Cooling problem

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  1. soul_assassin

    soul_assassin What's a Dremel?

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    I am having a problem with cpu temp.. it reaches 47/48 degress whilst using less than 10% of the CPU..... any ideas??

    my current system is:

    Cheiftec full tower case,
    K7N420 (nForce) mobo,
    Athlon XP1700+ w/ Dragon 3 HSF,
    512mb ram, ...etc...

    3 80mm tt fans in the front,
    1 80mm on the side,
    2 80mm in the back & a 120mm panaflow fan above the CPU...
     
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  2. yodasarmpit

    yodasarmpit Modder

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    check to see if heatsink is seated properly or thermel compound applied.
     
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  3. soul_assassin

    soul_assassin What's a Dremel?

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    It is definitely seated properly & has a thermal compound applied... although it is the standard themal compound which came with the HSF
     
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  4. felix the cat

    felix the cat Spaceman Spiff

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    use AS3...that shuold help....also unless your system restarts those temps should be fine....wat brand mobo is that?? sorry dont know the nForce boards...:sigh:
     
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  5. soul_assassin

    soul_assassin What's a Dremel?

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    mobo make - MSI (Microstar)


    ... when i try & run Genome@home (uses un-used cpu to crunch out genomes - like Seti@home) it lasts 30sec to 5mins before the temp exceeds 53 degrees
     
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  6. felix the cat

    felix the cat Spaceman Spiff

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    does it crash your pc??
     
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  7. soul_assassin

    soul_assassin What's a Dremel?

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    nope... (well hasn't yet) just emmits a loud alarm sound from the internal speaker.... indicating the temp is too high... i shut down all running apps... etc... if the sound keeps going i shut it down... leave for 5 mins.... then turn back on
     
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  8. felix the cat

    felix the cat Spaceman Spiff

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    hmm...people do really well cooling wise with that case, and you have loads of fans in there so i dont see why you get such high temps...

    wat are the case temps...

    on thing so the dragon orb is an awful heatsink...so performance wise it aint to great...
     
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  9. soul_assassin

    soul_assassin What's a Dremel?

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    case temp has now dropped to 28degrees during the day was 32 degrees...
     
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  10. jamiesurfs

    jamiesurfs Boom Boom, Cha Cha Cha!

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    Check the airflow through your case. You should have intake fans at the front and an exhaust at the rear! And besides, with a dragon Orb you can't really expect too muc. They may look Ok but they aren't up to much cooling wise! Oh, and as Flix said, get some decent thermal compound!
     
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  11. felix the cat

    felix the cat Spaceman Spiff

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    id also replace the tt fans while youre there...
     
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