I have a 1.4 TB on an A7V133, and a Cooler Master HCC-002 "copper" cooler, in an Antec S830( three case fans), 300 watt p/s
and can't seem to get under 45 degrees C when under light load. Does anyone have experience with this system config or cooler? Any suggestions. Thanks http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/frown.gif

I'll ask the obvious question: you installed the heatsink using thermal compound, right? Lots of people swear by Arctic Silver II; the generic white "grease" works fine for me (but my CPUs are much slower than yours).

Man I'm using the original equipment Asus Probe version 2.12.06 (which I'm sure is highly inaccurate) but I dont remember seeing under 51 C on my system idle...1.0 GHz T-Bird A7V133... I switched to a diff cooler, but even with the cheapo coolermaster I had similar temps.

Check your monitoring software...might want to Google for some....and what about your BIOS revision...some claim to lower temps by 3-5 deg. I still don't see the prob at 45 C though...maybe someone else will.

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I'm disappointed AMD didn't provide on-die temperature monitoring for the original Thunderbirds and Durons.

Man if you can run 45 degrees C with the 1.4 you need to pay the preacher.


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Yeah kenya, that silver stuff is just like the white generic, i dont know why people think its so great.
My rule is as long as it dont lock up or freeze, your alright.
But if you see it rise fast and it keeps on rising , cut that sucker off, but if stablizies, at a kind of high temp, dont worry bout it

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...TBird 1.4G...36C as we "speak" under moderate/heavy load (cleaning music files in the background), ambient room temperature 72F...Dragon Orb3...Blizzard 360 case with twin 120mm intakes, single 120mm exhaust.

Where do I send the check? It'll probably bounce, anyway. She Who Must Be Obeyed hasn't given me my allowance yet...

A 1.4 at 36C....


fred you are the preacher.


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[This message has been edited by ranchdog (edited 12-11-2001).]

Well......a Tbird can stand a 70+ Celsius without melting......so you don't have much to worry about http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/wink.gif

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Originally posted by kenja:
I'm disappointed AMD didn't provide on-die temperature monitoring for the original Thunderbirds and Durons.

yep.

That's where I'm at too.

No clue as to what temp mine is running but all is well.

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[This message has been edited by sea69 (edited 12-12-2001).]

As I said in another thread: It's like measuring the temperature of your car's engine by placing your hand on the hood. http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/tongue.gif

PS: I don't automatically remove the pre-installed thermal compound on a heatsink. I believe the stuff has significant engineering effort behind it (probably a convenience compromise involved, also). The only thermal "pad" that I'm sure was a hindrance was on an older CoolerMaster design: a layer of foil with a layer of black wax on each side.

[This message has been edited by kenja (edited 12-12-2001).]