RonK said:
That is a bit warm Do you have any case fans installed?
Running a P4 3.00GHz pentium Northwood here, with the standard Intel
heatsink and fan, and the chip temp usually runs at 2 to 5 deg. C above
board temp. At this moment, m/b temp is 21 deg C, chip is 23 deg C. and
the computer has been accessing the net for some hours.
The thermal contact between chip and h/s is critical, and the first
thing I would do with yours is to remove and clean the chip and h/s
according to Arctic Silver specs, then use that compound as instructed
to reassemble the h/s. There were methods of spreading the compound
promulgated which were wrong, like spreading the compound with a credit
card. This would inevitably leave air-filled voids in the compound.
The correct way is to place a small amount of compound in the centre of
the chip, like a little cow-pat, about the size of a grain of rice or a
little bigger, and lower the h/s onto the chip, allowing the compound to
spread out under the pressure from the h/s. This should ensure no air
entrapment, and give good heat transfer.
Colin D.
