80 degrees... I win?

[Allio]

Well, this speaks for itself. Yes, that's a 79 degrees celsius temp for my CPU. The sad thing is that it's an unoverclocked Tbred B 1700+... the same chip that others are getting 45 degree load temps at 2ghz I don't have the biggest or best fan ever - Thermaltake Volcano 9 - but I'd think that would be enough to get a cooler temp than that. I'm pretty sure the fan is on too loose because it bends and will move if I jiggle it, but I just can't get it any tighter... I've tried 'tweaking' the clip like someone suggested, but it didn't really help at all. The mobo is a GA-7VRX, and the HSF just seemed to be a little too big for the mounting bracket... a friend with a KT133 gigabyte board is using the same CPU and HSF and gets 40 degrees load, and his fan fitted perfectly. What can I do? Do I have to buy another fan, or is there some technique I can use to tighten it properly? The fan is also installed upside down... photo if you don't know what I mean, because one side is always loose, and if I installed it the right way up it just falls off :/

I have no instability at all - no crashes that I can remember since installing it all two months ago, so I'm wondering if there's anything really wrong at running at this temp. Is it shortening the life of my CPU? It's giving me worries about doing anything CPU intensive, at the least... I just have no idea what to do. Any advice would be greatly appreciated

 

[bgeh]

did you put the bracket the wrong way?
i did it once and temps jumped up by 20C to about 60C

 

[Allio]

yeah, because it just falls off the cpu if I put it the right way
that's how loose it is.

 

[Acanthus]

Don't run your PC like this. You WILL destroy your CPU at that temp. Get a new HSF that fits properly on the CPU. 80c will shorten the life of your CPU considerably.

 

[mechBgon]

Something's wrong there, Allio3. You need to put the heatsink on in the correct direction (so the stepped end of the heatsink's base is over the solid-plastic end of the CPU socket). The heatsink's clip should exert a great deal of force so the heatsink compresses the cornerpads on the CPU and makes good contact with the CPU core. If you don't correct this problem, it's going to kill your CPU. Get a new heatsink if you have to.

 

[EdipisReks]

Originally posted by: mechBgon
Something's wrong there, Allio3. You need to put the heatsink on in the correct direction (so the stepped end of the heatsink's base is over the solid-plastic end of the CPU socket). The heatsink's clip should exert a great deal of force so the heatsink compresses the cornerpads on the CPU and makes good contact with the CPU core. If you don't correct this problem, it's going to kill your CPU. Get a new heatsink if you have to.

 

[Allio]

I'm sorry for resurrecting this dead, dead thread, but I thought I'd share my good news. Got sick of 65 degree temps at idle and finally ripped off the loose volcano. I couldn't get it on any better than it was before, but a friend wedged a bit of foil from a bar of chocolate in there... and hey presto, 32/36 degree temps.

So if your temperatures are too high, try that!

I just wish my board could actually overclock, I feel like I'm sitting on an untapped goldmine

 

[Peter D]

lol.. thats so ghetto

good to hear that you fixed the problem though

 

[TheCorm]

Did you ensure there was no chocolate on the foil!?....

Much better temps...

 

[Gage8]

Originally posted by: Vegetto
lol.. thats so ghetto

good to hear that you fixed the problem though