Help!!!!

[spokism]

:confused: :confused: :confused: i just built my first computer. It has a q6600 quad core. i am using the stock heatsink and fan. but i have a x-clio windtunnel case (2 25cm fans), that i thought would be good enough for cooling. I dosent seem like it though, because it seems to run as 100c (214f) at idle. It keeps shutting down whenever i try to do anything. Could it be that i didnt put the artic silver thermal grease on right? I have no idea. I wrote this on the computer that isnt working. Thank you.:confused: :confused:

[spokism]

also, is it possible that i might not have installed the heatsink correctly? Mabey i didnt push it down enough or somthing? Im really worries, i set the fan at 100%

[Masaki 7-11]

Most likey the heatsink isn't installed properly, make sure all the pins are pushed in properly. Als make sure you only have a thin layer of thermal paste.

[spokism]

ok, i took off the heatsink, and re installed, it is now 36c at idle, thanks alot. also i have 4gb of ddr2 in my computer, bit i am running 32bit and it only shows 2.75gb, does that actually make a diffrence in performance?

[Masaki 7-11]

It might make a bit of difference, but shouldn't be anything noticeable, to get 4GB to show up/work 100% you need a 64-bit operating system, but they are currently somewhat slow and buggy compared to 32-bit operating systems even when taking into account the 1.25GB ram you get with 64-bit.

[Cricket]

ok, i took off the heatsink, and re installed, it is now 36c at idle, thanks alot. Bookmark this web page. (http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles/view.php?id=1215&cid=19&pg=6)also i have 4gb of ddr2 in my computer, bit i am running 32bit and it only shows 2.75gb, does that actually make a diffrence in performance?It would make a difference but only if you're something with the computer that actually uses all the available RAM and forces the system to go to the swap file a lot. If you aren't using all the available RAM your system will perform fine. It's when the system goes to the swap file a lot that you will notice the performance of your computer start to suffer. Read this article. (http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm) It deals with WinXP but the information about virtual memory (swap file, pagin file) is relevent for any Windows OS.

:) Cricket

[spokism]

also what is a safe maximum tempature for my cpu to run at?

[Cricket]

also what is a safe maximum tempature for my cpu to run at?Try to keep it under 70C when running full out.

:) Cricket