thlnk3r

Sunrex, possibly yes. It really depends on the quality of the fan bearings ect. The lubrication may dry out faster. Most wear on a fan usually occurs at start up and stop.

The poor performance issues in CSS could be related to the OS. Remember this isn't a clean install...just a thought. Your processor temps look great though! Do you have any fans aimed at your chipset? Isn't 84C lower then your previous 100C temp that was showing up?

I hope the cold boot issues don't come back to haunt you.

Good luck

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Sunrex

No. 84C was average when the CPU and GC wasn't under any strain. Upon playing CSS for a minute or so it shot up to 94C easy... I'm thinking about just installing XP x64. But I'm not going to touch anything until I know for sure the cold boot issue is gone.

Edit: 101 post!. This thread is getting big.

Sunrex

No need for a cold boot....




...yeah, same thing with CSS now as well.

Well. Time to try putting a fan over the NB now somehow to see if that's the problem. I doubt it is. It actually could be the ram...

Link me to some good ram - 4GB - that can used on this mobo. I would prefer something I could use with this 4GB ram just in case it turns out its not the case.

Sunrex

The fan connector wont fit in the NB_FAN.... granted, it is a CPU fan but its so old and small that it could fit on my South Bridge without being any bigger.

Sunrex

On idle.. one of my cores reports 18C. On stock cooling. With AS5.

thlnk3r

Sunrex, for testing purposes please try running a lower divider so that your memory frequency is out of the picture. Make sure you're also testing for stability. Have you tried testing at stock clocks? Is this a clean installation of Vista 64?

Check the fan connectors. Are they 2-pin or 3-pin? The connectors can be modified/replaced.

This is typical for the Brisbane core. The odd temperature readings are usually incorrect. I believe it has somethings to do with the chipset having difficulties reading the die sensor. In some cases a BIOS update resolves the problem.

Good luck

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This is the same install I had before sending out the board.

I forgot to turn off the PC last night. I'm going to try a cold boot in around a hour... I don't want to miss the final attempt from UPS today.

Grim

wait wait wait..

wasnt the board already sent??

Sunrex

..It was sent back?.

After a hour cold boot, no issues. Hoping it stays this way.

Sunrex

I don't appear to be having any issues now. Second cold boot did give me an option for a normal windows or safe mode, but thats because I shut it down by pressing the power button. I then did a quick power off and on, no issues.

I'll post again if I get any more issues, if not then the issue was a faulty board.