I think I have a HOT q6600 (temp not great)

[Schmide]

I haven't loaded up the OS yet. Thinking of trying the latest Vista 64 with sp1.

It's a G0

In BIOS

I put in the stock HSF and it was 44c

Had a Hyper TX2 I got FAR threw it in 42c

I'm was going to order a intel top for my TDX.

Is it worth fighting a hot CPU link this one?

 

[Schmide]

Wierd. Just screwing around till I load the OS. I up my vCore to 1.35 set the FSB to 366 and the temp drops to 39c

 

[Martimus]

Could just be that the TIM cured a little bit more. Mine went from 29C to 19C at idle (with AMD Cool and Quiet running) after about a week or so. It runs at 30C at idle now that I have overclocked it. Also, the temps aren't that accurate. I don't know about Intel, but AMD specs theirs within 5C. I think the best you can hope for is for the reading to be pretty precise.

 

[firewolfsm]

Uh...19C would be below room temp, therefore impossible without phase change or LN2.

and OP, your temps are great, forget about it.

 

[Schmide]

The good: After loading the OS, the temps were 37c cpu cores 29-33c

The bad: The ASSrock Penryn1600SLI-110dB had an odd high pitched noise on it. I'm sending her back captain. It would have driven me nuts.

 

[Drsignguy]

Originally posted by: Schmide
The good: After loading the OS, the temps were 37c cpu cores 29-33c

The bad: The ASSrock Penryn1600SLI-110dB had an odd high pitched noise on it. I'm sending her back captain. It would have driven me nuts.

110db! wow, that would drive my dog nuts! And there is another thread in here that has more info about the same subject.

 

[BlueAcolyte]

How does a board make a high pitched noise? The board itself looks pretty nice... But that NB heatsink is pathetic... Maybe it's telling you it's overheating?

 

[Martimus]

Originally posted by: firewolfsm
Uh...19C would be below room temp, therefore impossible without phase change or LN2.

and OP, your temps are great, forget about it.

19 C is not below room temperature it actually is room temperature (It is March, and the temps are around 0 outside, and 65F inside) but like I said, the sensor is not that accurate and is only spec'ed to be within 5C.

 

[Martimus]

Originally posted by: BlueAcolyte
How does a board make a high pitched noise? The board itself looks pretty nice... But that NB heatsink is pathetic... Maybe it's telling you it's overheating?

A bad Capacitor will let out a high pitched squeal. Try hooking up an electrolytic capacitor backwards and crank up the juice; it will squeal like crazy until it blows up!

 

[Schmide]

It's on the way back to the egg. I think it is (was) a bad capacitor as it would make the noise as the mouse and graphics would change.

The north bridge had some direct air moving over the HS. It was hot, only read 35 in bios.

If i ever get this working, I'll put my maze 4 on the NB.