bmbyman1737

okay, so ya'll saw my other thread HERE and I JUST blew out all dust, removed the thermal paste and just applied some arctic silver 5, re-installed the heatsink/fan and booted it up long enough to see 113 degrees C in the BIOS before my processor safety shut down before it fries. What the hell is going wrong??! I am royally getting pissed off. It seems like the heatsink will only securely click in on one side, and if I force the other side down, it kicks the other side up a tiny bit, but not by a huge amount. all 4 clips can be seen on the underside of the motherboard. any ideas?? Thanks guys

BigpoppaFrary

Could you show us a picture of the bottom of the heatsink? did you use pure alcohol or something close to get rid of all the old heatsink material.

bmbyman1737

yes i used rubbing alcohol and i MIGHT be able to get you a pic but it would take atleast a couple hours

bmbyman1737

anyone know what might be wrong?? Was I not supposed to use rubbing alcohol???

TwIsTeDbOi

Is the CPU seated in the socket properly? Are you using the right retention clips for the heatsink?

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bmbyman1737

I haven't touched the CPU since I first built the computer a year and half ago and its the stock heatsink/fan that came with the processor, so the clips aren't whats wrong I dont think

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okay, so I held the heatsink/fan down tight with my fingers and booted it and read 60 degrees C in the bios, slowly began letting my hands off and at rose to the 100 degrees C that I was reading before, so its definitely the heatsink mounting to the motherboard...

demoship

At the temperatures you're reaching, I think the heatpipes stop working. Which means your CPU will burn up like there is no heatsink attached (and 100+ degrees is pretty much bare CPU temps).

Show us pictures of the top and bottom of the CPU/fan clips. Also, is the heatsink damaged in any way?

bmbyman1737

SUCCESS!!!!!!



i swear my motherboard was gonna snap into pieces while standing on that heatsink to screw it in

JoBlo69

standing on the heat sink??

is it a LGA775 cpu? If so those stock heat sinks from Intel are crap! you have to be very careful when you remove it or you WILL screw up the little cheap @ss plastic clip things that hold it to the motherboard....

spend 40-50 bucks on a good after market zalman heatsink... or let the other guys here point you in the direction of a cheaper sink... with probably the same performance...

Sorry its been awhile since i've been on the cpu/fan/heatsink market... I've been water cooled for a few years....

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bmbyman1737

yup LGA 775 and yup definitely crap... I'm upgrading my entire system very soon though