Quote Originally Posted by sniggle View Post
Hey guys, I'm having a bit of a problem with a new machine I built using this board. I got the IP35 Pro along with a Q6600 (non g0, not sure what the stepping is), a Zalman 9500A CPU cooler, 2x2GB GSkill PC6400.

My problem is that I cannot seem to get the CPU temperature low enough to be stable. According to the bios it idles at around 60C with the Zalman. I tried reseating it and got the same results. I also tried the stock Intel cooler multiple times with slightly higher results (around 63C). I'm using AS5 and each time I take the heatsinks off it looks like there is good contact.

Normally I would not simply believe the bios temperature monitoring but every time I try to install Windows XP Pro it fails at random points with blue screens and file errors. I tried multiple hard drives and DVD drives with the same result so I eliminated those as culprits. I've also tried the latest bios (16 B09) which does not help. I've also booted with a diagnostic CD which has PC-Check on it and it fails the stress test. I've used memtest as well and the ram tests without error, so I'm pretty sure that's not it.

Another thing I should mention is that the CPU cooler doesn't even really get warm. The motherboard heatsinks get plenty warm and those show normal temperatures in the bios. This makes me think that there is poor contact between the actual cores and IHS on the CPU since I seem to be getting fine contact to the IHS.

Any ideas before I RMA the CPU? Is it even possible that it's the board's fault?

Thanks in advance.

where did you get this non 'G0' cpu?

are you trying to run setup at stock speed and this problem is happening?