Just got a Shuttle SG33G5, installed my Q6600, 500GB HDD and 2x1GB RAMs. Switched it on, went to BIOS, set everything up, Saved and Exited. Hmm... looks like it's having problem starting up... maybe I made a mistake in the BIOS. Once it gets back on again, re-did the BIOS.... and same thing happened. And I noticed that the multipler keeps setting itself at 6x in BIOS eventhough I've manually set it at 9x for my Q6600, POST screen explicitly showed 266x6 = 1.6GHz.
Ok... I went to recheck it again one by one... and finally stumbled something... Hmm... why is my CPU temp showing 127C... and just went on thinking... "man... did I get a dud SG33G5 or what"... a few secs later another thought flashed by followed by cold sweat.. "$H!t!! I forgot to plug in the CPU fan!!!" I quickly pressed the power button till it switched off, quickly opened the case... and greeted with this really hot air from inside.
I went and touched the ICE heatsink right on top of the CPU... and WOAAH! It was extremely hot... like it has been baked in the oven. I went pale... thinking of a fried Q6600. Quickly I plugged the fan on the mobo, and switched the system on so it can help cool the CPU down.
To my surprise... my CPU survived! it went to hell and back as I watched the CPU temp slowly going down, cooled by the screaming fan blowing at Max speed. After it reached some 60C, I touched the ICE heatsink again... I was surprised that it's just warm now. It's hard to believe how effective the heatpipe cooling method is.
Just my little experience and not to be repeated again. CPU throttle-down really saved my ass. Installed Vista and it all worked fine still, I'm happy
Ok... I went to recheck it again one by one... and finally stumbled something... Hmm... why is my CPU temp showing 127C... and just went on thinking... "man... did I get a dud SG33G5 or what"... a few secs later another thought flashed by followed by cold sweat.. "$H!t!! I forgot to plug in the CPU fan!!!" I quickly pressed the power button till it switched off, quickly opened the case... and greeted with this really hot air from inside.
I went and touched the ICE heatsink right on top of the CPU... and WOAAH! It was extremely hot... like it has been baked in the oven. I went pale... thinking of a fried Q6600. Quickly I plugged the fan on the mobo, and switched the system on so it can help cool the CPU down.
To my surprise... my CPU survived! it went to hell and back as I watched the CPU temp slowly going down, cooled by the screaming fan blowing at Max speed. After it reached some 60C, I touched the ICE heatsink again... I was surprised that it's just warm now. It's hard to believe how effective the heatpipe cooling method is.
Just my little experience and not to be repeated again. CPU throttle-down really saved my ass. Installed Vista and it all worked fine still, I'm happy
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