Athlon XP users having CPU heat issues - you might want to read this...

[Kadarin]

<< I have a MSI K7T266 Pro2, an Athlon XP1600+, a Thermaltake Volcano 6cu (I only use the thermal pad that came with it) and my temps are : Processor 36C-42C, case 30C-33C. I use Pc Alert III from MSI for my readings, readings at idle from the BIOS and Pc Alert III are similar so I think it's reliable. >>



I can comment on this because I had a recent experience with the MSI board. With an Athlon XP 1800+ and an Alpha 8045, the AMI Bios and the PC Alert software would report cpu temp of 33-37 degrees C. I replaced the board with the Asus A7V266-E, and all else being equal, cpu temp raised to 44-49 degrees C. I posed this question in the "Cases and Cooling" section here, and consensus there was that the MSI board has a tendency to under-report the cpu temp. Ambient case temp on both boards stayed the same (I think about 27 degrees..)

System specs:

Athlon XP 1800+ (now OC to 1667.5mhz w/145 FSB)
Alpha PAL 8045 w/Sunon fan
Asus A7V266-E w/512MB Corsair PC2100 (one stick)
Elsa GeForce 3 / Creative SB Audigy MP3+
WD 30GB ATA100 / WD 100GB ATA100 / Maxtor 160GB ATA133
CoolerMaster aluminum case w/top blowhole
Win2K Server, SP2

-j

 

[anime]

I dont think the small pad on the cpu is the probs--It just that sometimes peeps seat the heatsink in the wrong position, so it's not completely leveled.

 

[merlocka]

right after I wrote that I realized the same thing...doesn't make sense but dag-naggit...there was water there!

LOL, I figured as much but I couldn't pass that one up.

BTW, I have also "improperly installed" a socket-A heatsink. It was an Alpha PAL6035 onto a an Asus A7V board. Temps were 10C higher than I expected on idle and load. Removed and reinstalled and everything was peachy. Never figgured that one out, I took it as one of those little things that I'll never figgure out.

 

[kyle1745]

I don't think any montherboard supports the on chip sensor on the XP/s do they?


Kyle

 

[BrainStorm24]

How do you believe its reliable? No SOcket-thermistor is reliable enough for anything more thna a "fire alarm" and this fire alarm level is different for every single setup out there... there's not enough continuity or consistency ins ocket-thermistor readings.

I where talking of the readings from the BIOS. I heard of some tools that were not reading the good temps given by the BIOS. I know that no thermistor are perfectly giving good temps.