Now my quad hates me :(

[AgentGOD]

[AgentGOD]

Specs for rig in sig.

[Leeghoofd]

so what do you think explains these high temps ? did you reseat the Cooler and paste ? or do you think the cores are loosing contact with the IHS ?

[AgentGOD]

Back in June 2008 when I first built this rig, I was loading at only 71*C each core at most, Prime95.

[Bail_w]

Try remount the heatsink with some new paste.

[AgentGOD]

Try remount the heatsink with some new paste.

That would require taking out the board, and everything on it. I simply do not have that kind of time anymore

[Bail_w]

That would require taking out the board, and everything on it. I simply do not have that kind of time anymore

well, do you want a roasted q6600 as the result?

[Movieman]

Specs for rig in sig.

CPU: Intel C2Q Q6600 @ 3.5 GHz (8x438), 1.496v (cooled by Xigmatek HDT-S1283)

There's your issues..
Voltage is too high for that speed and dump that HS for a TRUE..
Also use some diamond i7 TM..
My Q6600 at 9x400 at 100% load was 49C with 1.35v with a true..

[AgentGOD]

CPU: Intel C2Q Q6600 @ 3.5 GHz (8x438), 1.496v (cooled by Xigmatek HDT-S1283)

There's your issues..
Voltage is too high for that speed and dump that HS for a TRUE..
Also use some diamond i7 TM..
My Q6600 at 9x400 at 100% load was 49C with 1.35v with a true..

The voltage was tried and true in the past. I needed it to get it IBT stable.

And according to most reviews, the Xigmatek actually beats the TRUE.

[WrigleyVillain]

Yeah, seriously, almost 1.5v?

[AgentGOD]

Yeah, seriously, almost 1.5v?

1.3125v VID chip, needed 1.496v to get IBT stable.

[Leeghoofd]

just pop the mobo out. And IBT stable is just IBT stable,... no program will push ya cpu like that, so you can run for sure with lower Vcore for daily ops...

[Movieman]

The voltage was tried and true in the past. I needed it to get it IBT stable.

And according to most reviews, the Xigmatek actually beats the TRUE.

(Flamesuit on)
Screw IBT.. meaningless in the real world.
drop your voltage to 1.35v..memory to no more than 2.0 and take it up slowly till it fails then back off 200-250MHz.
This paranoia with 'I'm a zillion hours Prime95 stable" is just that..paranoia..
never used it, never will..Your brain will tell you what is a good safe speed..
ok, now I'm ready to be flamed..

[Leeghoofd]

SIR DAVE YOU YOU YOU, HOW DARE YOU !!!!! I'll report this to the Master ...

+1 My thoughts exactly !! if it's daily stable in all the things you do then consider the rig stable... I've run IBT and co succesfully before, while capping out in prime or some other test program... relaunched them and everything was fine and vice versa...

A good tip : PC's are like women, they are only nice when they want too :p

But I still want to know how his TIM looks like ( thinks it's evaporated ) or if it's something worse...

[Bail_w]

1.3125v Vid q6600 @ 3.5ghz with 1.5v seems reasonable. The thing i was worried is your temperature likely due to lose mount or not enough air flow through the heatsink. Thus, causes your temperature so high. So, get your lazy ass up and fix the issue before is too late.

[dan7777]

my q6600 is at 3.8 1.58 vcore idles 39 load 69

[AgentGOD]

my q6600 is at 3.8 1.58 vcore idles 39 load 69

I have LLC on.

1.3125v Vid q6600 @ 3.5ghz with 1.5v seems reasonable. The thing i was worried is your temperature likely due to lose mount or not enough air flow through the heatsink. Thus, causes your temperature so high. So, get your lazy ass up and fix the issue before is too late.

It's probably filled with lots of dust.

[DildePer]

Got dust?

[Grnfinger]

Ahh let her burn, its time for a new cpu

Seriously, I would assume its more a dust/ambiant air issue than anything else. Grab the compressor and hit that HS with some air.

[Falkentyne]

Hey Agent,
I think you can take the motherboard out of the case and have it back in in 15 minutes. It's actually alot faster than you may remember, and always faster than your first time doing it.

Unplugging all the cards takes about 2 minutes.
unscrewing the screws takes about 2 minutes.
Then remove the case jumpers, IDE and SATA and ur done

Just gota unmount the HS, clean surface and IHS with alcohol, (which takes longer than removing the motherboard), then remount and put everythinig back in.

I hate removing the motherboard too, but that's only because (1) i'm lazy and (2) i'm paranoid about something dying in the process. But when I actually -start- doing it, it's not so bad

The worst thing I've ever had happen is 2 things:
1) board failed to POST. This was from dying D9 RAM and I didn't know it at the time. (would RESET or warm boot forever perfectly, but after a power off for more than a few seconds...); the first time this happened, I actually thought it was the CPU or board dead. I even swapped BIOS chips with a new 1.04g board (at the time) with my 1.02 (i was using an X6800 then), and it still didnt work, so I knew both boards weren't dead. When I went to mwave and had them test the CPU and memory, they determined the RAM was dead. Before that happened I never knew about RAM causing a board not to POST (always thought you would hear beeps). Live and learn....

2) Board failed to POST. That was cuz i unlatched the QX9650 on my P5WDH; and for some reason, you have to clear CMOS to make the board POST again. (thanks to a buried post about someone mentioning removing CPU/clearing CMOS years ago with this particular board).

Anyway, I think your high temps are from the TIM compound degrading or a problem with the HS (dust or something wrong with heatpipes). I've heard posts about people having to reapply arctic silver after 6 months to a year because of higher temps. Note that disturbing a heatsink after compound has been on this long, can adversely affect temps instantly. Or perhaps something is wrong with the HS itself....

[AgentGOD]

Ahh let her burn, its time for a new cpu

Seriously, I would assume its more a dust/ambiant air issue than anything else. Grab the compressor and hit that HS with some air.

I agree

Hey Agent,
I think you can take the motherboard out of the case and have it back in in 15 minutes. It's actually alot faster than you may remember, and always faster than your first time doing it.

The first time I built a PC was in 6th grade No it did "not work" at first. Then I realized I forgot to turn on the PSU. The PC before that did not have a I/O switch on the back of the PSU, so it didn't come to mind :P

[AgentGOD]

Here's how dirty it was:


Yikes

So I took out the vacuum and compressed air to blow all of it out.

[AgentGOD]

Here's the results after

[Falkentyne]

Sounds like 2 of the sensors are dodgy. I don't know which one to believe, the 78C or 69C. But i also don't know if that's a mounting issue as well..seems like 2 cores are the exact same temp (on 1 die) while the other 2 cores are the same on the other die but a lot lower.

Is that the usual temps you got when you first got that heatsink, with those settings?

[AgentGOD]

Sounds like 2 of the sensors are dodgy. I don't know which one to believe, the 78C or 69C. But i also don't know if that's a mounting issue as well..seems like 2 cores are the exact same temp (on 1 die) while the other 2 cores are the same on the other die but a lot lower.

Is that the usual temps you got when you first got that heatsink, with those settings?

That I'm not sure.