My son's friend just got an AMD 1.4ghz chip + ddr memory with an Asus mb.
the bios is reporting 60 degrees Celsius, which was about 9c hotter than my
1.1ghz. Is he baking the chip or is that still within temperature limits?
dave henrie
It sounds a touch hot, most of the Athalons 1.3 up, I not only have the
heatsink and fan on, but also have TWO case airflow exit fans as well,
you'll see the positions for these above the serial & parallel ports and
poss also on the front at the bottom depending on the case.
Also make sure the glue for the heatsink has been applied because in most
cases the heatsink NEEDS to be 'flush' on the processor.
Possibly overkill - but you can't be too sure.
Regards,
Matt Wilson
Doug
Charlie
> >Another thing we do is, whatever paste
> >or pad or pink glop comes on the unit, remove it all, and make sure the
surface
> >of the unit where it contacts the CPU is absolutely smooth, flat and
burr/pit
> >free.
> Yea, a good way to do this is to get some fine grit sand paper and
> smooth the surface of that heat sink down. Some people even sand down
> the cpu core, but I haven't done that myself.
> Charlie
Charlie
> > Nice OE AMD. Why should an end user have to go to these extremes with a
> >chip? Oh yeah forgot AMD 1.4 is $8 cheaper than the P4. Doesnt seem worth
> >5-10 fps IMO. Yes, I forgot the MB is $30 more. Thats $38 more to have a
> >chip that runs at 104*F avg.(38* C) using OEM fan etc.
> > Heres a screen shot of my processors temp after leaving N4. It will
drop
> >to 96*F when at idle.
> >http://www.home.earthlink.net/~hans7/cputemp.gif
> > Charlie
> I had my suspicions about you being an Intel weenie after the comments
> in another thread, now you just confirmed it. Real men sand their
> heatsinks.
> Charlie
message
> > On Sat, 21 Jul 2001 14:36:46 GMT, "Charlie Buscher"
> > > Nice OE AMD. Why should an end user have to go to these extremes with
a
> > >chip? Oh yeah forgot AMD 1.4 is $8 cheaper than the P4. Doesnt seem
worth
> > >5-10 fps IMO. Yes, I forgot the MB is $30 more. Thats $38 more to have
a
> > >chip that runs at 104*F avg.(38* C) using OEM fan etc.
> > > Heres a screen shot of my processors temp after leaving N4. It will
> drop
> > >to 96*F when at idle.
> > >http://www.racesimcentral.net/~hans7/cputemp.gif
> > > Charlie
> > I had my suspicions about you being an Intel weenie after the comments
> > in another thread, now you just confirmed it. Real men sand their
> > heatsinks.
Charlie
> > Charlie
> message
> > > On Sat, 21 Jul 2001 14:36:46 GMT, "Charlie Buscher"
> > > > Nice OE AMD. Why should an end user have to go to these extremes
with
> a
> > > >chip? Oh yeah forgot AMD 1.4 is $8 cheaper than the P4. Doesnt seem
> worth
> > > >5-10 fps IMO. Yes, I forgot the MB is $30 more. Thats $38 more to
have
> a
> > > >chip that runs at 104*F avg.(38* C) using OEM fan etc.
> > > > Heres a screen shot of my processors temp after leaving N4. It will
> > drop
> > > >to 96*F when at idle.
> > > >http://www.racesimcentral.net/~hans7/cputemp.gif
> > > > Charlie
> > > I had my suspicions about you being an Intel weenie after the comments
> > > in another thread, now you just confirmed it. Real men sand their
> > > heatsinks.
I have a thermal past, but it's too hot of a topic for this newsgroup.
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> Charlie
I know it's called lapping, but it means sanding and some people may
not know what lapping means.
> >lol, hit a nerve that quick? FYI I own an AMD 1.33 and I've sold 2 1.2's
> >that I've built, beside the P4. Any more comments? I have one, Its
called
> >lapping. You do realize how much of a weenie you present your self as
when
> >you say that you sand your heatsink?
> > Charlie
> What a sucker! I made that post to elicit the exact response above.
> You're just a puppet in my hands.
> I know it's called lapping, but it means sanding and some people may
> not know what lapping means.
Charlie
message
> > On Sat, 21 Jul 2001 16:21:55 GMT, "Charlie Buscher"
> > >lol, hit a nerve that quick? FYI I own an AMD 1.33 and I've sold 2
1.2's
> > >that I've built, beside the P4. Any more comments? I have one, Its
> called
> > >lapping. You do realize how much of a weenie you present your self as
> when
> > >you say that you sand your heatsink?
> > > Charlie
> > What a sucker! I made that post to elicit the exact response above.
> > You're just a puppet in my hands.
> > I know it's called lapping, but it means sanding and some people may
> > not know what lapping means.
I too, just bought an Athlon1400 with an ASUS MB. Couldn't get it working
properly for a week or so, couldn't install Windows, kept crashing. Temp
was averaging 60 degrees.
Then I applied a very thin layer of thermal paste between the processor and
the heatsink. Average temperature dropped by 12 degrees. Windows then
installed fine, and everything now works fine. It warms up to about 57
after a few hours use though, if I leave the case on, so I'm leaving it off
for now. Need to get a case fan.
Paul
The *** feet are purely to stabilise the heatsink and keep it flat
against the die surface, and make sure it doesn't 'rock' to one side,
creating an air gap.
I'd suggest that you should be able to get the temp down to below 50
deg. My 1ghz athlon runs at around 45 when oc'ed to 1.4 ghz, so and
original 1.4 ghz chip should be doing better. More ventilation through
your case may also be required.
Rafe Mc