts of heat away from the T-Bird fast enough. I'd try an Alpha PEP-66, modded to run vertically(no sweat) with the Delta 38. There are a plethora of Socket A specific HSF's, Alpha isn't the only way to go.

 

[SharkyTM]

well.... i'll eat my own words... Alpha's are great...

I re-seated the HS, and re-applied AS2. Room temp:90 CPU Temp; IDLE: 94 Prime95 Torture Test after 3 hours: 111.... i dont know of many heatsinks that can keep a processor at 4F above ambient....... WOW!!

SharkyTM