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Well, I got itchy and decided to put that CPU that I thought was dead in a different board just for shits and giggles, and guess what, it booted right up, and it booted up in a board I've never gotten to boot before. Very Weird. Anyways, this board has unlocked the multis up to 12.5 it's an old Asus A7V133-C. I've got the CPU up to 1.72ghz (12x143) stable vs. 1.64ghz (11.5x143) stable on the K7S5A.. But, my temps on this board are MUCH higher than my temps on the ECS board. Right now, it's running at 52*C which is 10* higher than the ECS it was running at 40-42*C under full load. Does the .5 increase in the multi make that much of a difference? If it does, I'm going to go ahead and buy an SLK800 to throw on here. I don't want to blow up the processor. Though I believe the hot point is much higher than 50*C I don't like it being that hot. Nor does anybody else here. I have a ton of old fans laying around that I can throw on the SLK-800 and this board does have the holes for a bolt on heatsink. What would one recommend I use for the best cooling on this guy. It's an 1800XP TBred. TIA eGo

first off, I would make sure the heatsink is seated properly and you dont have to much artic silver on there. after that, yea, if you have the slk800 on there put the best fan you can listen to on there and have that be that. I say if it is stable who cares, but 50 I would try hard to keep under.

Greg

Yah, it's stable.. Been folding for about an hour or better now and the temp is staying at about 51*C. I guess I should go buy som ASIII because right now it's just using the Thermal Pad. Or if somebody wants to sell some I'll send a MO for $5 heh.. Anywho.. Thanx for the thoughts there Greg. I'm certainly going to try to get the temps back down. And the noise of the fans doesn't bother me. I'm gonna go wet once I get some money. But that's not gonna be any time soon. eGo

Wow, I guess two deads make a "working" system.

Nice. "for shits and giggles" Just sounded funny LOL

You seem to find my posts amusing eh Sean? lol.. Who knows, the CPU may not have been dead, I may have just become impatient and after seating and reseating it and no go, I gave up. Then the next day, I was bored and it was all laying there, so I rebuilt it on a different mobo and VIOLA! lol..

LOL That post was funny...err, wait..

Just the selected few of your posts are funny. You got lucky with your processor workin, that's for sure.

Get the new stuff , free shipping too.

I fried a T-Bird when I forgot to turn on the pump in my water cooling system. Cursed myself out, went out and got a new cpu and put the dead one up on the shelf. Three months later I am trying out a new waterblock and decided to test fit it with the "dead" cpu.

Left it in, and hit the power switch. It booted right up and has been running in my son's rig for a year and a half now...!!!

Go figure..

Is that stuff better than ASIII? Cause I have 2 things of ASII and one ASIII and Alumina Compound. LOL

So far can't see that it performs any better, but it may take a few more days to know for sure. It is stickier and doesn't appear to squeeze out between the heatsink and cpu as easily. Only people who I'd suggest getting are ones who need new compound.

What I don't like are the instructions. They suggest to apply just a small bit and not smooth it on the core, apply the heatsink with that small bit in the center and then gently twist the heatsink. That "twist" part I don't like.



it is more dense, so the above pic it is 2.7 grams compared to the larger alumina which is 1.75 grams.

More info on it here:
http://www.arcticsilver.com/ceramique_compound.htm

Don't you just love those "Self Fix Modes" :B

Course sometimes you got to worry abit too.

Had a car that would not start or even try for over a week, would just crank but not fire. Would try a minor thing here or there as I had time, like primming the carb, then next day check for spark at the plugs etc... Just stuff I could do as I walked by it going to the other car.

Would not start for a week no matter what little thing I checked. So I get time to dig into it and see what is wrong and the dam thing started and scared the piss out of me soon as I hit the key
I did not fix it and do not know what was wrong with it, but I drive it all the time again!

Same thing with the headlights on the Shelby Daytona, would not light or flip up for 2 days, daytime only car
Now they work and have prefectly for months!

Self fix mode is great!! Course now I worry alittle when I get 150 miles from home with them, being as I don't know what was wrong to begin with. Or when it might do it again, if ever?

LoL! I really like it when you think somethings dead and it's not really dead.. lol..

Blade,

The twist part is okay. It is actually good as it helps fill voids. Just make sure you don't press too hard or press and twist unevenly. If you get too much pressure on the sides of the amd it will crack the core.

I haven't tried any of the "new" AS but the original didn't do anything for me. I checked your link and they don't even give any thermal resistance numbers so it can be compared to other real thermal compounds. The stuff they put in with the ALPHA's was better than the original AS.

Hope you are doing well !

Holy Sh!t saturn, Long time no see , welcome back athlon master!

Saturn,

Great to see you again. Hope all is well with you.


Arctic silver II and III are far better than the original. But I still prefer arctic alumina. It works as well and cleans up far easier. Plus it is non-conductive like ceramique.

I use a heavy slk800 and the idea of twisting it still doesn't appeal to me. I tried slightly but it is on tight, didn't want to push it. Also tried to twist with an aero 7, it also was on very tight and didn't want to twist easily.

I've had several chipped cores so I am a bit gunshy.