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| 490925 | 2006-10-12 09:17:00 | Is there a 4 pin ATX adapter on the mobo? If there is, is the adapter from the PSU plugged into it? Everything is fitting snuggly as far as I can see. |
Twelvevolts (5457) | ||
| 490926 | 2006-10-12 09:28:00 | What about the CPU HSF? is that on properly? with heatsink compound? | The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 490927 | 2006-10-12 09:31:00 | I'll take a look next time I try to boot it up. I suspect overheating to but if the fans are going what will I have to do to cool it down? I haven't built a system before so I may be missing something really obvious. Well I mean the heatsink iisn't properly locked in and so there is a huge air gap (well any is bad) between the top of the CPU and the base of the heatsink. I know I had a hell of a time with a stock Intel heatsink/fan that wasn't locking into place correctly. I assume you applied thermal compound or the heat sink had it pre-applied.... |
gibler (49) | ||
| 490928 | 2006-10-12 10:46:00 | Well I mean the heatsink iisn't properly locked in and so there is a huge air gap (well any is bad) between the top of the CPU and the base of the heatsink . I know I had a hell of a time with a stock Intel heatsink/fan that wasn't locking into place correctly . I assume you applied thermal compound or the heat sink had it pre-applied . . . . Yes it had thermal compound although perhaps some more should be applied . The fan appears to be fitting tight but the CPU temperature does rocket up as soon as the machine is turned on . Looks like the solution is more thermal compound and checking the fit of the fan (or getting another one) . The fan is a huge (Intel) unit, bigger than anything I've seen before . Had a lot of trouble getting it in place in the first place although there is no obvious gap and it appears to be locked in . Given everything else appears to be working, it is difficult to see what else it might be causing the over heating . |
Gigabyte (11281) | ||
| 490929 | 2006-10-12 11:27:00 | Yes it had thermal compound although perhaps some more should be applied . The fan appears to be fitting tight but the CPU temperature does rocket up as soon as the machine is turned on . Looks like the solution is more thermal compound and checking the fit of the fan (or getting another one) . The fan is a huge (Intel) unit, bigger than anything I've seen before . Had a lot of trouble getting it in place in the first place although there is no obvious gap and it appears to be locked in . Given everything else appears to be working, it is difficult to see what else it might be causing the over heating . Hmm, Intel have a video at . intel . com/cd/channel/reseller/asmo-na/eng/100617 . htm" target="_blank">www . intel . com One of the problems is that one of the legs on the heatsink can get its end bent so it does not click in . It is quite hard to see with the motherboard in a case but if you can install the heatsink onto the motherboard outside the case you can see the back of the motherboard, and so see that the ends of the legs are in fact correctly locked in . There are also some reports of supplied heatsinks that do not have flat enough contact areas . . . |
gibler (49) | ||
| 490930 | 2006-10-13 01:24:00 | I'll take a look next time I try to boot it up. I suspect overheating to but if the fans are going what will I have to do to cool it down? If the HSF isnt making good contact with the CPU then you can point as many fans at it as you like but it wont do any good. Take the HSF and make sure youve applied the thermal paste/pad properly. Are you using thermal paste or the standard thermal pad? If your using the pad then did you take the plastic cover off? Are Twelvevolts and Gigabyte the same person? Kinda confusing. |
Pete O'Neil (6584) | ||
| 490931 | 2006-10-13 01:28:00 | Is the CPU fan connected OK? Does it run when power is turned ON? | bk T (215) | ||
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