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- Mar 19, 2001
Well I've finally managed to get my system up and running w/ the Swifty 462 on here. After UPS took 6897 years to "deliver" (I had to pick it up just to get it AFTER they said it would be delivered) it, I ran into a few hiccups. All seems to be well now, barring that it didn't give me quite the temp decrease over the Fop38 I was hoping for...
...Last night I unhooked everything in my system and got the mobo out. My case is a mid-tower Antec so this HSF is a pain in the *** in that in mounts to the mobo. I installed exactly how Swiftech recommended, although not putting as much thought into making sure each screw was mounted correctly and evenly. I did use the shoulder grounding washers this first time. Also, when I had the proc out, I cleaned the core w/ rubbing alcohol and the ceramic w/ orange citrus degreaser as I read to do on Artic Silver's instruction page.
Now before w/ the Fop38 I ran my 800 Bird for over a month now at 10x100+. So you can imagine my horror when upon booting I couldn't even reach Windows w/ a multiplyer of 10! After removing the HS and checking my L1's, which I thought were OK w/ my conductive ink unlock, I again booted. This time I couldn't even use a multiplyer of 9.5, which worked before. After posting about this on some forums, I gave up and watched NYPD Blue.
This morning I got up at 8, and having to be at work at 10 wasn't even going to mess w/ it until this aftenoon. But I decided to give it another crack. I removed the fan, then the HS, and busted out the alcohol and degreaser. I scrubbed those L1's until I had all of the ink off, and re-applied it. My damn pen dried up on me though so I had to take a needle to it. Anyhow, upon booting I still could not OC. Screw it, I'll deal w/ it afte work...
...So after reading on some forums to NOT use the grounding standoff washers because they generally raise the HS off the core, I decided to try that. Bingo. I'm now running roughly 5c cooler than w/ the Fop38. At 70f/21c ish ambient, I ran 3dMark2k1 for an hour in a loop and MBM 5 reported 39c. With the Fop at that ambient, it would have been about 45c. I'll take those temps...
...as far as it interfering w/ my OC, I don't know. I re-did the L1's in pencil and am fine at 10x102. I think maybe some degreaser had nullified the ink or sumpthin'. Or maybe the off balance of the HS w/ those shoulder washers let the proc heat up to quickly. I'm open to theories here...
The only other thing I want to mention is that anyone who complains about the noise of this fan is a big *explative*. It may be rated at a higher db level than the Delta 60mm, but it's nowhere near as annoying. Where the Fop roars, this is a whirling noise. Even w/ the rheostat all the way up, which is where it was when I ran 3dMark2k1, it is not bad...
PS...if anyone knows how to loop the time demos in Q3v1.17, puleez lemme know...
...Last night I unhooked everything in my system and got the mobo out. My case is a mid-tower Antec so this HSF is a pain in the *** in that in mounts to the mobo. I installed exactly how Swiftech recommended, although not putting as much thought into making sure each screw was mounted correctly and evenly. I did use the shoulder grounding washers this first time. Also, when I had the proc out, I cleaned the core w/ rubbing alcohol and the ceramic w/ orange citrus degreaser as I read to do on Artic Silver's instruction page.
Now before w/ the Fop38 I ran my 800 Bird for over a month now at 10x100+. So you can imagine my horror when upon booting I couldn't even reach Windows w/ a multiplyer of 10! After removing the HS and checking my L1's, which I thought were OK w/ my conductive ink unlock, I again booted. This time I couldn't even use a multiplyer of 9.5, which worked before. After posting about this on some forums, I gave up and watched NYPD Blue.
This morning I got up at 8, and having to be at work at 10 wasn't even going to mess w/ it until this aftenoon. But I decided to give it another crack. I removed the fan, then the HS, and busted out the alcohol and degreaser. I scrubbed those L1's until I had all of the ink off, and re-applied it. My damn pen dried up on me though so I had to take a needle to it. Anyhow, upon booting I still could not OC. Screw it, I'll deal w/ it afte work...
...So after reading on some forums to NOT use the grounding standoff washers because they generally raise the HS off the core, I decided to try that. Bingo. I'm now running roughly 5c cooler than w/ the Fop38. At 70f/21c ish ambient, I ran 3dMark2k1 for an hour in a loop and MBM 5 reported 39c. With the Fop at that ambient, it would have been about 45c. I'll take those temps...
...as far as it interfering w/ my OC, I don't know. I re-did the L1's in pencil and am fine at 10x102. I think maybe some degreaser had nullified the ink or sumpthin'. Or maybe the off balance of the HS w/ those shoulder washers let the proc heat up to quickly. I'm open to theories here...
The only other thing I want to mention is that anyone who complains about the noise of this fan is a big *explative*. It may be rated at a higher db level than the Delta 60mm, but it's nowhere near as annoying. Where the Fop roars, this is a whirling noise. Even w/ the rheostat all the way up, which is where it was when I ran 3dMark2k1, it is not bad...
PS...if anyone knows how to loop the time demos in Q3v1.17, puleez lemme know...
