AMD 1.2ghz and Asus mobo help.

[patsun123]

I just built a system with an a7v133a mobo and the 1.2ghz tbird. Everything boots up and everything just fine, however when i run the Asus Probe util, it reads at around 55, (which i hear the asus probe reads higher temps). I have a stock fan, which i am going to replace with a Globalwin Cak38, which should take care of most of my heating problems (like when running videos, the temp goes up to 59,60). The question is, during games, like counter-strike, after playing it for a while, the screen freezes/hangs/turns into abstract art. At first i thought it was just the CPU overheating, but after reading some threads like this
, i'm beginning to think it might be some other problem?
Here are my specs.
asus a7v133a
amd tbird 1.2ghz
winfast geforce2 pro 64
sb live value
3com nic card

running windows xp rc1... cuz win2k wont detect either of my ATA100 HD's. XP runs fine, everything works, its just this heating thing and CS hanging. I know the A7v133 reads high, but how high, or low, should it be reading?

any ideas?

 

[bozo1]

Don't know about your CS problem but you'll enjoy your CAK38. Be careful when you put it on, tho. The clip is very tight. Might want to try Mobo monitor as the Asusprobe thing is known to be not very accurate.

 

[patsun123]

any suggestions on how to put on the cak38? all the reviews i read really hate the clip.

when i run mobo monitor, it doesnt detect anything from my CPU temp. at all.

 

[bozo1]

It's kind of hard to explain how I do mine. I have the motherboard on a flat surface. I then try to hold the heatsink with one hand while I'm pushing the clip down with the other so that the pressure of me pushing the clip down is being applied to the heatsink instead of pushing down too much on the processor.

Check out the info on the mobo monitor website. You can choose your motherboard and it'll tell you how to configure it so it reads all of your sensors properly.