Finished buliding computer but CPU temp is 63C..help

[beatbox]

hey
so i finsihed building the computer and it posted fine and i pressed F2 to check the cpu temp and its running at 62-63C and i havent even left the computer on for 2 min

is there something i did wrong.....im using the stock fan and heatsink that came with the Pentium D820 processor

and have a big fan at the back and a smaller one in front of the hard drive

also this temp is when the side panal is open

and no OS is installed yet

thanks

[Oversized Rooster]

That's well within operating range. With the stock heatsink, my 830 reached over 80 degrees.

Welcome to the world of baseboard heater substitute (aka Smithfield).

[beatbox]

ok now i was monitoring it and when it hit 64 and a few seconds later my computer just turned off....
and i checked some webpages and it says the max temp loading on the 820 is 63-65C

its the third post for the below link
http://hardware.mcse.ms/archive23-2006-1-273315.html

http://www.heatsink-guide.com/conten...=maxtemp.shtml

[Oversized Rooster]

That stuff is bull.

Mine was running inside a cramped Sonata 2 case at over 80 degrees.

I of course use an aftermarket cooler now. Even with the Zalman 9500 (one of the very best air coolers), I idle at 50 and load at around 60-65.

Mine's an 830, which has a higher thermal rating though.

[beatbox]

so then why does it just shut off then?

if the temp are like this for most dual core then why doesnt intel do something about this?

EDIT: I read a few guides on installing the heatsink/fan and all of them were "make sure you remove any protective cover on the thermal compound before installation"

but when i check under mine there was no protective covering just a gray coloured thermal paste

but now im in doubt that if i checked properlly.......

[Cafe_333]

check your motherboard's bios settings. it could be the safety shutoff feature that's enabled.

[beatbox]

if its a safety method doesnt that mean i shouldnt tamper with it.....i dont want to end up frying my cpu

[xwar]

check your motherboard's bios settings. it could be the safety shutoff feature that's enabled.

Agreed, turn it off .. or get a better cooler.

[beatbox]

^^

if its a safety method doesnt that mean i shouldnt tamper with it.....i dont want to end up frying my cpu

[Kasakato]

65* is normal. Im at 80* too with no problems.

[beatbox]

65 is normal

im running at 50 or so on a pentium 4 2.9GHZ

i know thats a dual core but 65 is a lot especially if i just turned on the computer and it hasnt even been like 2 min and plus the fan speed gets faster and faster

oh i took out the fan/heatsink to see the compund on the cpu and all it is covering is




but maybe a little more around the sides but should't it cover the entire area of the cpu??

thanks

[Cafe_333]

if its a safety method doesnt that mean i shouldnt tamper with it.....i dont want to end up frying my cpu

It's not technically possible to fry the cpu through normal operation. Pentium4 mobos support cpu throttling and have sensors so that if your cpu is close to thermal death, it will throttle the cpu speed down. Heck it'll even run without an HSF. Think of the bios setting as just an extra safety feature or backup. Either way, it's perfectly fine to disable it. As an above poster suggested, get a better cpu cooler if you are worried about the high temps.

[beatbox]

no what i want to clear up something, is it something i have neglected that is causing this over heating or its a fact that the 820D goes to 65C within 2 minutes

and in terms of cooling my system temperature is 37-40 with the side panal open, so how do i upgrade my cpu cooling im not failimalr with this whole thermal paste and cleaning of the residue with alcohol and scrape it off with a credit card

[Oversized Rooster]

Get a Zalman 9500. It "cures" the heat problem with dual cores. But even so, you'll still see much higher temperatures than on any other processor.

The Smithfield generation is one of the hottest processor lines ever made. Your CPU is actually two Prescott cores side by side. And we all know how much hotter Prescotts were compared Northwoods.

[beatbox]

if i contact intel and tell them that your processor is causing to go that high
and its going as high as your maximum specified temeraturs with you stock cooling will they do something

heres the reference to the max temp, its at the very bottom in table form

http://www.intel.com/cd/channel/rese...eng/216412.htm