HALLO!
Well i'm quite happy with the way things went with my upgrade yesterday! Everything went in absolutely brilliantly smoothly and all that.
I installed Win 98 SE and whilst installing i encountered my first problem. The PC just switched off when i was typing my details in for the installation. It wouldn't switch on again but but if i took the plug out, left it for 5 secs and plugged back in again and pressed the power button (on front of case) the system, cpu and Radeon fans twitched .. but nothing else. I figured that the 300W PSU i bought was in fact not enough so i rushed out and got a 400W one (i got in my computer shop 1.5 minutes before it closed! RESULT!!)
Bam!
Fixed!
Installed Win98 SE with no hitch, installed all drivers for absolutely everything i could think of with no hitch, including ASUS PCPROBE which monitors cpu and mobo temps amongst other things, which is when i noticed a horrific thing
My CPU temp whilst "idle" in Windows 98 SE was 70 - 75 deg Celsius!!
I installed Quake III (note just installed, NOT even played!) and it shot up to 81 degrees C!!
Surely this isn't right?? i thought CPU temps were supposed to be around 40/50/60 degrees? not 80!
The only thing i can think of is the thermal goo on my heatsink has been "de-optimized" due to me testing my CPU and heatsink in my mates PC then taking them apart again. I then (rather foolishly i later discovered) tried to move the displaced goo at the side of where the CPU was the first time back into where the CPU would make contact again (D'oh!)
Should i buy a new heatsink fan? If so i'll buy a better one i reckon.
To help, my specs are:
Athlon XP 2800 Tbred
400W PSU
Asus A7V8X-X
512 Kingston DDR 2700 CL2.5 RAM
Original ATI built RADEON 9800 PRO 128Mb (i named this "Sexual Chocolate" )
Coolermaster "Silent" fan (cost £5, nothing fancy)
1 case fan half way up back plate, i have another at my disposal too.
I've since installed Windows XP Pro too.
Help please
:beard:
Well i'm quite happy with the way things went with my upgrade yesterday! Everything went in absolutely brilliantly smoothly and all that.
I installed Win 98 SE and whilst installing i encountered my first problem. The PC just switched off when i was typing my details in for the installation. It wouldn't switch on again but but if i took the plug out, left it for 5 secs and plugged back in again and pressed the power button (on front of case) the system, cpu and Radeon fans twitched .. but nothing else. I figured that the 300W PSU i bought was in fact not enough so i rushed out and got a 400W one (i got in my computer shop 1.5 minutes before it closed! RESULT!!)
Bam!
Fixed!
Installed Win98 SE with no hitch, installed all drivers for absolutely everything i could think of with no hitch, including ASUS PCPROBE which monitors cpu and mobo temps amongst other things, which is when i noticed a horrific thing
My CPU temp whilst "idle" in Windows 98 SE was 70 - 75 deg Celsius!!
I installed Quake III (note just installed, NOT even played!) and it shot up to 81 degrees C!!
Surely this isn't right?? i thought CPU temps were supposed to be around 40/50/60 degrees? not 80!
The only thing i can think of is the thermal goo on my heatsink has been "de-optimized" due to me testing my CPU and heatsink in my mates PC then taking them apart again. I then (rather foolishly i later discovered) tried to move the displaced goo at the side of where the CPU was the first time back into where the CPU would make contact again (D'oh!)
Should i buy a new heatsink fan? If so i'll buy a better one i reckon.
To help, my specs are:
Athlon XP 2800 Tbred
400W PSU
Asus A7V8X-X
512 Kingston DDR 2700 CL2.5 RAM
Original ATI built RADEON 9800 PRO 128Mb (i named this "Sexual Chocolate" )
Coolermaster "Silent" fan (cost £5, nothing fancy)
1 case fan half way up back plate, i have another at my disposal too.
I've since installed Windows XP Pro too.
Help please
:beard: