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hey everyone,

First off, I got it together... woohoo... and run some diagnostic tests off a boot disk, everything seems to bet okay, BUT I do have a question. The cpu seems to be running hot. first off, here's the system.....

TB 133GHZ cpu (not oc'd right now)
Gigabyte 7DXR MB
GlobalWin CAK38 cooler (It's not as load as everyone says)
Artic Silver II compound
Antec SOHO case (only the 2 std exhost fans in back (do plan on adding fronts -- and eventually blow hole)

I don't have the OS yet, So right now I'm just lettin it run in bios. I heard from someone that a person got MUCH higher temps in bios then in windows for some reason... is this common? It might be what it is. It's safe right now, but it's also not under load or anything.

Temps it's running are:
CPU 49C/120F
System 26C/78F

That seems high to me from the bios, and no overclocking. Did I get a bad thermal connection between heatsink and cpu? PLEASE say no! Lol... i don't want to do that over, and now that it's in the case.... O JOY! lol.
TIA
-John

U using thermal paste? Maybe too much?

Those temps look fine to me especially for a 1.33 Gig Bird. I'm overclocked to 1300 right now and running about 120...

Ya, I'm using artic silver II thermal compound. I don't think to much... but I don't know. I couldn't see the pink of the cpu core, and try'd to get it as flat as possible, but was some little 'waves'. Should the coat be semi-transperant thin? I'm not sure if I coul dhave used less, and not gotten pink showing through in areas.

Ya, I'm aware it's safe, and I just read somewhere that when sittin in the bios, the temps are closer to full load temps then idle temps... so that is better. But I'm gonna wanna oc this, so I want as much ley-way in temp as I can get. In anycase, I think I'm just gonna sit tight till I get the os, and can install it, and see what temps I'm gettin fully loaded with seti... or sandra if it allows loading.

Umm... one other thing. If I do wind up wanting to try again on the heatsink install.... can this be done with the mb installed in the case (laying the case on side) or am I going to have to pull evertyhign out

Thanks to all, and tia again
-John

If you remove the HSF with the mobo in the tower, be very careful. Then clips are so tight on those things.

I think the temps are cooler in Windows 2K and NT4 because they can throw the CPU into an idle state. I don't think any of the Win9x versions can do that without a 3rd party utility.

When you load it up put a good cooling utility on. I can't find my link to Rain2, but there is Waterfall and CPUIdle. Also read around not all boards report the correct temp. Asus is famous for reporting 10 degrees C over actual temp. Good luck

Thanks to all. I'ved decided I'll probably remove the mb, for the simple reason that I can get a better angle to make sure get a nice thin coat of as2, and make sure the hsf is sitting correctly. And have decided to try it again, and while i have it out, to lap the hs as well. And thanks for the comments on the cooling progs, (will check them out.. the os will be W2k though.) and the sit with the os and bios.
-John

sounds good keep us posted on your Nice system. yea it should be a Nice thin layer...almost transparent. Enjoy you High flying bird...Next is scsi. hehe

Greg