cooling??

[King X13]

yeah just do one thing and make sure its pluged in to the mobo before you turn the computer lol

 

[cwiz]

just pay attention to where u unpluged the old fan and plug the new one right in the same spot!

also...

make sure you have a good intake and exaust flow to get fresh air in the box. if your just reblowing the same hot air across your HS, its kind of pointless. u need a constant flow of fresh air from the outside.

also...

make sure u have quality thermal paste on your cpu/hs interface. thermal pads are crap! i was running hot a few weeks ago (about 59-60*C on my k7 AMD XP). i bought some Artic Silver 5 off ebay for $7. too my horror, i found some shotty white gunk the guy who built my rig claims to be thermal grease. wiped it off w/ alcohol and put a dab of the AS5 on. **be sure to let the AS5 set in for a day before OCing or anything because it takes time to set in/up** now i run at 48*C without changing anything else! i can also overclock ~.1-.2 GHz with no increase in temp!

 

[mikee]

Sometimes I can hear rattling from inside the computer too thats when I notice the temp go up a bit but when theres no rattling it stays at around 50

here's what it says in speedfan

 

[talldude123]

Holy crap!

I've never seen SpeedFan with a Fire warning on it.

And one of your fans is 57 degrees celcius :O


My computer is a little hot as well, its running at 39 degrees

Try getting rid of some components that might be making the PSU overwork itself (eg. sound card, modem)

 

[mikee]

But i need those things

 

[reggie_da_man]

Here's a good video on installing a heatsink for you: http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/DownloadableAssets/section3-high.wmv

 

[mikee]

it was not the heatsink. I just found out that my video card was overheating causing high temps. Now my card's fried and it looks like someone took a blowtorch to it