Recent content by drees

The Zalman looks perfect, and since it includes thermal adhesive should do the trick. I'm not worried about removing the HS, if I get another MB, either I will look for one that uses passive cooling stock, or will pick up another Zalman kit. Thanks for the pointer! BTW, 2Cooltec has some...

Well, I found a couple over at Millisec. Anyone know if I need the 46x46mm one or will the 55x55mm one fit?

I'm looking to ditch that noisy Northbridge Fan/HS on my Abit KT7A, where can I get a nice passive HS to plug on it? Something that clips on would be ideal, but if I had to use some AS epoxy that wouldn't be bad, either.

Check out these new fans from Y.S. Tech! Tip-Magnetic Driving Fan 15% more airflow, and less noise! Anyone have more details on these suckers? Looks like a great way to increase cooling performance and reduce noise at the same time!

Well, a flaky PSU can fail a drive, but that's most likely not the problem here. Read this article on how to choose a PSU, which brand 350 unit did you pick up? The IBM GXPs just fail a lot, not a whole lot you can do. Active cooling may help, how warm does the drive get?

Read this and make your own conclusions.

I should have thought of this before posting, but I looked in the BIOS to check (it's an Abit KT7A). The 53.8C temp is the CPU temp, the 34.8C temp is the system temp. No idea what the 24.1C temp is, could it be the ambient temps? Seems a bit cool for inside my case, though.

Hi gang, Using SiSoft Sandra, it reports these temps: Board Temp: 24.1C CPU Temp: 34.8C Power/Aux Temp: 53.8C Now using MBM, I had always assumed that the Power/Aux temp was the CPU temp, the CPU temp was the Board temp, but then what's the lowest temp a measurement of? Is SiSoft Sandra wrong?

What are the rest of the specs on the system? (RAM, HD, Video card?)

EDIT: Oops, wrong thread.

After seeing a cracked Athlon XP damaged in shipping, I'm thinking of only using heatsinks which bolt to the motherboard. What's the cheapest one? Off the top of my head, the Alpha 8045 is the cheapest at about $40, any others that are cheaper?

<< With the ceramic CPUs this isn't usually a problem because ceramic doesn't flex so there's good support, but the new organic package has enough give that the shock from the heatsink's weight being pushed up against it from a PC being dropped, and then bounced back up again, will smash the...

<< When I ship a built machine, it usually gets to the destination in one piece, but about 5% of the time, UPS is SOOOO rough with the box that the weight of the heatsink bounces on the CPU. With the ceramic CPUs this isn't usually a problem because ceramic doesn't flex so there's good support...

<< How easy is it to crack an Athlon processor? Is this like "crack a few CPUs before you get the hang of it", or a rare occurence? >> I've built up probably a dozen Athlon/Duron systems, and this is the first cracked CPU I've seen personally. If you're careful when installing the heatsink...

<< thought that this was going to be about MS XP! :o >> Fixed the subject to reduce confusion.