I should have said that it is also running with the Asus CPU cooling program, but I think that I did read somewhere that with the latest AMD Athlon chips, the program cooling is not as effective. The one site that I checked had over 40 coolers and only a couple of them rated for the latest AMD chips. Seems that they run hotter than the pentium. Have a friend that has the AMD 1.5 ghz and has the same situation. He found that putting a copper bottom cooler on his chip was the solution. I intend to go back to my manufacturing shop with this info and get it taken care of.
I haven't checked the clearance as the machine is only a couple of months old and is still under warrenty. Keith "[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Clint Hamilton" wrote: > > I've never heard of that before with so many fans! Something > is odd. For one, you should be using a CPU cooling program > if you're not, ~140�F is just too hot. I use a PIII 1000mhz > and it never gets above 80� FAHRENHEIT with the cooling > program running, and never above 95 with it NOT > running.....and I use a stock HS & fan and no other fans. > May be something wrong with your CPU too. > http://www.cpuidle.de/ > > It's *possible* the HS is not FULLY seated against the CPU. > What I do, is first put the CPU on to a HS with NO thermal > putty or thermal pads, etc., clip it down, then hold it up to > a bright light source and look for any 'air gaps' between the > mating surfaces of the HS and CPU. Wiggle it a bit too. > Look VERY VERY close at all angles. You'd be surprised at > how many CPU and HS combo's DO have a gap there. Even a > micron gap is too much and can fry a CPU. Once I've done any > bending that can possibly be done to insure a PERFECT mate, > then I put a thermal pad on. Never use putty or paste > because even the best can dry out over a period of time, then > of course shrink causing a gap. I get mine from 3M. > > If you have a lot of internal IDE or otherwise cabling, it > could be interfering with proper flow from the fans. You > might look into round cabling. They make this for IDE, SCSI > and floppy drives and gives much better air flow, therefore > cooling. > -Clint > > God Bless Us All > Clint Hamilton, Owner > http://OrpheusComputing.com > http://ComputerHardware-ConsumerElectronics.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Keith Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Beg to differ here. I have a new Athlon 1800+ in a full > tower. 3 fans > (power plus 2 case). Have a Thermaltake MII cpu cooler. > With the cover > on, the cpu runs at 57-62 C. (and will thermal crash when > the temp gets > to 61-62C). The case runs at 27-29C. With the cover off, the > CPU runs > at 54-59C and case 25-27C and does not crash from thermal > (there is a > very recognizable effect just before it crashes when the temp > hits the > 61c or so.). It is a custom built machine, the first of this > rating > that they built. I will be taking it back to see about a > more efficient > cpu cooler (have reviewed over 50 and found 2 that are > supposed to be > capable for the higher speed Athlons). These temps are > measured using > the Asus PCProb utility that gives the case and cpu temps. > > Keith Thompson > > Linda Johnson wrote: > > > > <<Can they run > > too cool?!?>> > > > > hardware is not my forte, but I do know that most > well-designed PCs situate > > the hardware inside the box in a way that allows for the > best airflow and if > > you leave the box open, the airflow is NOT as efficient and > therefore the > > computer runs HOTTER not cooler > > > > not that I think that's your problem in this case, but just > something I > > think you should know > > > > Linda > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > > Behalf Of Matt > > Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 12:17 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: PCWorks: Re: Scratches on my Hard Drive ? ? > > > > Peter, > > > > My last action was to physically remove the card and give > it a and the > > slot a good blow of Dust Off and re-seated it snugly. Still > have the > > crackles. > > > > To answer your questions, The case is open, quite honestly, > for no good > > reason, just got lazy about putting it back on last time. > Can they run > > too cool?!? -- Keith Thompson, Worthington, OH (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) Home Web Page: http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~kthompson/ Genealogy Web Page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kthompson Don't wait for your ship to come in, swim out to it. ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
