P4 3.2 blew up ! temperature @ 70 C help..

mrmars · TweakNOOB Joined: 18 Nov 2003 Posts: 66 Location: MN

Also maybe you can tidy up all of your wiring some as this will give you better airflow from the front to the rear of your case. Take the wires you are not using
and stuff them up into the top of the case or unused drive bays. Using cable ties and self sticking wire blocks attached to various parts of your case such as behind drive bays back wall, floor etc. will help open up the center of your case. You may drop a couple of degrees this way. Also this motherboard has a passively cooled northbridge heatsink. You might want to switch to a fan cooled heatsink. This will also help add a little more air to the cpu area.
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s0hel · TweakNOOB Joined: 19 Sep 2004 Posts: 18

well,

there you have it

this chip is officially the biggest peice of s*** ever

I replaced the heatsink, added another fan, temperatures are still very bad

im actually getting 60-62 on idle
im not even going to try playin games

this is with the thermaltake volcano 7+ with artic silver 5 paste

i was getting better temperatures with the stock intel heatsink and fan

i've decided that im going to sell this crap on ebay and get a p4 3.2 C... NOT prescott

so here is a recap of my whole system

p4 3.2 prescott
1 gb ram pc2700
80 gb hard drive 7200 rpm
radeon 9800 all in wonder pro
sound blaster audigy gamer

120 mm fan in the front
80 mm on the side
two 80 mm fans in the back

idle temperatures

61 degrees Celcius for CPU
35 degrees Celcius for System

if I take out the side of the case and blow my bigass fan in there, temperatures lower a few degrees

actually, my best temperatures were when I was using the intel stock fan and heatsink, no case fans, just the big fan blowing into the case (see pic)

I do admit that its quite messy in the case, wires everywhere, but that should only effect the system temperatures, not cpu temps

s0hel · TweakNOOB Joined: 19 Sep 2004 Posts: 18

just tried playin tribes vengeance. i closed the game when i reached 71 degrees

not worth taking the risk this was just two minutes into the game, how sad

im switching back to the intel heatsink and fan

ToggleHead · TWEAKGURU Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 4360 Location: Jersey

bad airflow or messy wires CAN and WILL affect you cpu temps......if you are trying to cool the cpu with warm air.....the process becomes quite counter productive
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s0hel · TweakNOOB Joined: 19 Sep 2004 Posts: 18

i cleaned up the wiring, temps still suck

im selling this chip, thanks for everyone's replies and help, i wish it would've worked out

ToggleHead · TWEAKGURU Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 4360 Location: Jersey

yeah i wish it could have for you....im sure you'll be quite happy with a northwood.....=]
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JayDubya · Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2004 10:26 am Post subject:

Lets hope your northwood yeilds much better results.
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gmoney · Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2004 11:26 am Post subject:

whoa bro u just cant slap in 2 fans into a case and push some wires out of the way.
its trial and error . what kind of fans did u put in there. u have to have some serious air flow for those press-hotts.
u should hang onto the chip and just bite the bullet and fix ur air flow probs.
that is the problem
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ToggleHead · TWEAKGURU Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 4360 Location: Jersey

gmoney is most likey right.......but some people dont have the patience for this.......=]

i say give it a shot s0hel.....but to each, their own........
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[KoG]^weaZel · Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2004 11:40 am Post subject:

well since you dont even heed the advice of others its no wonder you are still having troubles! YOU NEED TO GET A GOOD heatsink and fan!! I wouldnt even use that thing to cool a northwood cpu let alone a prescott.

Also you have to remember the board is reading the temps higher than they actually are!! Its about 6-8c off the mark. But the biggest problem is you need good case airflow (means getting cool air in and hot air out) and it is very important to have a good HSF. Here again I will say the good ones are THERMALRIGHT and SWIFTECH

here are some links to good ones
http://www.frozencpu.com/cgi-bin/frozencpu/cpu-tri-13.html

http://www.frozencpu.com/cgi-bin/frozencpu/cpu-swi-09.html

and if you are really wanting to sell that chip let me know I might be interested.
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ToggleHead · TWEAKGURU Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 4360 Location: Jersey

^^^^agreed........these guys go tsome good advice......i just thought he made up his mind before he even asked us....=P
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Josh · Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2004 5:01 pm Post subject:

yup, nathan's questions are the key to your problem....if you ask questions and want advice...Please use it, it will benefit you, NOT US!

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[TN] Nathan · ALMIGHTY PWNER! Joined: 14 Feb 2002 Posts: 7406

How thin really, it should be no thicker than a sheet of paper.
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JayDubya · Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2004 8:19 pm Post subject:

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[TN] Nathan · ALMIGHTY PWNER! Joined: 14 Feb 2002 Posts: 7406

1.75 volts for a AGP card is way to high.

I think you should flash your bios to the latest version.
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ToggleHead · TWEAKGURU Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 4360 Location: Jersey

^^^ thats a good point........this should be around 1.5 at default settings.....this will create more case heat
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Xal · Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2004 7:21 am Post subject:

is your case on the desk or the floor? if its on the desk put it on the floor (hot air rises). I dropped my system temps just by putting the putter on the floor. Yeah 1,75 is too high for agp voltage.
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s0hel · TweakNOOB Joined: 19 Sep 2004 Posts: 18

i set my agp voltage to 1.55. but I never changed it since the install

my case is on the foor

ToggleHead · TWEAKGURU Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 4360 Location: Jersey

copper is the oragne metal by the way....=P dont know if that as cleared up already....=]

have you thought about installing a blowhole fan........a fan on the top of the case to vent as much bad air as possible.......

as for the thermal paste.......on the chip....there should be a lyer so thin you can JUST still read the letters on the chip through the paste........thats a good application.....and NEVER touch it with your fingers....as this leaves an oily residue that can cause more heat.....use a plastic bag or rubber gloves to apply it......
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