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imassey · 08-17-2008, 01:42 PM

Hi again,
I am looking into a lot of different factors.

I checked to make sure that the cooler was properly attached, I removed it, cleaned the surfaces of the chip and the cooler and reattached them using arctic silver paste as the heat transfer medium.

The operating environment of my machine is now cooler than my dad's and dryer, but the issue is still the same.

All of the fans are blowing in the proper direction, there is one difference, I have my fans attached to fan speed controllers and dropped down to 25% of max. I decided to test them by cranking them all to 100% The temperature of the overall system dropped a bit, but the processor temperature dropped anly about a degree.

As for the system voltages, both machines have nvidia 680sli boards and have the cpu voltages set to auto. I will check and see what the actual voltage is the next time I boot it up and get my dad to do the same, but we can actually monitor that through the nvidia control panel while in windows.

In the bios itself, I checked the cpu temp before getting into wondows and it actually said the temp was higher than the software readings at 55 degrees C.

I will take some of the previous advice and give some of the other variables a look.

From what I can tell thus far though, the issue does not seem to be cooling, it seems to be hardware settings or maybe (hopefully not!) there is something wrong with the processor.

I'll let you know what I come up with and if any of you have some more advice or things to check, let me know.

I greatly appreciate all of your help thus far!!

08-17-2008, 01:42 PM	#9
imassey Member (3 bit) Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 6	Thanks for the response!! Hi again, I am looking into a lot of different factors. I checked to make sure that the cooler was properly attached, I removed it, cleaned the surfaces of the chip and the cooler and reattached them using arctic silver paste as the heat transfer medium. The operating environment of my machine is now cooler than my dad's and dryer, but the issue is still the same. All of the fans are blowing in the proper direction, there is one difference, I have my fans attached to fan speed controllers and dropped down to 25% of max. I decided to test them by cranking them all to 100% The temperature of the overall system dropped a bit, but the processor temperature dropped anly about a degree. As for the system voltages, both machines have nvidia 680sli boards and have the cpu voltages set to auto. I will check and see what the actual voltage is the next time I boot it up and get my dad to do the same, but we can actually monitor that through the nvidia control panel while in windows. In the bios itself, I checked the cpu temp before getting into wondows and it actually said the temp was higher than the software readings at 55 degrees C. I will take some of the previous advice and give some of the other variables a look. From what I can tell thus far though, the issue does not seem to be cooling, it seems to be hardware settings or maybe (hopefully not!) there is something wrong with the processor. I'll let you know what I come up with and if any of you have some more advice or things to check, let me know. I greatly appreciate all of your help thus far!!