Overheating Problem At Stock Clock Speed

Kazer · Post by **Kazer** » Wed Dec 27, 2000 4:49 pm

I have a AMD Thunderbird 1Ghz and an Abit KT7. Cooling the Thunderbird is an Alpha Pal heatsink and fan. I left the cpu bios at default. My cpu temp goes over 50 degrees celsius when playing games and I get kicked out of whatever game I am playing.

Does anyone know why my cpu gets so hot ? Should I lower the voltage ?

MK888 · Post by **MK888** » Wed Dec 27, 2000 11:21 pm

There were no feet on the Heatsingk were there? If so, take them off, the feet on the T-Bird are all that you need. Try using some good thermal grease, prefferably artic silver. You could try the voltage, but if nothing works, maybe there is something wrong with the CPU.

Kazer · Post by **Kazer** » Thu Dec 28, 2000 12:43 am

Nope, didn't add in extra pads at the bottom. I use heatsink compound that 2CoolTek sent with my Apha Pal.

I also think that it is because of the CPU, but it's OEM so I dunno if I can return it.

EvilHorace · Post by **EvilHorace** » Fri Dec 29, 2000 12:48 am

Try another HS/fan first.

My voltage is at the top without modifying, 1.85v and heat isn't a problem.
When gaming, I have additional fans (wired off the PS, not mobo) that I turn on to cool the video card, some blows on the mobo at cpu area (two extra fans), the case also has 2 exhaust fans and 1 intake fan. It might seem like overkill but I've used my gaming fan setup with my old Celeron system too and it helps keep everything cooler while gaming (probably the most demanding thing you can do with a PC).

This forum deals alot with AMD cpus, you might ask there as well:
http://www.apushardware.com/vb/index.php
and this site's a must for KT7 users too:
http://go.to/kt7faq
Look there for help also.

[Edited by EvilHorace on 12-29-2000 at 12:51 AM]

Kazer · Post by **Kazer** » Fri Dec 29, 2000 3:31 am

I would test out another heatsink fan combo if I had a different one made for Thunderbirds but I don't. Maybe I just didn't palce the heatsink in correctly.

Hopefully after I install all my fans into my Addtronics case, add in the Card Cooler XT, and use Arctic Silver Thermal Compund it will help out with the heating problem. But I must wait until the shipment arrives.

Kazer · Post by **Kazer** » Fri Dec 29, 2000 5:20 am

I think I know what is the problem now. My cpu runs hot but when I touch my heatsink or the air that the fan sucks out from the heatsink it's not that hot. So I think I put the heatsink on incorrecty.

I took the heatsink off the cpu and the thermal paste was hardly on the cpu and was pushed away by the heatsink, how do I keep it on ? Could the heatsink be on too tight ? I have to force the clip into place, should it go in place with ease ?

Does anyone know a website that will teach me how to put my heatsink on correctly ?

EvilHorace · Post by **EvilHorace** » Sat Dec 30, 2000 12:54 am

The Coolermaster HS/fan that I'm using also fits tightly and needs a screwdriver to release/install it to the cpu. I can't imagine how yours could be installed wrong? Mine only goes on one way and it's foolproof. My fan (which came attached) blows towards the cpu, not away from it. I had my Alpha HS/fan also blowing towards the cpu (for almost 2 years) and despite contrary ideas on that here, to me it makes more sense to have it blowing towards the cpu being that the hottest part of that HS is the spot where it directly contacts the CPU. With the fan reversed, allowing the heat to transfer into the HS first and then be transferred away from it seems to me that it'd take more time, thus possibly more cpu heat? Just a thought.

Kazer · Post by **Kazer** » Sat Dec 30, 2000 4:59 am

I put my card cooler on top of the cpu and it helped a little with he temps. It lowerd by about 3-5 degrees less. It could still be a lot cooler though. Once my Card Cooler XT arrives I will install that and take off the fan from the heatsink and see what happens.

EvilHorace · Post by **EvilHorace** » Sat Dec 30, 2000 10:21 am

Card Cooler for a cpu? Aren't those just for video cards?

Kazer · Post by **Kazer** » Sat Dec 30, 2000 7:27 pm

The Card Cooler XT is made of 2 120mm fans so you can imagine how much they would cool. They almost cover the whole motherboard.