Recent content by bfe369

Thanks for the suggestions. I double-checked my work, and although I had the cooler on the right direction, it had just the edge sitting up a bit, causing only a slight contact. I've moved the sink over and it works great now. I did use Arctic Silver. Thanks again to all for the suggestions...

Hmmm, I fired it back up, went into the BIOS immediately, and the temp showed 102C. It took about 15 seconds to get to 105C, and then it shut off. I immediately pulled the cpu out and it was just as cold as it could be. What could be causing the mobo to misreport CPU temps that high, and what...

I've just set up a new system: Asus A7N8X Deluxe, dual LAN, 5.1 sound, SATA, firewire, no onboard video Asus V8420 Deluxe GeForce 4 Ti 4200 128MB Corsair PC-3200 XMS (1) 512MB AMD XP 2600+ Thermalright SLK-800 Panaflo 80mm Enlight 300W PSU plugged into APC 700vA UPS <other stuff that doesn't...