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| Thread ID: 55425 | 2005-03-10 05:37:00 | New CPU | Edward (31) | Press F1 |
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| 332665 | 2005-03-10 08:21:00 | I'll try to get some new thermal paste tomorrow, as opposed to transferring the 10 year old crap with the finger ;) I've scraped the old stuff off with the library cards, but don't have any isopropyl alcohol- problem? |
Edward (31) | ||
| 332666 | 2005-03-10 08:29:00 | Or... meths will do. | Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 332667 | 2005-03-10 08:58:00 | What OS are you putting on this machine? IIRC, win95 or 98 (or it could be both), had issues with K6's over a certain clock speed, which you will need to hunt down and apply a patch for..... hmm! when I come to think of it is 350MHz +, so I'll just crawl back into my hole and shut up :thumbs: |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 332668 | 2005-03-10 09:29:00 | terry......wasn't it only the cyrix cpu's that ran PR ratings on the cpu's ????? the intel's and amd's used actuall mhz ratings if i remeber correctly. mind you its been a very long time since i've played with those......... | tweak'e (69) | ||
| 332669 | 2005-03-11 02:39:00 | So I'l need thermal grease, so will this (www.dse.co.nz) stuff do? | Edward (31) | ||
| 332670 | 2005-03-11 02:49:00 | never used it , so sorry no opinion Have used Arctic Alumina and found it very good , and excellent instructions on the site on how to use such products www.arcticsilver.com |
KatiMike (242) | ||
| 332671 | 2005-03-11 03:51:00 | Any "thermal compound" will be fine. It's just to fill the small gaps which always exist between the CPU and the heat transfer block. A little bit of it is great. More is not better. For IPA keep an eye on the $2 shops ... they often have floppy disk or CD cleaning kits. The liquid in the little bottle is isopropyl alcohol. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 332672 | 2005-03-11 05:22:00 | I used meths to get the old crap off the CPU & fan I went down to DSe and got the stuff, and have applied all of it to the CPU, and its been installed It's made an effect, but I'm still mildly worried about it (Can you tell it's my first CPU change? ;)) On first boot, the CPU fan went crazy, and in the BIOS it showed the CPU going at 19 degrees, then every 5 seconds or so it would go up 1-2 degrees. Is this normal? Will it eventually stop going up? Thanks, Edward :) |
Edward (31) | ||
| 332673 | 2005-03-11 05:48:00 | Well it should stop. The 5 second changes are because it's polling the temperature every 5 seconds. It will take a few to get to full temp and get higher under load. As Graham mentioned, less thermal compound is better. More = 1mm or more, you only need a very thin, but even, smear over the entire surface. If you put 1mm on each surface (heatsink and CPU) then that is way too much. |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 332674 | 2005-03-11 05:52:00 | As Graham mentioned, less thermal compound is better. More = 1mm or more, you only need a very thin, but even, smear over the entire surface. If you put 1mm on each surface (heatsink and CPU) then that is way too much. uh oh... what actually happens if you put more than that amount on? :( |
Edward (31) | ||
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