It's quite likely that this whole AMD heat thing has been resolved already, I haven't read my email for a while but anyway:
> If yer using the heatsink that came with the processor, then that's your > problem. Not really. You think AMD sells heat sinks that won't allow their cpus to run properly? The problem is that AMD/dealers/whoever don't make a few things clear. Firstly you need decent case cooling. A fan sucking air in at the bottom-front of the case and a similar fan sucking air out near the cpu should do the trick - most cases will have somewhere to fit these fans. Also - if you have a mish-mash of cables inside your case, tidy it up! The air needs to be able to flow through the case. Putting Arctic silver 2/3 on the cpu will lower temperatures but not a whole lot, in this situation it is not "required" but I guess it couldn't do any harm. > ALL AMD's chips should be cooled with an Alpha PAL8045 with big boss fan > bolted to it. Anything else and there will be a constant doubt in your mind > as to whether your CPU is frying or not. Are you crazy? You only need one of these if you are doing some quite serious overclocking.. Anyway, Daze wrote: > > i recently upgraded to a 1GHZ athlon chip but i'm having > > serious overheating problems!! Like I did when I first got my 1.4ghz Athlon.. > > i set the pc to shut down if the cpu reached 90C [amd's max temp] > > and it is reaching that - and shutting down!!!!! 90C is NOT the max temp of your CPU. It would be toast quite a bit before that! I don't know *why* AMD puts that figure in their documentation but its not sensible anyway. AMD support personnel have unofficially said that 65C is the max temperature you should be aiming for.. but this varies between particular cpu's of course. > > could it just be a dodgy cpu thermometer? i've read that they arent > > very accurate. It could be, but it's unlikely. If you're still having problems with this CPU (if it isn't toast yet!) then I might be able to help solve your problems... I've been through this same problem myself. later, -dave --- Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
