Slowly getting back up

[stretch0069]

Well....got everything moved over the weekend. Last night I finally got the comp desk somewhat positioned. Started hooking up PCs. All the PCs came up except for the two Quad cores. They would turn on and then after a 10 seconds or so, they would shut down. The one had a loose HS. I tried to reinstall, but no luck yet. The newest one had the same behavior. The fan was slow so I put on the stock Intel HS. Still no luck. Then I got a wild hair and just sat the HS on the CPU without attaching it. Its been running just fine at 31°C for the last couple hours.

I wish there was a good HS/fan that worked right. I miss the old 370 assys. No fuss and they worked great.

Crazy shit. Oh well.

Hopefully I should have everything running this weekend. Still have to do the work thing.....damn it.

[acstech]

Re: Slowly getting back up

Oh, two quad cores! So that explains it!

I hope you didn't fry the one with the loose heatsink. Bad juju...

[stretch0069]

Re: Slowly getting back up

Oh, two quad cores! So that explains it!

well....with your numbers, you must have some good stuff too.

[stretch0069]

Re: Slowly getting back up

DID YA HEAR IT???????????

Did ya hear the loud POP?????

That would have been me getting my head out of my ass.

I did not apply the AS5 properly. After consulting the INSTRUCTIONS, I complied and guess what????? yep.....34°C and stable.....both of them.



I feel like such a dumbass. Maybe there is something bad about sniffing glue...


(before anyone thinks i sniff glue, i don't. but i do enjoy building plastic scale models and i don't always have the proper ventilation )

[willawake]

Re: Slowly getting back up

talking about your ass again.....tsk tsk.....

[stretch0069]

Re: Slowly getting back up

hey....its a big subject.

[zandrax]

Re: Slowly getting back up

Don't worry stretchy, get a brunch of old boards (say socket 7 or slot 2): 40 of them can surely replace a modern quad core without suffering from overheating. I won't reccomend older boards because I'm having difficulties in getting a Boinc client for XTs: when I found it and an old 8 bit ethernet card, I'd fold with my trusty M240
Jokes apart, how did you manage to burn a cpu? Core 2 runs colder than Athlons and Prescotts, so overheating is rarely a striking issue unless you like overvolting.
DId the loose heatsink damaged the processor?

Zandrax

[stretch0069]

Re: Slowly getting back up

The loose HS didn't cause any damage.......I think.

After reapplying the AS5 and reinstalling the stock Intel HSs, idle temps are 34°C. However......when I fire up F@H, the newest QC only goes to 56°C. However, the other QC (that had the loose HS) went up to 82°C.

Once I get the other boys playing, I'll redo that one. The Intel stock HS doesn't give me a warm fuzzy. I do have a ZeroTherm HS here to throw in there to see if it makes a difference.