dude, the DELL IS HOT! P4 3.0 on FIRE!

[msi1337]

now that I have your attention. My Dell Dimension 5100 needs a better cooling system than the stock vent system thing Dell devised. Who knows what is compatible with this motherboard? Once I take off the dell cooling system, I am sure I will need a hsf that screws through the motherboard. There seams to be no way to clip a hsf to the existing bracket.

Thanks
Jason

link to a picture of the motherboard

 

[gwag]

anything you put in there will be worse i bet. sure its dell but they its got an 80mm fan sucking air across the heatsink and out of the case right? and it a big heatsink with a lot of surface area right?

 

[msi1337]

yes, big heatsink with 120mm front case fan blowing across it. It does not cool the p4 3.0 processor well. Anytime you touch the heatsink you risk extensive burns:shocked:

 

[Baked]

Originally posted by: msi1337
yes, big heatsink with 120mm front case fan blowing across it. It does not cool the p4 3.0 processor well. Anytime you touch the heatsink you risk extensive burns:shocked:

That means the heatsink's making very good contact w/ the CPU, transfering all the heat away from the CPU. If anything, I suggest putting in a faster 120mm fan to improve on moving the heat away from the heatsink.

 

[gwag]

hmm i have a 4600 with a 3.0 and its barely warm even running 100% a better fan might be a good idea. is it hot in the house? getting the hot air out is a good idea aregular heatsink fan wont do that as well. is the fan quite or does it speed up when the heat goes up?

 

[Ayah]

Could always try resetting the heatsink.

 

[hennethannun]

what sort of temps are you actually getting. what does core temp report?

as was said above, it is not necessarily a bad thing that your heatsink is hot, since that means it is doing a good job of conducting the heat away from your processor efficiently.
also, the netburst architechture has always run rather hot (although hot enough to burn skin, 60C, is still a bit high).

ambient temperature can also be a big factor in your cpu temp.

without knowing any specific information, it is hard to say whether or not you actually have a temp problem...

 

[msi1337]

our house stays areound 70'F at all times... the current fan is pretty slow. It makes no noise that I can hear, so I would say it is low rpm. I have tried reseting the hsf and reapplying ceramique to the cpu with no benefit. I am thinking seriously about getting a better front 120mm and also upgrading to a thermalright xp-120 heatsink. However, since I cannot overclock there isnt much point in having super human cooling.

also, there are no temp sensor on this board... Dell doesnt care enough about the quality of their pc's for that.

 

[Hanpan]

Unless the computer is malfunctioning you do not need better cooling. The dell is adequately cooled. If it is malfunctioning it is up to dell to repair/replace the problem.

 

[agent2099]

Originally posted by: msi1337
yes, big heatsink with 120mm front case fan blowing across it. It does not cool the p4 3.0 processor well. Anytime you touch the heatsink you risk extensive burns:shocked:

A hot heatsink is much better than a cool one. The only things you can probably do are to add additional fans, replace the fans with better ones, and make sure you keep the system dust free. I wouldn't mess with the HS.