i've had my tbird850 overclocked to 952mhz for awhile and i even got it into winndows at 1 gig but it was a bit too unstableat that speed. i figured it was because i was using the generic HSF that came with my moboard/cpu combo.
I was at Frys Electronics last night and saw this HSF with a peltier attached to it so i decided what the hell and got it. Here is the webpage for the company who makes the HSF/peltier:
http://www.magaland.com/cpucooler.html it is the Mag-cm25.
Anyhow, i get home and wrestle with trying to get the new HSF on there. It is a total bitch, and when i heard the godawful GRINDING sound when i tried installing it my heart stopped. I looked at the chip and i had managed to grind off a slight bit of the core's edge! I wiped it off and continued to wrestle getting the new HSF/peltier installed. SCRAPE again! God I was getting so pissed! I finally get the mofo installed and am sweating it big time wondering if it'll boot up. Power on.. i can hear it counting ram.. monitor screen stays black! ARGH!
I try repeatedly to boot up and same results. #@%@$!
Then I think, wait a minute maybe my wimpy 235Watt power supply can't handle the extra power of the Peltier. So i unplug everything except for the basics ( vid card, hard drive, and fan) and I switch the FSB jumper from 133 back to 100 (this will effectively put me at 700mhz .. if it boots).
I power on, and what do u know, it boots! a huge sigh of relief as it loads up windows. I get on AIM to tell my buddy what happened then I check the CPU temps in SANDRA... W T F?!?! 65C! I quickly shut down. I apply some radio-crak thermal grease to the HSF/Pelter and put it back on *cringe*
NOW THE POS WONT EVEN BOOT UP! I can hear the Ram count but the monitor stays black. I tried resetting the CMOS jumper, i tried taking off the pelter/hsf and putting my original HSF on.
Have I really trashed my Tbird 850? I am so MAD! at myself. I wish I had a way to test out my CPU Anybody in the Plano/dallas area w/ a socket A boad cool enough to test me chip for me?? <worth a shot, hehe>
I am going to go buy a new Antec case with 300watt+ power supply and see if that helps. If not guess I gotta go buy another CPU >\
Any ideas or help would be greatly appreciated.
-Matt
I was at Frys Electronics last night and saw this HSF with a peltier attached to it so i decided what the hell and got it. Here is the webpage for the company who makes the HSF/peltier:
http://www.magaland.com/cpucooler.html it is the Mag-cm25.
Anyhow, i get home and wrestle with trying to get the new HSF on there. It is a total bitch, and when i heard the godawful GRINDING sound when i tried installing it my heart stopped. I looked at the chip and i had managed to grind off a slight bit of the core's edge! I wiped it off and continued to wrestle getting the new HSF/peltier installed. SCRAPE again! God I was getting so pissed! I finally get the mofo installed and am sweating it big time wondering if it'll boot up. Power on.. i can hear it counting ram.. monitor screen stays black! ARGH!
I try repeatedly to boot up and same results. #@%@$!
Then I think, wait a minute maybe my wimpy 235Watt power supply can't handle the extra power of the Peltier. So i unplug everything except for the basics ( vid card, hard drive, and fan) and I switch the FSB jumper from 133 back to 100 (this will effectively put me at 700mhz .. if it boots).
I power on, and what do u know, it boots! a huge sigh of relief as it loads up windows. I get on AIM to tell my buddy what happened then I check the CPU temps in SANDRA... W T F?!?! 65C! I quickly shut down. I apply some radio-crak thermal grease to the HSF/Pelter and put it back on *cringe*
NOW THE POS WONT EVEN BOOT UP! I can hear the Ram count but the monitor stays black. I tried resetting the CMOS jumper, i tried taking off the pelter/hsf and putting my original HSF on.
Have I really trashed my Tbird 850? I am so MAD! at myself. I wish I had a way to test out my CPU
Anybody in the Plano/dallas area w/ a socket A boad cool enough to test me chip for me?? <worth a shot, hehe>I am going to go buy a new Antec case with 300watt+ power supply and see if that helps. If not guess I gotta go buy another CPU >
\Any ideas or help would be greatly appreciated.
-Matt
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