is 70C+ processor temp ( as measured by abit guru) more than a littel bit hot for a 2600+? I am running a SLK800A heatsink with a an 80 mm smartfan 2 mounted on it, with room temp air fed to it via a duct running to the front of the case. I currently just have a small amount of generic thermal paste on it, do you think cleaning and redoing with artic silver or the like is worth it?

The reson i ask is that a few minutes ago the processor temp spiked to 90C and triggerd the auto shutdown i have set up on overtemp. Any recomendations? Its holding steady at 76C now, witht he fan at 5400 rpm, max, and the exhaust fan on the rear case wall next to the procesor also at max speed.

11/29/2005 12:30:26 AM

update your bios to get an actual temperature

[Edited on November 29, 2005 at 12:40 AM. Reason : []

11/29/2005 12:40:35 AM

i HAVE the latest bios versions for this board.

11/29/2005 1:17:19 AM

if you have the latest bios and you've setup everything correctly as you say, there is something wrong with the hardware or an incorrect bios setting (read vcore). no consumer grade processor runs at 70C+ with any sort of active cooling.

[Edited on November 29, 2005 at 1:44 AM. Reason : new bios could be borked, try an older one too]

11/29/2005 1:44:12 AM

Redo the paste you have. Silver won't make that much of a difference. I'm thinking either you screwed it up or it got knocked loose somehow.

11/29/2005 4:45:52 AM

If that's the heatsink/fan combo I think it is, your idle cpu temp should only be a degree or two above ambient. Reseat your heatsink and make sure that your temperature measurement is real. The type of heatsink paste won't really matter as long as it is not complete shit.

11/29/2005 12:50:02 PM

Found the problem. The last time i flashed the bios, it set the vcore a little high for the processor i have. It was running a 2.0 volt vcore. Hand copied over allt he corect seetings and resaved them to bios profile, and its back running smooth

11/30/2005 9:46:47 PM

I'm glad you found the problem because I have a 3.4GHz P4 running in a poorly cooled HP laptop and I'm only hitting 51C on my worst days

12/1/2005 12:27:44 AM

yes it shouldent be that much wattage
thats a lot for certain processors
my dual core takes 1.3 watts per core

12/1/2005 12:32:49 AM