Overheating with a Silverado, HELP!

[Tankman]

My idle temps are 56C for my CPU and 35C for my mobo. This is my first time building my own system so I'm looking for some advice. System specs:

Athlon 1.33 (266 FSB)
ASUS A7V133 Rev 1.004 BIOS 1005a
256MB Crucial RAM PC133
WIN98 SE
ASUS V7700 Deluxe
Silverado HSF (12V)
WD 45GB HD ATA66
Yamaha 8824 CDRW
Pioneer 32X CD-ROM
Soundblaster Live 5.1 X-Gamer
Enermax EG365P-VE
2 Adda 80mm case fans (front intake, rear exhaust)
Avance 7004 Midi case

I removed the Silverado today and reinstalled again with ACII to no avail. I just put on enough ACII to barely cover the CPU. My core voltage is 1.79 according to MBM5. Any ideas on what I've done wrong here?

 

[Guest]

Check, doublecheck, and re-doublecheck to make sure that the cooler is mounted perfectly _flat_ on the CPU. From the sounds of it, your cooler is sitting on an edge of the CPU, and thus not getting equal pressure and good heat transfer. BTW, I'm assuming by ACII you mean ASII, the thermal interface goop with silver in it?

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[wapaaga]

one thing is that your core voltage is high it should only be 1.75 volts this should help your temps some also it sound like you need some more air fllow becuase your mobo temp is a little high

 

[Tankman]

Where can I find info on core voltage settings? The AMD website said my mobo should figure it out for me. I'll give 1.75 a shot. I think you're right about airflow. I wanted a quiet system so I bought the Adda fans which are only rated at 26.2 CFM. I guess they are not moving enough air across my mobo. With the case open, my mobo is at 32C. I'll try some new fans as well as changing the vcore. Thanks.

 

[Guest]

Are you using Asus Probe to meassure temps?
If you are, your CPU temp is OK, because the probe does not just show meassured temp, but an estimate of how hot your CPU is at its core, this is probably 9 degrees above what other monitoring programs will show.
If you use MBM5 or something like that, your temp is high.
But you have a lot of heat emitting equipment in that box, and maybe your 2 extra fans are not working very well.
Check if air can flow freely in your case, most important that IDE cables are not blocking airflow, but try to guide all cables so that air can flow freely.
Also check that air can enter your case where it is supposed to. mostly front buttom.
Your PSU should exhaust at top rear, not all PSUs do that!
Check all fans with the case open, and see that they actually work, and evaluate their efficiency.
Run your system with case open for an hour or so, then close the case. If your motherboard temp rises more than a couble of degrees, you need better case cooling.

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[Guest]

thats very good already i am using same mobo n bios reading is 61 on the asus probe but on my senfu its 42

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[Guest]

I totally agree with you about case cooling, Iam only very new to all this but I have worked out the benifits of proper case cooling (lowered 6 degrees).

Cant cool anything with hot air!

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[Tankman]

OK, I ran a little test to see if I have an air flow problem, but I don't know what right looks like so I'll throw numbers out and see what everyone thinks.

Ambient air temp: 24.5C
CPU/MB Temps:
Case Open: 50C/29C
Case Closed: 53C/33C
Case Open with Table Fan blowing on high: 48C/27C

All temps were taken with MBM5 and Asus Probe (no difference). System was not under load.

These certainly sound higher than everyone elses temps. I applied the ASII with a razor blade and thought I had just enough to cover the core. This is the only thing I can think of to try to do to lower my temps. Any suggestions? How much hotter should a MB be than ambient air temp? How about a 1.33 CPU vs ambient air. Any data/ideas would help. Thanks.

 

[peteb]

I'll give you some subjective figures on moderate-good air cooling.

Ambient temperature + 2-5 degrees C for mobo
Mobo temp + 15-20 degrees C for CPU.

In your setup you should aim for about 30 degrees top on your mobo and 50 degrees top on your cpu. Give or take a little I'd say you are still nicely on the curve - if they are load.

These temps are for sustained load temps (1 hour plus) (setiathome or looping 3dmarks etc.) not idle/low usage.

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