Cooling Problems?

Cephus · 07-13-2005, 06:08 AM

I'm trying to figure out how to better cool my wife's computer without resorting to water or cryo cooling, which shouldn't be necessary. The system has been up for months with no problems at all, but starting yesterday, it started overheating and running very hot.

It's an AMD Athlon 2400+. At the moment, she's got 4 80mm case fans, a brand new copper-plate CPU fan, HD cooler and the case is open and another fan is blowing into her system and her CPU is running at 62C with zero load.

My computer is sitting right next to hers, it's an even faster system that runs no hotter than 40C under full load.

Ideas?

**Cromewell** · 07-13-2005, 03:24 PM

Check to make sure the heaksink is still mounted properly.

Cephus · 07-13-2005, 05:21 PM

Nope, the heatsink is fine, fan is running at full power, etc. We did turn down the video refresh rate which helped a little, but she's still running a full 20 degrees hotter than my system.

**dragon2309** · 07-13-2005, 05:32 PM

you sure your temp iodes havent just kicked the bucket, try using a different program to read them from, even better use the BIOS, they're usually more accurate

Cephus · 07-13-2005, 11:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dragon2309

you sure your temp iodes havent just kicked the bucket, try using a different program to read them from, even better use the BIOS, they're usually more accurate

That *IS* the BIOS temp.

Reducing the video refresh rate has dropped the temp to about 55C but that's still way too high.

**apj101** · 07-14-2005, 12:24 AM

address post #2

alanuofm · 07-14-2005, 04:34 AM

what kind of thermalpaste did you use? maybe it wasn't layered on right. i suggest artic silver 5 or premium.

iLL-Faded · 07-14-2005, 05:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alanuofm

what kind of thermalpaste did you use? maybe it wasn't layered on right. i suggest artic silver 5 or premium.

AS5 is better then those stock pos thats you get with your heatsink/fan combo.. i really reccomend AS5

j0hn00 · 07-14-2005, 03:41 PM

Quote:

AS5 is better then those stock pos thats you get with your heatsink/fan combo.. i really reccomend AS5

There's nothing wrong with using the stock thermal grease. I use Zalman's ZM-TG1 thermal grease ($5 for 2.5ml) and it works just as well as AS5.

Cephus · 07-14-2005, 08:40 PM

Actually, it's using AS5.

07-13-2005, 06:08 AM	#1 (permalink)
Cephus New Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 17	Cooling Problems? I'm trying to figure out how to better cool my wife's computer without resorting to water or cryo cooling, which shouldn't be necessary. The system has been up for months with no problems at all, but starting yesterday, it started overheating and running very hot. It's an AMD Athlon 2400+. At the moment, she's got 4 80mm case fans, a brand new copper-plate CPU fan, HD cooler and the case is open and another fan is blowing into her system and her CPU is running at 62C with zero load. My computer is sitting right next to hers, it's an even faster system that runs no hotter than 40C under full load. Ideas?

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07-13-2005, 05:21 PM	#3 (permalink)
Cephus New Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 17	Nope, the heatsink is fine, fan is running at full power, etc. We did turn down the video refresh rate which helped a little, but she's still running a full 20 degrees hotter than my system.

07-14-2005, 04:34 AM	#7 (permalink)
alanuofm Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,630	what kind of thermalpaste did you use? maybe it wasn't layered on right. i suggest artic silver 5 or premium.

07-14-2005, 08:40 PM	#10 (permalink)
Cephus New Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 17	Actually, it's using AS5.