Copper spacer rises temp 12 C

[Usul]

I just installed one and my proc temp is 12C higher.
Any possible reason?

I'm using a taisol HSF.

And I didn' put any non conductive thermal compound.

 

[Engineer]

Usul,

as Mikewarrior2 as pointed out, the copper spacer will actually "absorb" heat from the Heatsink and redistribute it into the ceramic packaging of the CPU itself, causing the temperature to rise. Without the spacer, the heat will pass from the CPU die to the heatsink directly and not into the ceramic area.

 

[Usul]

so there is nothing to do and it's normal?
12C?

 

[Dan]

So of what value is the copper spacer? I thought it was supposed to reduce heat, not increase it.

 

[Usul]

Me too, otherwise they would make tose out of ceramic...
And to preservate the core....

 

[Mikewarrior2]

A) How are you measuring temp?

B) If you used grease, cpu temp would increase further

C) Shims have ZER0 cooling help. If a shim contacting a cold-plate-then (fiberglass pcb) has no benefit to cpu temp, then a hot surface contacting shim won't either.


Mike

 

[Usul]

Ok, but a 12 C increase...

I ude the stupic ABIT on-board thermistor.

 

[Mikewarrior2]

with a socket-thermistor it shouldn't be that higih of a temp climb. I'd suspect no more than 2-3C actual rise with a shim.

The other problem could be that the shim is too tall, adn your heatsink is no longer contacting cpu core.


Mike

 

[Usul]

What about a flexed spacer?
Could be?
If so I'll tryto fix it tonight...

Thanks Mikewarrior

 

[Agrippa]

Strange stuff! My temps dropped 3 and 4 degrees C when I stuck on the shims.... Same thing happened on my T-Bird.

Agrippa

 

[Usul]

Yes, that's why I posted here.
i'll take it off and see if it's not flat or something.

 

[Spoooon]

Shims aren't meant to lower temps, they are just to help prevent the HSF from crushing the core if you're not careful. If you're careful, it's no big deal. However, if you're new to the world of socket chips and afraid you might damage something, a shim might be a good idea.

 

[Maverick2002]

bump for ya (don't know if ya need it) ^

 

[Usul]

I'm not new neither afraid, just wandering why it's going 12C up.
2C is fine, 12 isn't !

I lost 50 MHz in o/clock for this.
I'm going to take it out next time i restart the box!

 

[conlan]

hmmmm this IS strange , i used mine (shim) for stability not expecting a temp. drop but i got one anyway , albeit a very small one ( 1 deg. C )

 

[twong82]

maybe ur heatsink isn't making full contact with ur core