Summary: I have a P4S5A P4 Motherboard using Windows 2000 (I use it for video editing). One of the four holddowns on the heat sink retention module has broken....
Summary: does the heat sink needed to keep the cpu cool use one of the same power sockets a convential case fan socket, i need to know becuase the mobo can sup...
Summary: Just bought a new MB, P4 2.4B processor, memory etc. and fitted it together only for it to fry in a day. Don't really know what went wrong but think i...
Summary: Hey everyone, What difference does a "good" CPU heat sink and fan make over a generic one (i.e. how many degrees)? For example, a Volcano 7 vs. a Coo...
Summary: Hey, I was wondering what is the best method to put the heat sink on. I have a volcano 7+ and I want to put Artic Silver compound to keep the temps...
Summary: I have a xp2400 cpu and am planning to upgrade my computer with an Asus MB and a Athlon 64 cpu. On the xp2400 the cpu has an exposed chip that is very...
Summary: Hello all, Why is my new CPU Fan/heatsink allowing my processor to run hotter? Would having too much paste be the reason why I couldn't get this heat ...
Summary: Everything runs comfortably, even when things were 80C+, I read that pentiums have an auto cutoff anyway I think. A friend managed to get his running...
Summary: hi, thanks in advance for your help. I just got a intel q6600 and notice the heatsink from intel has what looks like pads that would keep heat sink fr...
Summary: I have rubbing alcohol (recommended from the computer place) to remove the old heat sink glue, my question is does it matter what I use to absorb the ...
Summary: Giggles !!! I have fitted a thermaltake silent boost on an athlon 2600 and that is also very large and very heavy but it has no issues, with cracking ...
Summary: Hey, Having some major problems with my Athlon XP 2000+. It's sitting around 75 degrees celcius. It's got a TT 9 heat sink/cpu fan on it, running at 4...
Summary: My computer freezes often after i put in a v3800 asus 32mb video card. it was happening to often so i opened up the computer to put my old card back ...
Summary: This is a bit of a long story.... About one week ago I was using my computer and I decided to update my version of asuspcprobe, I never payed much att...
Summary: I am running a 1.4 amd Thunderbird on an A7A-266 asus motherboard. It's been running fine for about nine months now. But It's gotten hotter and hotter...
Summary: Hi spark First things first, the individual that told you not to use thermal paste is an idiot. However did the new heatsink have a thermal pad on the...
Summary: really, some of the things people have floating around in their heads. any heat sink compound will work fine. The white stuff is messy, but at least ...
Summary: i use the volcano 7 Tt cooler i removed the crapy stuff that was on the bottom of the heat sink with a rag and some thiners im using an XP1900+ and ge...
Summary: hi there i a have ga7vaxp board. currenntly clocked at 100 mhz bus. when i boot , it shows me processor running at 125o mhz athlon. and it runs fine. ...
Summary: Sounds like heat plain and simple.get as many case fans as you can afford or will fit in your case.clean up your cables.tie them up out of the air f...
Summary: My 1300 Duron is running about that temp now. I was running about 10deg lower when I cleaned the arctic silver off the processor and heat sink and wen...
Summary: If you have a thermal pad between your heat sink and your CPU, your temp isn’t bad. I bet with thermal paste instead you could get to 40-50 C which i...
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