Hey folks.
I recently put together a new system based around the Intel DP965LT mainboard. I'm not at all interested in overclocking, but just wanted a good, stable setup, and thus my reason for choosing this MB. I've put together a number of systems over the years utilizing Intel MB's and have not ever encountered any issues, until this time... ;p
Before I get into the meat of the matter, here are the system components that I went with:
MB: Intel DO965LT
Case: Thermaltake Armor
HD: 2 x Seagate Sata HD
Video: eVga 7900 GS PCIe
PS: PC Power and Cooling Silencer 750
CPU: Intel C2D 6600
Mem: 2 x Kingston 1GB (Listed on the Intel Verified memory list)
CPU HSF: Zalman 9500AT
VGA HSF: Zalman VF700-Cu
Well, after installing all of the components, I flipped the switch and it seemed to POST alright. Great... but not so great. I started experiencing lockups while in the BIOS, Failure to boot through the first stage of a Windows XP install due to reboots. Just funky behaviour all around. At some points, it would seem as though the power would go down for a fraction of a second (also supported by the fact that the blue LED's on the TT Armor case would go out briefly, then come back on) then return and reboot.
Okay, so I pulled all the components out, removed the MB and tested it outside of the case, with minimal components - no HD's, no CD-Rom, 1 stick of memory (of which I swapped the sticks to validate it wasn't a memory issue) and just the video card. Same thing happened.
I then removed the HSF, cleaned it as well as the CPU heat spreader, reseated everything and the same problem presented itself again. At this point, I was getting really nervous. Heh.
Well, my frustration set in and I went to CompUSA (which I despise shopping at. I really hate that place) and picked up an Asus P5B mainboard. Got home, cleaned the CPU and HSF yet again and put everything back together. Worked great. Haven't had any issues with the Asus. After about 6 hours of trying to get a workable system, it finally arrived.
Now, all this obviously leads me to believe that the Intel MB was defective in one way or another. Just how common is this to happen? Does this sound typical of a defective mainboard?
Also, since this is my first C2D build, even more so since I'm paranoid about this system now ;p - I do have a question that is nagging me a bit in regard to temperatures:
During full load, running ORTHOS Beta for about an hour now, I'm seeing the following:
As per Asus PC Probe II:
Vcore: 1.24v
+3.3: 3.31v
+5: 4.97v
+12: 12.04v
CPU: 55c
MB: 37c
As per Core Temp BETA 0.94:
Tjunction: 85c
Core #0: 52c
Core #1: 52c
For starters, just what exactly is the Tjunction? I'm assuming it's some sort of baseline since I've not seen any fluctuation in it.
Second, the MB reading from PC Probe - is this alright to be this high? For some reason, I was expecting it to be a bit lower than it's reading. However, since PC Probe indicated slightly elevated temperatures as opposed to Core Temp, would it be safe to interpolate that the MB reading is also a few degrees cooler than indicated?
In general, does this look alright?
Sorry for the long post, I'm just trying to ease my mind a bit with this.
Thanks for your time,
John.
I recently put together a new system based around the Intel DP965LT mainboard. I'm not at all interested in overclocking, but just wanted a good, stable setup, and thus my reason for choosing this MB. I've put together a number of systems over the years utilizing Intel MB's and have not ever encountered any issues, until this time... ;p
Before I get into the meat of the matter, here are the system components that I went with:
MB: Intel DO965LT
Case: Thermaltake Armor
HD: 2 x Seagate Sata HD
Video: eVga 7900 GS PCIe
PS: PC Power and Cooling Silencer 750
CPU: Intel C2D 6600
Mem: 2 x Kingston 1GB (Listed on the Intel Verified memory list)
CPU HSF: Zalman 9500AT
VGA HSF: Zalman VF700-Cu
Well, after installing all of the components, I flipped the switch and it seemed to POST alright. Great... but not so great. I started experiencing lockups while in the BIOS, Failure to boot through the first stage of a Windows XP install due to reboots. Just funky behaviour all around. At some points, it would seem as though the power would go down for a fraction of a second (also supported by the fact that the blue LED's on the TT Armor case would go out briefly, then come back on) then return and reboot.
Okay, so I pulled all the components out, removed the MB and tested it outside of the case, with minimal components - no HD's, no CD-Rom, 1 stick of memory (of which I swapped the sticks to validate it wasn't a memory issue) and just the video card. Same thing happened.
I then removed the HSF, cleaned it as well as the CPU heat spreader, reseated everything and the same problem presented itself again. At this point, I was getting really nervous. Heh.
Well, my frustration set in and I went to CompUSA (which I despise shopping at. I really hate that place) and picked up an Asus P5B mainboard. Got home, cleaned the CPU and HSF yet again and put everything back together. Worked great. Haven't had any issues with the Asus. After about 6 hours of trying to get a workable system, it finally arrived.
Now, all this obviously leads me to believe that the Intel MB was defective in one way or another. Just how common is this to happen? Does this sound typical of a defective mainboard?
Also, since this is my first C2D build, even more so since I'm paranoid about this system now ;p - I do have a question that is nagging me a bit in regard to temperatures:
During full load, running ORTHOS Beta for about an hour now, I'm seeing the following:
As per Asus PC Probe II:
Vcore: 1.24v
+3.3: 3.31v
+5: 4.97v
+12: 12.04v
CPU: 55c
MB: 37c
As per Core Temp BETA 0.94:
Tjunction: 85c
Core #0: 52c
Core #1: 52c
For starters, just what exactly is the Tjunction? I'm assuming it's some sort of baseline since I've not seen any fluctuation in it.
Second, the MB reading from PC Probe - is this alright to be this high? For some reason, I was expecting it to be a bit lower than it's reading. However, since PC Probe indicated slightly elevated temperatures as opposed to Core Temp, would it be safe to interpolate that the MB reading is also a few degrees cooler than indicated?
In general, does this look alright?
Sorry for the long post, I'm just trying to ease my mind a bit with this.
Thanks for your time,
John.
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