Pentium D temps way too high.

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martinmsj

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While I know there is something faulty with the video card, I've had nothing but frustration with the temperatures of my Pentium D 820. It Idles at 63-64 C. I've tried time and time again remounting the stock cooling so many times I think I bent one of the plastic probes. I had to use Artic Silver 5 because the paste that came with mine was only a half of what it was suppose to be.

I've cleaned, reapplied the artic 5 so many times I don't know what to do anymore.

I'm running a connect3d X700 for now which i think is another problem since at random my screen will go black or I'll see read dots flying across my display.

Funny thing is I won the D945PSN and P_D 820 at the intel live event in addition to my bundle purchase. I don't want to open it because I want to sell it. (I'm allowed to do what I please with the one I won.)

I'm running 2 gigs of DDR2 533.

Anyone have any suggestions? I'm at the point where I think I need another CPU. This is in the same case my AMD64 3k Winnie was in which never reached even at full load overclocked, the idle temp of the P_D 820 I have in now.

Help??
 
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Its your case P-D need lots air flow i has shark case for mine it has mesh side on it and 4 120 mm fans .
 
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Does the heatsink run cool to the touch? Or does it feel hot under load?
 
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Those chips run really hot, it is a fact. The only thing I can think of is more case airflow to feed the HSF.
 
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I have the best air cooling made, and an open case, and it still runs at 55c. On a stock hsf, I am sure. You need to dump that and get an X2 !
 
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Your temp monitor is off/ placed in the wrong place, or you installed the heatsink wrong. Too much thermal paste is bad! Yes, air flow is important, no you do NOT need four 120 mm fans.

The PD 820 machine I built idles at ~46C with stock cooling plus one 120 mm exaust and one 120 mm intake. Also, the 120 mm fans are on a fan controller, leaving the computer completely silent.

Run S&M or Prime 95 w/Throttle Watch and see if you are throttling from temps.
 
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Originally posted by: Markfw900
I have the best air cooling made, and an open case, and it still runs at 55c. On a stock hsf, I am sure. You need to dump that and get an X2 !
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I know you hate Intel right now Mark, but seriously you are doing something wrong if your 820 is idling at 55C during the winter.
 
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Yep, PD's run hot. No doubt about that.

63C idle is still unusually high for one, and indicates a cooling or reporting problem.
 
Zebo

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Honestly if you read tech forums and pages and *still* bought a PlutoniumD you derserve everything you get. So: too bad so sad. Sell quick before presler comes, while it still has some value.

OTOH all that really matters is does it throttle making it too slow for you or unstable? If not don't worry about temps so much.. could be bad reporting too.
 
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Originally posted by: Zebo
Honestly if you read tech forums and pages and *still* bought a PlutoniumD you derserve everything you get. So: too bad so sad. Sell quick before presler comes, while it still has some value.

OTOH all that really matters is does it throttle making it too slow for you or unstable? If not don't worry about temps so much.. could be bad reporting too.
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Actually Zebo from his post it sounds like he won his 820 so he didn't "buy a PlutoniumD:roll: or :laugh: I am not sure which.

Edit: I put no instead of not between "am" and "sure"
 
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Originally posted by: anandtechrocks
Originally posted by: Markfw900
I have the best air cooling made, and an open case, and it still runs at 55c. On a stock hsf, I am sure. You need to dump that and get an X2 !
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I know you hate Intel right now Mark, but seriously you are doing something wrong if your 820 is idling at 55C during the winter.
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I didn't say idling. But my X2 case closed, XP90 runs 49-50c, while my PD with a big typhoon (monster), case open with an extra fan, and crap OC compared to the 3800 is still at 55c.

Pathetic... And the X2 beats it so bad in benchmarks, it goes home crying to mama...
 
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I'm back.

Yes I have my retail edge bundle AND the bundle I won at the live event. Here is my report.

Video Card. The video card was overheating completely. I know some of you blamed my case well I had a 6800 GT 256 and a AMD64 3K and both overclocked I never got bad temps at all. Eitherway, I got a cheaper X300 w/HM and used the rest of the credit for two more fans.Either way, the Connect3D x700 was the cause of the lock ups, red dots flashing, and black screens.

I just put together the whole thing again with a new ANTEC p180 case I've had my eye on. Same problems w/ CPU temperature but cooler mobo temps. I think I realised what the problem is..



It is the motherboard.

I ran throttle watch and even in the 74's the cpu would not throttle under full load. The motherboard constantly has my CPU fan spinning like mad and won't bring it down even if I have a full fan blowing on a naked case w/ reports of 45C temps. Also, one of the capacitors on the motherboard near the bottom is practically ash ( burnt ). In addition, in the bios the motherboard won't report temps and the intel diagnostic crashes at times trying to report back temps or says "unable to detect" or "lost connection",

I won this board and I have no idea how to claim the warranty. I'm trying to contact the intel rep who awarded it to me.

Anyway. Even with the coolor mobo temps reported the CPU temps are still out of control just as much as the fan. It is so damn loud. This absolutely sucks. Least I know the CPU was never actually overheating.

Argh. Well after replacing the card no more locks, red dots flashing, etc..and a flaky mobo. :-(
 
Markfw

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S&M is the only way to see throttleing. Throttlewatch does NOT work on the 820D, I have proof.

Dump it, and get an Athlon64.

Some award. All this crap, and sucking your electric bill too.
 
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Try here.

And you have to check BOTH cores, core0 will usually say its OK, and core1 throttles. I think thats how throttlewatch doens;t see it.

And make sure you set it to 100% load !
 
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martinmsj

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Originally posted by: Markfw900
Try here.

And you have to check BOTH cores, core0 will usually say its OK, and core1 throttles. I think thats how throttlewatch doens;t see it.

And make sure you set it to 100% load !
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I'm suppose to keep watch of the frequency it displays correct/

It went as high as 77 at full load. The freaquency didn't change and the exhaust vents got hot.

So, mobo temp reporting prob?
 
Zebo

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Originally posted by: Markfw900


Dump it, and get an Athlon64.

Some award. All this crap, and sucking your electric bill too.
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lol. Hope he did'nt have to stand in a line or give out personel info or anything to "win" it.:p
 
Markfw

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Try the new version n7 linked to, and check BOTH cores on the two tabs. with cpu load on high, and unclick all but the two cpu tests. and let it finish ! (takes a while)
 
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martinmsj

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Just tried the new version. The clocks go between 2.7998 or 2.7995 to 2.8005. I'm going to leave it on the average test now and see how that goes.
 
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