Overheating Problem

[goober2002]

I just installed a new mother board and everything is working except for the computer will freeze after a few minutes.I checked it and the cpu, video card, memory, and 300 w power supply were all really hot. I have a athlon 1.4 with 512 ram and win me. I also was putting the cpu in the new motherboard I didn't have any thermal paste to put on there and it didn't look like there was any on there in the first place, I know that I should put thermal paste on the cpu but I was wondering if that could be the cause of all of the other things overheating because the temp was going between 65 and 71 c for the cpu. Also the fan on the cpu and the other fans were working. Thanx

[joea64]

First of all, you do need some thermal paste on that CPU, but you also need better ventilating and cooling than what you have now. As I've found myself, a single system fan is simply not enough to provide adequate cooling to an Athlon/Duron system, especially when you have a video card with a GPU that will generate heat comparable to a CPU (there's a reason why so many new video cards have heatsinks and fans integrated with their GPU's!). What you need to do is to check the ventilation of your case to make sure there's nothing blocking air from getting in or out, and then you need to install at least one more internal fan. I would recommend an exhaust fan that sucks the hot air out of the case - perhaps an exhaust turbine fan; those things can fit into an empty expansion slot, and they blow cool air at a powerful rate through the interior of your system while sucking hot air out. I use one (along with an uprated power supply) and my system's stability has improved exponentially.

-Joe-

Originally posted by goober2002:
I just installed a new mother board and everything is working except for the computer will freeze after a few minutes.I checked it and the cpu, video card, memory, and 300 w power supply were all really hot. I have a athlon 1.4 with 512 ram and win me. I also was putting the cpu in the new motherboard I didn't have any thermal paste to put on there and it didn't look like there was any on there in the first place, I know that I should put thermal paste on the cpu but I was wondering if that could be the cause of all of the other things overheating because the temp was going between 65 and 71 c for the cpu. Also the fan on the cpu and the other fans were working. Thanx



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[goober2002]

Thanks for your Help

[YODA74]

Definatly add another fan, and i see your running W/Me with 512ram windows me does not like that much will not run properly drop it back to at least 384 and PUT some Artic silver on that CPU Your going to be lucky if you haven't damaged it already.

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[old_kid]

Hey Goober:

To piggy back on what Yoda said about putting Artic Silver on that CPU

I am embarrased to say I fried a brand new 1.2 AMD Athlon that way - duh!

Don't even turn on your PC again without it - only takes a few seconds to fry todays high speed CPU's

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[Whyzman]

Is it a solid base aluminum heatsink? If so, you were definitely toying with disaster. On the two aluminum heat sinks I recently installed I lapped them both on a granite stone before installing. The first few passes over the sandpaper revealed the edges of the sink needed to be taken down considerably!

It appears the extruded aluminum cups when cooling during the manufacturing process, thus making the center of the heatsink slightly elevated. This is exactly where the processor is supposed to make contact. This is not evident upon visual inspection without lapping.

Given the nature of the AMDs to be toasty warm by themselves, and the lack of a precise mating between the processor and sink...a thermal transfer medium is absolutely essential! http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/wink.gif

Yoda, I'm still running WinMe with 512 RAM and am as smooth as silk!

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[goober2002]

Thanks to everyone that responded, I ordered some thermal paste online and i'm looking into getting an additional system fan. I just hope that I didn't mess the cpu up but the computer will still start and run until it gets to hot. Also, does anyone know a regular store in the U.S that's not online that you buy thermal paste at?

[setoguro]

Maybe you can get some at RadioShack.

[Fruss Tray Ted]

My local pc shop has a container of thermal paste in what looks like one half of contact lenses case and about half the diameter also. Cost = 25 cents. Enough for over 100 applications.