Help! Prescott 3.0Ghz

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I got a Prescott 3.0Ghz yesterday and used it on my Gigabyte 8IK-1100 ver1.0 (with bios F10) and the system became very unstable, kept crashing after 2-4min. Temperature monitor in bios sits at around 68-70c which is very hot for the computer is not doing anything.

Can anyone shed some lights?
 
Prescott = Room Heater. Perhaps you need to buy a better HSF / Reseat your existing one, and wack some AS5 on it.
Id leave well alone those chips until the D0 stepping comes out (cooler chips them - hopefully)

That was... different... kinda slimy... sorta warm... yet, suprisingly arousing...
 
Hi,

had same problem. try to disable Hyper Threading in the BIOS. it will sort it out, but i still dont know how to get the Prescott 3.0 to run full speed with HT enabled, which it should.

Jan
 
Yes!! finally found someone with the same processor as me!! I figured out the problem over the weekend, I was using a 333mhz DDR ram, which is the prob... I changed to a 400mhz ram and the system works ok. do u use 333 or 400?

But one prob remains, idle temp is 59c fully loaded up to 78c.. how is yours?
 
What intel is doing is crap! they should not have released the chip if they have overheating issues! whilst the manual said that the max cpu temp should be 69c for a prescott 3.0ghz, mine goes up to 78c.

dun think this is healthy for the chip.
 
If it was overheating it would also be clocking itself down to save the silicon. This is a fabrication technologies issue as seen with no other major semi conductor company with 0.09u readily available.

So cool your jets and live up with what you purchased.

Xeon

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I actually thought of that, but since I paid good money for a 3ghz, it would be a waste of money if i run it as a 2.8ghz or something.. could've save some bucks and buy a 2.8ghz instead?
 
probly shouldnt have bought a prescott in the first place...

Asus P4P800DX, P4C 2.6ghz@3.25ghz, 2X512 OCZ PC4000 3-3-3-8, Leadtek FX5900@450/875, 2X30gig Raid0
 
"But one prob remains, idle temp is 59c fully loaded up to 78c.. how is yours?"

Congrats man, preshot starts throtteling at those temps, so essentially you got a cpu with 2-2.5 GHz performance that costs like a 3 GHz one, and produces heat and noise like a 5 GHz. Sweet deal you got there !

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I am severly limited in what my mind can perceive.
 
Hi,

My prescott seems to run at normal temp, which I understand is 40c to 50C. I must say i have a Zalman CNPS7000 A/CU cooler on it, but it ran about the same with retail cooler, maybe slightly hotter.
Your temp seems a little high, but maybe you live in the Sahara ;-)
Anyway, if your box dont cool, or circulate air, your CPU is trying to cool itself with warm/hot air. So maybe the case venting/cooling needs to be upgraded.
Finally, alot of people might tell you that the Prescott runs too hot, as they compare it to NW. The Prescott is an entirely new processor (well...) and have about 2.5 times the amount of transistors, so naturally it will get hotter than NW. Im sure the boys over at Intel took note of that and designed a slab that can handle that temp.
SO its not running HOT, its running warmer ;-)

Jan
 
he's probobly a [-peep-] idiot who doesn't know how to attatch the hs/f. there's no [-peep-] way u could get those temps unless ura retard.
 
*he's probobly a [-peep-] idiot who doesn't know how to attatch the hs/f. there's no [-peep-] way u could get those temps unless ura retard.*

Well zer0, you are a [peep]ing pile of dog $hit! if you have nothing useful to add, just shut up! you dumb [peep]
!!
 
thanks dejay97, i am gettnig the zalman cnps700a/cu this weekend, hopefully that would solve the problem. I ran it the other day outside the case and temp was between 50c to 67c (with ambient temp of around 17c).

have u fixed yuor HT problem yet?
 
Space Donkey and Etpert,

Don't worry about that jerk Zero-doen't his name say it all!!! I have a P4C 3.0, not a prescott, but the same issue. Mine runs around 43C under light load, antivirus, norton security and surfing the web. Under heavy load's- playing Far Cry, it goes up to 68C+. I am also worried about how hot my processor gets. Some forms I have read say 50C and under at idle is ok, others say it should be around 30C. The montering software on my motherboard (MSI) says maxis around 85C. It is confusing. I shot off a email to intel to get their take on this. I will post the results to this thread. It won't exactly be your processor, but you will get a general idea. To all the rest like zero, come on, this is a form to get and give helpful information-Not show what a @#$% you are.
 
Stability is the only true temp test. The temp sensors on boards are 2 bits worth of sillycon. Chances of them being wrong are close to 100%. If you are really worried, get an infrared thermometer and shoot your guts. What will really kill is the temps on the v-regs. They could be above 75c.
 
#Endyen "Stability is the only true temp test."

The truth in a few words.

I have not fixed my HT problem yet, but i have not really had the time. I run it without, which is fine for the aps i use at the moment. Hopefully i can borrow some hardware this weekend and try a few swaps, i also plan to test my PSU in detail.
Please let me know how the Zalman worked out for you.

jan
 
I supposed, but seeing the high number just does not provide me with the level of comfort I need. But if it doesnt go unstable, I think I should be able to live with it. What temp monitor do you use? The one that comes with your m/board?

Sure, will let you know how it goes.
Thanks
 
Have you ever heard about Athlon64 with Cool&Quit technologie ?

(now Zero is gooing to be totally mad)


Toms Hardware Site is a joke !
 
u morons better prey that when i get a 3.0ghz prescott that it runs at 70c. if not i'm flaming every bullshit post on this board. btw the 2.4 prescoot i had ran at 45c under full load with stock hs/f.
 
Zero,

What is your problem. Are you just a lonely, friendless jerk looking for new ways to spread hate. If your processor runs cool, great-tell others how. Get a girlfriend or something-REALLY!!!!! Even after all this, I hope your new processor runs nice and cool for you.
 
Zero isnt happy with the fact Intel is screwing up big time, Zero get over it, the Pentium M will do great on desktop, aldo it will take years before they will be able to compare with Athlon64.

Never fun suporting the losing team...get over it dude :)


Toms Hardware Site is a joke !
 
One of the reasons i went A64 was temps and noise. In a warm room with just a few low rpm case fans, my 3200 A64 oced to 2.32ghz never goes over 38C load even with the stock HSF on low.....

Other reason was gaming performance.....

<A HREF="http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=7737657" target="_new"> My rig </A>
 
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