If you had any doubts that the Chrome Orb wasn't crap . . . .

[XMan]

. . . . let me tell you, the thing is a big piece of it!

Had a Chrome Orb on my T-B 1G, and couldn't get much out of it. Wouldn't do 1100 stably, and I kept getting Kernel and Explorer crashes, which was growing quite frustrating. Had to reboot about six times a day, Baldur's Gate 2 was a crash-happy mofo, and basically I was cursing my VIA chipset motherboard. Tried new drivers, etc.

Looked at Mikewarrior's heatsink comparison, slapped my forehead and ordered a FOP38. Put it on (I didn't use the Radio Shack stuff, I went ahead and stuck with the pad on the HS), cranked it up to 1100, and it works like a charm. My system has been on 18 hours now, and it has had nary a burp. The fan is a little loud, but I already had 6 fans in my system, so it doesn't bother me. I can just close the door to the guest room, where my computer is, if I need to get some sleep. My chip does 1100 at default voltage (10x110) and 1150 makes it to the desktop before hanging. A board with multiplier and voltage adjustment is on the way, so we'll see what else I can get out of this darlin'.

Thanks, Mikewarrior, for showing us the light!

 

[Bignate603]

yeah, and mine tore the plastic nub right off my cpu socket! I'm stuck with a generic sink till i can get the new taisol with the new clip.

 

[Mikewarrior2]

Cool, glad you got your system "up to speed"..

Just a question, did you get much of a temp "drop"?



Mike

 

[XMan]

Mike,

The thermistor on my motherboard touches the back of the CPU; so it's probably not very accurate. But it was running 45-50C, now it goes about 34-40 depending on how long the computer has been on when I go into BIOS to check it.

I couldn't even post at 1150 before, now it will go to the desktop. Stability at 1100 is 1000% better than it was at stock speeds with the chrome orb.

 

[Mikewarrior2]

Xerox Man,

Cool! I was just wondering if the reading temps only went down minimally while actual cooling went up significantly.


Mike