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Major heat issues

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elhuero

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This is my first post.... be gentle.

This is my first PC build.

I got all my parts (newegg shipping is super fast)

Now, I'm having problems with heat.

I've got it all together, and went for the install of windows, but the CPU is running hot. Wicked hot. Hotter than a june bride on a wood stove in january.

MB temp was just fine, but cpu was in the high 90's C and it kept shutting itself down. Tried an aftermarket cpu fan, had no effect.

I can't figure out why it's running so hot. I know heat can be an issue, but this is abnormally hot right out of the gate.

I have a ASUS P4P800-VM 865G motherboard and a raidmax case w/ 420W powersupply.



Here are some details on my CPU

Intel Pentium 4/ 3.0E GHz 800MHz FSB, 1MB L2 Cache, Hyper Threading Technology - Retail
Specifications:
Model: Intel Pentium 4 w/ Hyper Threading
Core: Prescott
Operating Frequency: 3.0GHz
FSB: 800MHz
Cache: L1/12K+16K; L2/1MB
Voltage: 1.25V - 1.525V
Process: 0.09Micron
Socket: Socket 478
Multimedia Instruction: MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3
Warranty: 3-year MFG

I've laid off on messing with it for now as I don't want to fry anything.

Could there be some kind of conflict with the motherboard and CPU that could cause this?

I'm not total noob when it comes to computers, but as I've said... never done a build before.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.


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Did you take off the HSF to make sure they are making good contact?
 
You do have a nice thin layer of thermal grease on the chip right? Didn't see you mention it at all. If you do, maybe you have gotten a bad board or chip...but then again I'm not crazy about raidmax..their PSU's are cheapo junk. Could possibly have some whacky voltages coming off that thing (probably not, but possible).
 
3.0E is the Prescott core, and these chips run hotter then the Northwoods, did you use grease or a pad? What aftermarket HSF did you use, and I would consider getting a better PSU
 
sounds like you didn't out any thermal grease on the chip and HSF. He said he used an after market HSF so I doubt that it had a thermal pad.
 
Make sure you peel off the protective coating on the bottom of the CPU Heatsink/Fan. Otherwise very little heat-transfer is happening. Also make sure the Heatsink/Fan is secure against the processor. Make sure you use a thin - very thin - layer of thermal transfer compound on the bottom of the Heatsink/Fan or top of the processor.

Prescott's do run hot, but that is definitely too hot.
 
thanks for the replies.

yes, I was using thermal grease, but from my research it looks like I used too much.

I'm pretty convinced it was a problem w/ the power supply. Gonna bite the bullet and buy an antec, get another cpu and try again .
 
Yeah I would try to put a thin layer of AS5 first before you get a new PSU(unless you have one of those cheap chinese PSU)
 
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