70C Stock E6600?

[maverick9611]

Just finished building up a new computer with a EVGA 680i motherboard, E6600, Scythe Ninja Rev B heatsink, all in an Antec P180. On boot the bios start out showing around 50C then slowly rise until sitting around 70C. Everything is brand new and the heatsink fins and heatpipes are cool to the touch. I booted up windows and within probably 10 minutes of updating drives the computer shuts off without warning. I want to think its the heatsink not getting good contact but dont want to rip the entire computer apart on a bad assumption.

Any ideas?

 

[A554SS1N]

Must be a bad contact, either that or the heat spreader has a problem, in which case it would need to be returned. I'd just say bad contact and try reseating and use Arctic Silver 5.

 

[maverick9611]

I am currently using AS5 but if the consensus is bad contact then I may try pulling everything back apart. Whats the best compound remover?

 

[myocardia]

70% alcohol has always worked just fine for me, but nothing works faster than acetone.

 

[Cheex]

Is acetone actually safe? I thought you are supposed to ONLY use isopropyl alcohol (the highest % you can find).

 

[Rinaun]

Originally posted by: Cheex
Is acetone actually safe? I thought you are supposed to ONLY use isopropyl alcohol (the highest % you can find).

I belive you can use even water to clean it (not advised!). As long as it doesn't leave a residue you should be fine. I've always used 90% iso. just to be safe

 

[SunnyD]

Use Acetone to remove the stubborn crap, then damp-clean with a water swab. Dry, then rub down with an alcohol swab.

Keep in mind most people will use nail-polish remover as their "acetone" base. MOST nail-polish removers are dyed, green or purple or pink. The acetone will evaporate off leaving trace of the chemical dye, which is why you want to damp-clean with water and/or isopropyl.

 

[orion23]

1 more reason to use the little brother, Ceramique instead of that crap AS5.

What's the gain? 1-2c at best? and then the cleaning nightmare if you want to re-install!

No thank you, I rather use my Ceramique, easy to clean, easy to apply and the whole cycle can be done 1000 times and it is not bad at all!

 

[n7]

LOL since when is AS5 hard to clean

I would recommend reseating teh HSF, since 70C is definitely a tad cozy, & crashing is not normal.

 

[bjp999]

The AS5 should come off easily with isopropyl alcohol and qtips. 91% is pretty easy to find at any drugstore. No need for acetone! Clean it and clean it with qtip after qtip until the qtip is clean (maybe 8-12 qtips, both sides). HSF and CPU.

Are you at stock? Below is assuming you are ...

1. How much AS5 are you using? Some of the forums imply a pinhead is enough. Even if you use too much, your temps would be way lower than that.

2. Is it possible that your HSF is being obstructed by something on the MB. I needed to dremel the edge of my HSF because it was touching. I don't know your MB and would consider this unlikely, but check and make sure. IT MAY NOT BE OBVIOUS.

3. Make sure you are mounting the HSF right. If the Ninja is anything like the Infinity, you have to push the pins very hard to get them to click in place.

Unless you've got something defective you're getting almost no contact from CPU to HSF. Figure this out before you run it for any length of time. The BIOS temps are NOT the coretemps, which might be 10C+ higher. Be careful.

 

[sbuckler]

Temps are way to hot. Sounds like you've not clipped it in properly to me.

 

[Shimmishim]

also make sure the cpu IHS is flat.

when you remove the hsf from the board, see what sort of impression is left on the IHS. if it's only touching a small part of the IHS then that will also cause higher than normal temps.

 

[Noubourne]

Bad mount.

 

[RallyMaster]

Originally posted by: orion23
1 more reason to use the little brother, Ceramique instead of that crap AS5.

What's the gain? 1-2c at best? and then the cleaning nightmare if you want to re-install!

No thank you, I rather use my Ceramique, easy to clean, easy to apply and the whole cycle can be done 1000 times and it is not bad at all!

Ceramique and AS5 are equally easy to apply and clean here....what are you smokin?

 

[bjp999]

Originally posted by: Shimmishim
also make sure the cpu IHS is flat.

when you remove the hsf from the board, see what sort of impression is left on the IHS. if it's only touching a small part of the IHS then that will also cause higher than normal temps.

Even if the IHS is concave (mine was pretty bad), it would not cause the temps to be this high.

 

[SparkyJJO]

Originally posted by: bjp999

Originally posted by: Shimmishim
also make sure the cpu IHS is flat.

when you remove the hsf from the board, see what sort of impression is left on the IHS. if it's only touching a small part of the IHS then that will also cause higher than normal temps.

Even if the IHS is concave (mine was pretty bad), it would not cause the temps to be this high.

Depends on how badly the IHS is concave. It is possible, but I'd vote for a bad mount first, or a combination of bad mount and concave IHS.

 

[bjp999]

I think the OP realized his stupid mistake and left the thread long ago.

 

[treskin]

OP if you're still around - The stock Scythe Ninja Rev B DOES NOT fit properly on the reference 680i boards.

Look right above the CPU socket and you'll see 2 little "R50"'s. Even though the Ninja snapped onto the board, it is hitting these chips and not making full contact with the CPU.

Remove the Ninja and unscrew the mounting bracket and have a metal file at the ready. You want to file down one of the sides of the mounting bracket, but make sure the side you file down will result in the BOTTOM heat fins of the Ninja going left to right when mounted on the CPU, not up and down. If it's going up and down the Northbridge is going to be blowing 50C air into the CPU.

It will take a while to file down but you have to remove pretty much the entire "lip" of the mounting bracket. Best of luck.