something wrong

cybereclipse

cybereclipse

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ok so i opened up my computer, now dont get me wrong becuase i've done this before but this time i took off a plastic piece and found out that my comp doesnt have a fan on top of the processor, instead it has a flimsy piece of plastic that directs the heat to a fan built into the back of the box. I went ahead and checked my temp in the bios and im at 104F!!!
WTF i think this comp has a major deisgn flaw, it doesnt even have a place so i can add a fan of my own on the top

someone correct me if im wrong plz..

btw its not overclocked anymore...
 
There should be a few 3rd party coolers that will go right on that model cpu. You first remove the original "whatever" that was thrown on and apply some Arctic Silver 5 on a good HSF! Don't wait and see the cpu cook on you!
 
rite but there was nothing thrown on just a crappy fan on the back of the computer, theres no fan on the processor
im amazed that its hasnt fried yet?!?!?!?!?!
the motherboard doesnt even have a place to attach a fan on the processor so im probably going to write a complaint to hp
 
sure here are some pics
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you see the fan is on the back of the computer and the yellow plastic thing directs the heat from the heatsink to the fan on the back of the comp?!?!?!
 
My Dell came like this too....it's not a bad thing.

As for your temps, you said it was 104ºF...that's 40ºC and is about average for (what I assume is) idle temps. Mine are higher then that (if I don't have a fan on high pointed at my HSF :D)


All in all, there's nothing wrong with your computer, don't go writing angry letters to HP.....if there was a design flaw that caused these models to overheat alot, don't you think they would've been recalled by now?

EDIT: also, there may not be a fan on top of the processor, but there still is a heatsink (a big block of metal).
 
The problem there is no screen of the board without the cowling inplace to see what is on top of the cpu itself. An after market cooler would eliminate the need for the cowling. That would free up the needed space.
 
ok, i also tried putting it in another case, but the fan thing prevented me for doing that grrr i bought a hundred dollar case and i had to return it...
btw whats a prescott, i have a pavilion
 
cybereclipse said:
ok, i also tried putting it in another case, but the fan thing prevented me for doing that grrr i bought a hundred dollar case and i had to return it...
btw whats a prescott, i have a pavilion
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I was talking about the CPU core, but actually its prob a Northwood. Just get a new cooler for it, you didnt have to return that case.
 
yeahh, my 240 has the same thing, i turned the fan around, soo it blows air towards the heatsink, and i took it off the back, and put it over the heatsink, soo air blows right into it..
 
jp198780 said:
yeahh, my 240 has the same thing, i turned the fan around, soo it blows air towards the heatsink, and i took it off the back, and put it over the heatsink, soo air blows right into it..
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Then the hot air has nowhere to go, you should of left it how it was.
 
The idea is to draw the heated air away from the sink and increase circulation in general inside the case. This is why many simply get rid of the stock cooling and go with the 3rd party coolers with the large fans on them. You don't want to take heated air and blow it straight at the cpu and hsf.
 
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