is it okay if the CPU isn't completely flat against the socket?

[magomago]

I finally found out (after much searching through the net) how to get the sensor installed...there was some doublesides thermal tape that i found hidden in the box.

Anyway after about 20 minutes of tinkriing I got it in...

but on one side as a result of the wires that must be connected to the fan it protrudes on one corner about 1/2 a millimeter.... I've tried all I can and its the best i could o

Is that fine? Will the connection still fit and work normally?? I'm hesitant to go furthur for fear of blowing it all up.

Thanks!

 

[JC]

I don't understand how the fan wires are keeping the CPU from fully seating in the socket....clarification?

 

[magomago]

http://www.pcabusers.com/reviews/volcano9/tempprobe2.jpg

That is what i'm talking about

http://www.pcabusers.com/reviews/volcano9/p3.html

^ The first review I found that SHOWED how to tstick the probe on...

 

[Fox2k]

I dont think that's how you stick a thermal probe on a cpu


the temp probe is the very tip, the orange part. it needs to be touching the die, the black part doesnt. you can move your probe outwards quite a bit, mighta slo give you some more room if you make it parallel with the cip rather than diagonal with it.

 

[JC]

Ah....well, if it's only 1/2mm, it's prolly OK. After all, that probe wouldn't do much good if the CPU pins won't reach. AFAIK, the worst that could happen is it won't boot. I'd give it a go.

m2c

JC

 

[Fox2k]

never mind, i totally misinterpreted what you meant. I took a quick glance at the pic and thought you were trying to put the probe on the top of the chip.

sorry
:/

 

[magomago]

Making it paralell didn't do much...

I can't take that black thing out b/c its right next to the probe....


I'm going to give it a try...i'll report back if it doesn't...

the worst part is i'm using arctic silver 3 and its gong to be a pain to take apart IF it doesn't work..

 

[NOX]

That's a nice picture, however I would like to see how they managed to get it on the socket with the wires going across the PCB & pins like that.

That's a little to extreme, overdoing it, and risky for me.

Good Luck!

 

[Eli]

WTF is the point of that? heh

 

[Viper96720]

Those temperature adjusting fans aren't worth using. Supposed to slow down or speed up according to cpu temps. I would just run my fans full speed. Doubt the fans would slow down often anyway. Hope you didn't pay too much for that. I wouuld have gotten a thermal integration ti-v77n, swiftech or an alpha. Just put your heatsink on the cpu normally and stick the probe close by. It'll sense the temperature and work. No need for it to be right on the cpu. You could also stick it in between the fins of the heatsink right in the middle near the base of the heatsink.

 

[Davegod]

i can imagine how that probe makes the cpu sit, and the pic in my head is very f*ing stupid. If theyre gonna use probes like that they should make it more senstive and just read the heatsink temp - or like the other variable fans read it off the mobo. TBH not seeing what fan it is, are you sure its not a case fan with a probe like that? theyre def not meant to be installed like that.

edit: looool, its a TT Smart Fan2... The fan is primarily a case fan. Chuck off the temp sensor and stick on the rheostat and do it manually. The TT site does say to stick it onto the HS, but tbh thats totally stupid - other fans just read temp off bios, which is far more practical.

 

[PCMarine]

On my MSI motherboard, the temp sensory is in the middle of the socket sticking up. Then you push the processor into the socket and pull the lever down so that the sensory is pretty flush against the surface. But it's a little different in your case.

 

[Texun]

I folded about 1/4 inch of the tip end of the temp probe back. Worked okay for me. The wires didn't cause any problems at all.

 

[MrCraphead]

I've seen a few articles about mounting a temperature probe on the underside of the CPU, and it made me want to give it a shot, but I never got up enough balls to sand the actual CPU socket down.

The design of the temperature probe you see in the picture was specifically designed for it to be placed undermeath the CPU, as the wires leading directly from the orange probe has been separated into 2 very thin wires.

I've seen it successfully done, but it involves actually scoring/sanding a thin 2-3 mm wide line on the actual plastic, beige part of the CPU socket on the motherboard, where you intend to feed the temperature probe through. I dont know if I've explained this well enough or not, I'll try to find some pics on it.

But if you want to actually mount the temp probe on the underside, that's what you'll have to do. I once tried it, without sanding a gap for the probe, and my CPU temp rose extremely quickly into the 60+ range. Luckily I was ready with the power switch and turned it off before my CPU burnt out. With such a small gap like that, the CPU isn't sitting right on the socket, and although you might thing that's insignificant, that in turn doesn't allow the heatsink to sit properly on the CPU, which results in a very sad user with an expensive paper weight.