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andper10 · 10-21-2006, 03:51 PM

Like others have said, the LGA 775 stock coolers are very difficult to get on properly. I would remount the CPU Cooler to rule out that possibility if what I say below isn't the problem. A lot of motherboards have an auto fan control feature in the bios somewhere. On my Asus board, I believe that it is called Q(uiet)-control. It runs the CPU fan speed accordingly to keep it at x degrees. Be sure that is turned OFF. A quick way to tell if that is on or not is your CPU Fan Rpm. My stock intel (Pentium 4 630, 3.0 Ghz) cooler runs at about 2700 rpm. Also, if you have a really strong fan like a vantec tornado on that fresh air intake, could be causing the problem, although I doubt it.

EDIT: You probably know this, but just in case, Intel CPU's come with a cooler that has a thermal pad on it. If you did not remove the pad, and put Arctic Silver 5 on your processor, that may be the source of your problem.

10-21-2006, 03:51 PM	#9
andper10 Member (9 bit) Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Indiana Posts: 500	Like others have said, the LGA 775 stock coolers are very difficult to get on properly. I would remount the CPU Cooler to rule out that possibility if what I say below isn't the problem. A lot of motherboards have an auto fan control feature in the bios somewhere. On my Asus board, I believe that it is called Q(uiet)-control. It runs the CPU fan speed accordingly to keep it at x degrees. Be sure that is turned OFF. A quick way to tell if that is on or not is your CPU Fan Rpm. My stock intel (Pentium 4 630, 3.0 Ghz) cooler runs at about 2700 rpm. Also, if you have a really strong fan like a vantec tornado on that fresh air intake, could be causing the problem, although I doubt it. EDIT: You probably know this, but just in case, Intel CPU's come with a cooler that has a thermal pad on it. If you did not remove the pad, and put Arctic Silver 5 on your processor, that may be the source of your problem. __________________ \| i7 950 @ 4.0 Ghz \| Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme \| 4870 1GB \| 6GB DDR3 1600 Kingston \| Gigabyte X58A-UD3R \| 1TB, 500GB, 320GB, & 160GB Seagates \| Corsair 520W \| HDTV Tuner \| Logsis Green Transparent Case \| Windows 7 Home Premium \| 25" Hanspree 1080p LCD \| Cyber Acoustics 5.1 Surround Sound \| Chaintech AV710 w/ Via Envy 24 \| 17,478 3DMark06 (Old CPU) \| Last edited by andper10; 10-21-2006 at 04:04 PM.