getuhgrip
Bring Back Transfat!
I've been using an AMD XP2100 for the last year. I built the box with an Asus A7V8X board and some cheapie PC2100 memory. The thing has run hot since new (130-140F) in spite of using a monster Thermaltake Volcano fan. Fan runs about a million RPM and sounds like a pissed-off washing machine.
Anyway, I bought a new XP2800 figuring the 2100 was just bad outta da box, and I was due for a small upgrade. But lo and behold, the new chip goes right up to 160 degrees just loading CMOS! Ok, so I send it back to Tigerdirect and they send me another chip. This time I install it with this new "quiet fan" designed for the latest, fastest XP chips.
Again, the temp shoots right up to 158 degrees, so I shut it down immediately.
Do ya suppose that running the slower memory is causing things to get toasty, or do ya think it could be somthin' on the motherboard???
I went ahead and ordered a rippo-jippo Boistar board that uses the Nvidia chip and has a 400mhz bus. I guess I'll grab some PC2700 also.
Anybody wanna buy a fan that's as loud as an F-15?
Anyway, I bought a new XP2800 figuring the 2100 was just bad outta da box, and I was due for a small upgrade. But lo and behold, the new chip goes right up to 160 degrees just loading CMOS! Ok, so I send it back to Tigerdirect and they send me another chip. This time I install it with this new "quiet fan" designed for the latest, fastest XP chips.
Again, the temp shoots right up to 158 degrees, so I shut it down immediately.
Do ya suppose that running the slower memory is causing things to get toasty, or do ya think it could be somthin' on the motherboard???
I went ahead and ordered a rippo-jippo Boistar board that uses the Nvidia chip and has a 400mhz bus. I guess I'll grab some PC2700 also.
Anybody wanna buy a fan that's as loud as an F-15?