CPU processor cooling

[Craig855S]

I have an AMD athlon XP2800+ processor which is apparently a socket A,and it beeps when i ahve a few things going on which is its overheat warning.I want to upgrade the fan and heatsink combo but can only find one socket A heatsink and fan. i want to know what all the different socket names are and are they interchangable. Will a skt939 cooler fit onto the back of my processor,and can anyone link me to a good cooler that will definately work. from a good site,even ebay

[bluliz]

i use a genuine AMD heatsink with an oversized fan....works perfectly

[Craig855S]

where can i get an oversized fan that will screw onto the backof my heatsink,i think i need to remove my heatsink and clean it as its full of dust,which hinders airflow,if i dust the inside down it stops beeping for a month or so but then dust bulds back up and it does it again. Will be building a new comp soon, but for now im just gonna buy a new case,big fans,and PSU and run my current set-up inside that while i collect the MOBO/CPU/RAM/GFX/SATA etc

[bluliz]

there you go. Dust. Clean it and fit another case fan in the back to keep the air from settling.

 

you need a 60mm to 80mm adaptor and an 80mm fan if you want oversized.

[Craig855S]

just gave the heatsink and fan a good cleaning,no dust in there now,ill see if it still does it. If so maybe the fan aint going as fast as it used to. It shudnt dust up so fast,when i first got it it never beeped,but after 12 months it started beeping,i gave it a good clean out with air duster and it beeped again after 3 months, and since then ive just cleaned the dust off the fan blades and edge of the heatsink and it came back. But now ive cleaned the whole lot so its not got an ounce of dust. This may have it sorted til its in the new case.Gonna get a case that has excellen ventilation me thinks

 

another Q,is there a way to find out what temp ur processor is running at? as standard? cos i know u can fit temp sensors and guages,but is there any software that can tell me about it?

 

i just edited that properly, wahay.Cheers admin

Edited July 8, 2007 by scoop2004

[stoo2000]

Could always 'lap' the surface of the heatsink to a near mirror finish, then fit using a minimal amount of Artic Silver, that should see temperatures drop by a fair few degree's

[Craig855S]

good idea stoo,what is artic silver(u want to me spray ford paint onto my processor?)[j/k....i hope],i take it this will aid in the convection of the heat from the processor onto the heatsink?

[stoo2000]

http://www.google.co.uk/products?q=arctic+...le&ct=title

 

It's thermal compound for between the heatsink and processor.

[PeeWee]

As stoo says, if your original heatsink came with one of those thermal pad things get it all off & use a tiny ( & i mean tiny as in a grain of rice size) bit of thermal grease on the core of the processor & spread it evenly using something like a credit card (only on the core of the cpu mind).

That should drop the temp nicely.

Also this little program should give you the temp readout although i would say add 10 degrees onto it as its usually that much out as a rule compared to the bios readout.

clicky

Hope that its some help.

[Craig855S]

Tried that program peewee,it says 84 deg C.Is that good or bad,that is before adding 10 degs,and the case temp is 33 uncompensated,the second i started it the fans started changing speed and the computer started beeping like a slag. How can i check the temp using the BIOS?

[bluliz]

Tried that program peewee,it says 84 deg C.Is that good or bad,that is before adding 10 degs,

 

Bad

 

My xp3000 never gets over 55deg....and thats using the standard thermal pad.

 

btw, dunno about the 10deg thing.....its always been 100% accurate on my Dual Celeron machine.

Edited July 8, 2007 by bluliz

[PeeWee]

Yeah thats very high scoop, should be about 60 on mbm tops really, maybe your fans bearings are worn & its not spinning as it should & or the thermal pad has ceased to be effective now with time.

You should really be able to pick up a cheap replacement for about 7 quid these days.

 

fact here you go.

clicky

[Craig855S]

just bought a gucci big fan and adaptor from ebay,one that'll shift over 30 cubic centimetres of air a minute or whatever they refer the the airflow rate as,its 32.5

 

How do u remove the heatsink to stick this conducting solution in,the clips look well wierd and im scared im gonna snap em

[bluliz]

CFM = Cubic feet per minute.

 

Sunon Tornado's ROFL 90 odd CFM

[stuey650]

Have you checked you bios to see if there's a fan control setting. Some PC's, for example HP's let you turn up the fan speed which obviously aids cooling.

 

As for removing headsink, usually just a flat head screwdriver and you push down and unhook the heatsink from the socket. Without seeing a pic its hard to tell but most are straightforward to remove.