Iron_Cross
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This could probably have gone in the hardware section, but since it mainly has to do with cooling I'm putting it here.
I just got a new P4 3.2 proc (LGA 775). And a new motherboard (Asus p5p800). I installed everything, had to get a new power supply and a new fan/heatsinc since my old heatsinc wouldn't work with the Socket T (775).
Anyways, I got it up and running. Started installing Win XP Pro on a maxtor 80gb hdd. It went through the formatting, formatted fine, and rebooted. The initial setup/formatting took about an hour, give or take. Once it rebooted it started going through the second phase of the install. After about 10-20 mins, the computer shut off. It just shut off.
So I figured the CPU was overheating. I turned it back on the next day and wen into the BIOS and saw that (without the case being closed) it was running at 85C. Which is hot. And that was just in the BIOS, I wasn't even doing anything. The fan was working and everything.
The inside of my case is all metal, so I'm guessing it gets to be like a freaking oven in there. And I have no fan on the back pulling the air out of the case...but would that fan REALLY get my temp down to an acceptable range?
What are some of my options to get the CPU down to a good rate? When I put the fan/heatsinc on I didn't put any new Thermal Compound on (I just left the stuff that came with the fan, it was a white paste sort of)...so maybe I should put some arctic silver 5 on there? Would that help?
I also haven't put the latest BIOS on there, which I'm doing tonight. But I doubt that would make much diff with the temp.
Thanks for any replies.
I just got a new P4 3.2 proc (LGA 775). And a new motherboard (Asus p5p800). I installed everything, had to get a new power supply and a new fan/heatsinc since my old heatsinc wouldn't work with the Socket T (775).
Anyways, I got it up and running. Started installing Win XP Pro on a maxtor 80gb hdd. It went through the formatting, formatted fine, and rebooted. The initial setup/formatting took about an hour, give or take. Once it rebooted it started going through the second phase of the install. After about 10-20 mins, the computer shut off. It just shut off.
So I figured the CPU was overheating. I turned it back on the next day and wen into the BIOS and saw that (without the case being closed) it was running at 85C. Which is hot. And that was just in the BIOS, I wasn't even doing anything. The fan was working and everything.
The inside of my case is all metal, so I'm guessing it gets to be like a freaking oven in there. And I have no fan on the back pulling the air out of the case...but would that fan REALLY get my temp down to an acceptable range?
What are some of my options to get the CPU down to a good rate? When I put the fan/heatsinc on I didn't put any new Thermal Compound on (I just left the stuff that came with the fan, it was a white paste sort of)...so maybe I should put some arctic silver 5 on there? Would that help?
I also haven't put the latest BIOS on there, which I'm doing tonight. But I doubt that would make much diff with the temp.
Thanks for any replies.