RE: PC Cooking? (Almost OT?)

["Jonathan @ Home" <jonathan@xxxxxxx>]

No wishing to teach granny how to suck eggs but is the heat sink on right?
Have you added a little thermal paste to help heat transfer?  It does sound
like a heat related problem, it the past I've come across machines where it
was the PSU, fan full of dust and wouldn't spin.  Also now heat sinks are
so
big they cover the whole zif socket so they have a cutaway on them to
accommodate the bump on one side of the socket.  I've done it myself with a
heat sink and pulled my hair out trying to figure why windows wouldn't
install.

Cheers
Jonathan

-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Mouser [mailto:groups@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 07 February 2004 22:22
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] PC Cooking? (Almost OT?)

Ooohhh bum! Looks like I'll have to start part swapping. Already done the
PSU and video card. So memory next I guess.

:-(

Rob

-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Harris [mailto:phil@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 07 February 2004 21:53
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] PC Cooking? (Almost OT?)


> Erm duno? When you install the software it asks you what
> model your mobo is, mine was in the list. Heypresto I get
> those readings :-(

Well 42deg seems about right for a CPU - my main Athlon machine runs at
44deg which I'm told is quite low for an AMD but they seem to run hotter
than P4's.

If a P4 gets too hot they usually just throttle back and run slowly
whereas AMD's melt their little silicon hearts out (if the heatsink
falls off) or just shutdown (if the mobo's thermal protection gets there
first) so I'd be surprised if your P4 was rebooting due to heat problems
- the case temperature seems on the high side at 48deg though.

Phil



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