Eva_Unit_0
[H]ard|Gawd
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Okay, so I've been messing around with my 560J a bit more and unfortunately I've discovered some interesting throttling characteristics of this particular chip. It starts throttling FAR before it should. According to Intel's sSpec for this chip (SL7Q2 ) it has a thermal guideline of 72.8C. However, in actual practice it actually begins to throttle itself at about the 60C mark. See what I mean:
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As soon as the cpu breaks the 60C mark it goes completely throttle-tastic, and as we all know 60C is hardly anything for a prescott. 60C is a pretty normal operating temp for one of these, but mine goes nuts. Also note that I'm not even really oc-ing this thing...it's only oc'd by 200mhz, still at stock voltage, in this pic. The scenario doesn't change at stock speeds either. This is all on the stock cooler. Yep, that's right: stock speeds on the stock cooler and it goes throttle-tastic under a tough load. If I load up both virtual cores (two prime95's, for example) it just gets worse...peaking up towards 50% throttling.
Furthermore, I have an issue with Thermal Monitor 2 as well. This cpu supports TM2, as does the mobo (Abit IL8, 945P + ICH7) but if I enable the TM2 option in the bios the bios magically resets itself to default values upon the next reboot. Not just the TM2 option...EVERYTHING. It's like someone throws the clear CMOS jumper whenever I try to enable TM2 support.
Anyone got any ideas for how to tackle this problem?
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As soon as the cpu breaks the 60C mark it goes completely throttle-tastic, and as we all know 60C is hardly anything for a prescott. 60C is a pretty normal operating temp for one of these, but mine goes nuts. Also note that I'm not even really oc-ing this thing...it's only oc'd by 200mhz, still at stock voltage, in this pic. The scenario doesn't change at stock speeds either. This is all on the stock cooler. Yep, that's right: stock speeds on the stock cooler and it goes throttle-tastic under a tough load. If I load up both virtual cores (two prime95's, for example) it just gets worse...peaking up towards 50% throttling.
Furthermore, I have an issue with Thermal Monitor 2 as well. This cpu supports TM2, as does the mobo (Abit IL8, 945P + ICH7) but if I enable the TM2 option in the bios the bios magically resets itself to default values upon the next reboot. Not just the TM2 option...EVERYTHING. It's like someone throws the clear CMOS jumper whenever I try to enable TM2 support.
Anyone got any ideas for how to tackle this problem?