Lowered FSB and my temps go up?!!?

Geminiwave · Oct 18, 2004, 10:55 PM

So I was running a nice moderate overclock for myself. Nothing big, just 10% or so. My temps were very low (max 39C\100F degrees under load but i almost never saw that hight) and I was happy. Well I have a Plextor DVD burner on loan and I decided to try out my firewire port since I have NEVER used it....all of the sudden my computer slowly over the course of the day tried to murder itself, and after much testing, I realized that it was the overclock. When I returned to normal clock speeds, all was well(wonder if anyone can explain that?) Wellll anyway now my temps are higher. It gets to about 100 degrees NO LOAD! none at all and im not overclocking now. These were the friggin LOAD temps on my OC settings...

can someone explain this?!!?

I have a few theories that i thought I'd bounce off the experts:

1) the furnace turned on...now the tempreture in here has raised only slightly, so im not sure if thats it or not.

2) I was previously running the NGO nforce2 driver that lowers temps very well

but for some reason I'm pretty sure its stopped working. Dunno why it would stop but my copy of XP is kinda flakey sometimes.

3) the heatsink is way dusty...I fixed this though and the tempretures did not improve AT ALL

so could someone please help me!!!! Thanks guys.

NeoTribal · Oct 18, 2004, 11:06 PM

Maybe the heatsink got bumped somehow and the thermal compound between the cpu/heatsink is not making proper contact between the two?

Just an idea

Geminiwave · Oct 18, 2004, 11:08 PM

I suppose thats possible.

even so, i mean the difference isnt THAT huge I suppose.

hmmmmmmmmmm

I'd hate to have to reapply thermal compound...it takes a good week before it sets in properly.

ah well maybe i'll check that.

germanjulian · Oct 18, 2004, 11:09 PM

room temp. 1C room temp sometimes does 2C cpu temp here. weird.

LOOK MATE its one of these unexplanable things

NeoTribal · Oct 18, 2004, 11:20 PM

What are your temps at idle normally?

Geminiwave · Oct 19, 2004, 05:02 AM

normally its 91F

now its hovering around 98F

Oct 18, 2004, 10:55 PM	#1
Geminiwave I Have lovely Breasts Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: In the closet... Posts: 5,395 Rep Power: 64	Lowered FSB and my temps go up?!!? So I was running a nice moderate overclock for myself. Nothing big, just 10% or so. My temps were very low (max 39C\100F degrees under load but i almost never saw that hight) and I was happy. Well I have a Plextor DVD burner on loan and I decided to try out my firewire port since I have NEVER used it....all of the sudden my computer slowly over the course of the day tried to murder itself, and after much testing, I realized that it was the overclock. When I returned to normal clock speeds, all was well(wonder if anyone can explain that?) Wellll anyway now my temps are higher. It gets to about 100 degrees NO LOAD! none at all and im not overclocking now. These were the friggin LOAD temps on my OC settings... can someone explain this?!!? I have a few theories that i thought I'd bounce off the experts: 1) the furnace turned on...now the tempreture in here has raised only slightly, so im not sure if thats it or not. 2) I was previously running the NGO nforce2 driver that lowers temps very well but for some reason I'm pretty sure its stopped working. Dunno why it would stop but my copy of XP is kinda flakey sometimes. 3) the heatsink is way dusty...I fixed this though and the tempretures did not improve AT ALL so could someone please help me!!!! Thanks guys. __________________

Oct 18, 2004, 11:06 PM	#2
NeoTribal 1" Lobes! =D Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Miami, Florida Posts: 187 Rep Power: 0	Maybe the heatsink got bumped somehow and the thermal compound between the cpu/heatsink is not making proper contact between the two? Just an idea __________________ To the Dark Tower Childe Roland went...

Oct 18, 2004, 11:08 PM	Thread Starter #3
Geminiwave I Have lovely Breasts Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: In the closet... Posts: 5,395 Rep Power: 64	I suppose thats possible. even so, i mean the difference isnt THAT huge I suppose. hmmmmmmmmmm I'd hate to have to reapply thermal compound...it takes a good week before it sets in properly. ah well maybe i'll check that. __________________

Oct 18, 2004, 11:09 PM	#4
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Oct 18, 2004, 11:20 PM	#5
NeoTribal 1" Lobes! =D Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Miami, Florida Posts: 187 Rep Power: 0	What are your temps at idle normally? __________________ To the Dark Tower Childe Roland went...

Oct 19, 2004, 05:02 AM	Thread Starter #6
Geminiwave I Have lovely Breasts Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: In the closet... Posts: 5,395 Rep Power: 64	normally its 91F now its hovering around 98F __________________