Amazing heatsink, made my temp INCREASE 10F

[Reddog]

I just purchased a Thermoengine (standard I think) from 3dcool. It made my avg. temp go from 87 to 95. I thought heatsinks made the temp go DOWN http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif! Help me here. I think that it is too tight on the processor and is pushing the Articsilver2 off of the HS and CPU. But it's just what I think.

[DanU]

From what I hear, the thermoengine needs the power of the delta 7000RPM screamer to really excel. Otherwise it's just a good-but-not-great heatsink.

[randy48]

Without the Artic Silver, how is the contact between the processor and heat sink? If it's not perfect, you could lap the heatsink to make sure it's perfectly flat and glass smooth! Here's a link to tell you how:
http://sysopt.earthweb.com/articles/lap/index.html

[RandomGoon]

I bought and installed the Thermosonic with the Delta fan and I don't have any heat issues with my 1.2GHz T-bird. I am using Arctic Silver II as my thermal paste and followed the recomended installation method off AS's website.

'Goon

[Reddog]

Where do I get one of these 7K fans? I heard the Globalwin ones are nice. O, and I would think it to be better than my socket sinker. Do I have to remove the pad from the bottom(as in ARTSILV2's site but not thermo's site)? And is 95F all that bad?

[RandomGoon]

I got my 7K fan from <A HREF="http://www.azzo.com" TARGET=_blank>www.azzo.com</A> when I ordered my HSF. I had to disassemble the stock fan from Thermosonic and put the Delta back on (got real creative with the screws http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif ). You should be able to pick up the fans at almost any computer store, as either a GlobalWin or Delta branded fan. Yes, get rid of that "thermal patch" **** that ships stock on the thing; ASII is a better thermal conductor and will fill the little gaps better. 95 degrees doesn't sound too bad to me though. One last little thing, the 7k fans are LOUD, consider yourself warned.

'Goon

[This message has been edited by RandomGoon (edited 05-18-2001).]

[RandomGoon]

Now that I think of it you're right, Caddmannq. I was running a bit hot with my case open, buttoned it up thinking that would be the normal temp and checked again about half an hour later and my temps had dropped about 4 degrees. Put in another case fan and dropped those temps another 6 http://www.sysopt.com/forum/biggrin.gif

'Goon

[Reddog]

Thanx guys. I will now remove the comductor. I installed the 5000 rpm fan off my old heatsink over the included fan. I will replace the fan once I save enough to (gonna get a new HDD for my old PC, the old thing's HDD broke http://www.sysopt.com/forum/frown.gif ). O well...

[Richard_Cranium72]

Perhaps not TOO relevant, but remember old servers had massive Heat Sinks with NO fan at all.

Also the Pentium II 233 has a huge HS without a fan.

These will burn your finger if ya touch them.

Maybe, just maybe the older CPU's were a bit more heat tolerant.

[Brangwen]

Reddog:

Try cutting a (expired) credit card in half, and use a newly cut edge to gently scrape that pad off. Be careful, and follow Artic Silver "thin layer" instructions.

Good luck.

Brangwen http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

[Reddog]

Sorry it took me a while, but I had a party and my phone line wnt nutz. Anyway, I took out the pad and spread the stuff with an index card (no credit cards avaliable). Works good, 86-93 F base, but 98 F after extensive use (3Dmark, vid games, heavy calcs).

Will get a 7K fan after I replace the HDD in my old PC.

By the by, does anyone know what I can use the 60x60 fan originally from the thermoengine for. I want to somehow cool my vidard, but I'm not sure how. I have a T2000 92x92 case, with a slot cooler under the vidcard. Vidcard has no fan installed. Have a free port on the MOBO for a fan.

[Bovon]

I don't know how to describe this so that you can see what is in my minds eye, but here goes.

The sink could be sitting on the core, cocked up a little. Like taking a straight edge or ruler, and placing it across a small flat surface, and then raise one end of the ruler. You can now see 'daylight' under the ruler at one end. This does happen with heatsinks. especially the socket clip on types, because you usually have to cock the sink over on its side to latch the first tab on the socket. Now...if the sink dosn't get leveled back down onto the core flat, it will remained cocked up on one side. This would cause much higher core temps.

This is also the reason clip on types of heat sinks chip the cores many times.