Upgrading from an Athlon 1.4

[PaveLow]

Right now, I have a T-bird 1.4 on an Epox 8K7A motherboard. I've had overheating problems in hot weather--will an XP 2400 be any cooler? Does it work fine in my old Socket A motherboard?

Also, if I buy it retail, does the heatsink clip use all 3 prongs on each side of the CPU socket?

I don't care about overclocking.

 

[KennyH]

Overheating problems? Like what, locking up, blue screen, etc. What thermal compound are you using?

 

[onza]

CPU: AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1400MHz

Motherboard: Epox 8K7A

Memory: 256 MB of Crucial PC2100 DDR

Video Card: 7200 LE (ATI Radeon)

Hard Drive: IBM 60GXP 60.0 GB @ 7200 RPMS

Additional Hard Drives: Samsung 8.0 GB @ 5400 RPMS

Monitor: Awful, generic no-name 19-inch

DVD Manufacturer & Model: Aopen 12X DVD

CDR/CDRW Manufacturer & Model: LiteOn 52x32x52
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thats his rig

 

[PaveLow]

Originally posted by: KennyH
Overheating problems? Like what, locking up, blue screen, etc. What thermal compound are you using?

On a hot day, sometimes I hear a fan changing pitch as my computer slows down (the ventilation behind my desk could be a little better). Pointing a fan at it usually fixes it, so I guess it's a heat problem. I'm using a Taisol 760 with Arctic Silver II.

 

[Paveslave]

Hey Pavelow.... Are you working on 53's?

 

[txxxx]

My 1.4 AMD Athlon (spare dev box) still runs fine around the 55-60 region with a silent cooler (Aero7+). Sure your fan on the heatsink isnt on the verge of dieing?

 

[walk2]

AMDs are always hot. I had a 1.4 too and it always overheated in the summer (ambient temp 90+). I switched to P4.

 

[Paveslave]

??? Are you there pavelow?

 

[Paveslave]

last bump, where are you?