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Thermal Paste or fan?

  • 05-12-2005 12:56pm
    #1
    Oriel
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,154 ✭✭✭


    Folks,
    From time to time, during processor-intensive work like ripping an mp3, the computer will just freeze up, repeating a noise every second. I'm presuming this is because the processor is over heating. Even before that, I keep getting a warning about the processor overheating. I can't exactly remember the temperature, but it's something stupid like 78 degrees.

    Am I best getting some termal paste, or getting an extra fan? Or both?
    It's an Athlon XP 2000 by the way.

    Cheers,
    S.


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  • #2
    youcancallmeal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,067 ✭✭✭youcancallmeal


    What motherboard have you got?
    What cpu cooler are you using?
    If your using stock heatsink fan then it would have come with thermal paste(pad) already applied.
    Theres something seriously wrong if your temps are running at 78 degrees and a bit of thermal paste will not solve the problem. Have you tried reseating the hsf?


  • #3
    Oriel
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,154 ✭✭✭Oriel


    Yeah, I guess I should have had a look at the heat sink fan by now. I just presumed it was just the lack of paste. Will do that tonight actually.
    It's a Asus Via 7333 I think. The CPU cooler is a standard heat sink and fan I bought when I put the PC together about 3 years ago.

    Again, the heat sink did have paste on it, but that was 3 years ago - wouldn't I need to get a bit more on there by now?

    Cheers,
    S.


  • #4
    TempestSabre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,142 ✭✭✭TempestSabre


    Thats too hot. I think those AMD's fail at 90 deg. Pooooff!!

    If you pull the side of the case off, and blow the dust out of the CPU heatsink does it help? Ultimately you need a better heat sink and fan. Try and get a quiet one. Zalman is a good choice. Better thermal paste won't make that much difference. You're not running it with NO thermal paste are you? If you are that would explain the high temps.


  • #5
    Oriel
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,154 ✭✭✭Oriel


    When I put the heatsink on back then, I think there was just a small amount of powery stuff on the top of the CPU. It didn't look like much, but then I didn't really know much about CPUs back then, just what they looked like.


  • #6
    Stephen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    Sounds like one of the sticky pad things that came on stock coolers. If you can get it all off the CPU without damaging it, replacing it with some proper thermal paste should cool things down significantly. Clean whatever muck is stuck between the blades of the heatsink out too - a can of compressed air will do the trick.


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  • #7
    Oriel
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,154 ✭✭✭Oriel


    I'll go home tonight and get the hoover out! I'll make sure that the heatsink and fan are on properly, and order some thermal paste anyways.


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