Is There something Wrong with my cooler?

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Cyraxx

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Heres the problem - Im currently overclocked to 3.4GHZ on my Conroe E6700, and under idle CoreTemp reports my CPU With a Zalman 9700 @ 51 degrees Celcius. Which may not be bad, however, upon running Orthos for as little as 1 minute, it shoots up to 71 degrees Celcius, would this be too much of an overclock, or is my cooler messed up/ in the wrong position? With the CPU @ Defaults, it remains at a perfectly fine 48 Degrees Celcius under load.

Current Specs:
Conroe E6700 @ 3.4ghz Overclock
EVGA 680i Motherboard
2x1GB PC8500C5D
 
Clean the cpu and heatsink.

Re-insert the cooler.

IS the cooler scratched or anything that might not let it have good contact?
 
What Voltage are at, if you are at stock or near stock then you are very high.
 
MC FLMJIG said:
Clean the cpu and heatsink.

Re-insert the cooler.

IS the cooler scratched or anything that might not let it have good contact?
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Okay - just swapped back to stock cooler momentarily after cleaning off the proc and both HS/F, found it was only worse so i cleaned off the Zalman 9700, took off the zalman liquid thermal grease and applied some fresh AS5, the cooler seemed to be in good condition. Seems to continue to boosting up 20 degrees celcius just from running Orthos =/
 
I noticed at default under load it is 48... so you must be putting a ton of voltage for the OC. PErhaps you should post some CPU-Z shots. Conroes run cool. That temp is too high with an aftermarket cooler. Thos zalmans are okay but still TOO high. Are you OCin or is it an auto OC?

Pretty much what MSG says may be affecting.
 
pretty much been following guides relating to my motherboard with my overclocks, namely, im at 335 FSB with stock multiplier of 10 @ 1.45v when overclocking, 1.45v too much?

But infact as far as orthos goes - I tell it to start and immediately when starting I notice a completely different noise coming from the CPU, very noticeable ...all while the temperature is shooting up as i said. However if I do something else thats under load such as playing World of Warcraft, it does no such thing. Given, it will rise a bit in temperature, but not by 20 degrees and all at once.
 
Heres a CPU-Z Screenshot, dont ask me why it says my voltage is 1.113v, as it most surely set as 1.45v in the BIOS
cpuzri3.png
 
You may also want to look and see if other people are having similar issues with the same hardware.

For ex: I have an ABIT nf-M2 and ton's of ppl are having issues with temp problems. Sensors are all screwed up.

Is the heatsink hot? If the temp really is that high the heatsink should be pretty hot. Not blistering but close.

Also what you put in Bios may change. It could be VDROOP you're having. Check the V at default on CPUZ and then at load. @ load the V may drop which is an issue with Intel.
 
Currently says im @ ~60 degrees celcius under load of a game and a few apps open, I touched the heatsink to get a feel for it, it honestly didnt feel much more than "warm" as a general description.
 
the heatsink itself wont get up to 70c or even close, thats just within the processor right where its producing heat. but thats not much of an overclock for that cpu it shouldnt be that hot. you definately dont need all of that 1.45vcore for that low of a speed, though you are seeing about a 0.34volt droop under load which could cause problems. if you dont want to go any higher you can probably get the voltage down to under 1.4 but im sure you dont want to settle for this.

edit: have you tried running orthos? games and programs arent a good way of loading the cpu, they often dont load it completely even if task manager says its at 100%.
 
Yeap, tried running orthos, each time the moment i start it, BAM it shoots up to 70 degrees celcius, and also the moment I start it, I hear a sound coming from the processor that sounds an awful lot like a fan spinning, but its not an actual fan, it seems to be coming from the processor.

EDIT: I guess it makes more of a hissing noise when running orthos, anyways, ill leave orthos running see if it can go through or is forced to stop, but yeah according to CoreTemp its at 71 degrees celcius while running it.

So whats reccomended if anything? Lower the voltage? I have no idea whats to blame :(

Also - This is the stickied OCing guide I use on their forums: http://www.evga.com/community/messageboard/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=30071
 
What are your non-overclocked temps? That will help determine if its the cooler or voltage/speed.

Try bumping your voltage down to 1.3 or so. 1.45 is a lot for air.
 
if voltage isnt the problem the only two other choices i see are: warped IHS (the top of the CPU) or a defective CPU. you could try to lap it (sand it flat) but if that doesnt work you now cant send it back as defective because lapping voids warrenties. i dunno where you bought it from but i might try and RMA it.
 
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