tried reseating the mobo, no help, but...
I've just now plugged in a different pc speaker to the motherboard to get some distance from the case to isolate it to see if it's that.. I've heard it make 1 click and this does seem to be the sound I was hearing yesterday - it was much more severe...
Got an older P4 PC. The mobo on it died.
Have now replaced the mobo with a slightly inferior one, but it's working, and reinstalled windows...
As I was finishing installing some applications could hear some crackling.. opened up the pc, but it had already stopped by then... rebooted, it's...
If your temps are getting to 70c under load in TAT, like I said I think that's fine. My temps are the same as yours.
I wouldn't change your HSF, it's only gonna get worse.
If you seriously do want to get better temperature, you'll have to look at water cooling or something else, but your...
Dunno if this is a repost or not, regardless it is very significant.
I know there was some discussion previously about CoreTemp VS TAT for E4300's and which is right.
Looky at CoreTemp 0.95.... they've made some adjustments, now looks like CoreTemp agrees with TAT. Yes, those temperatures ARE...