RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Very Hot Athlon 2000, what to do

["Hargus, Duane" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

> Subject: Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Very Hot Athlon 2000, what to do
> 
> 
> 
> hmmm, interesting.  What kind of heat sink do you have on it? 
> How big? Did you
> use thermal compound?  Quite strange that it is that high.

Not sure of the brand, it's approximately 1.75 inches high, the old ones
were only about an inch or so tall.  Yes, used a thermal compound, the same
I used on my 900 mhz system, The fan is actually bigger than the one on my
900 system.  weird?  yes, very.

> 
> Nathan
> 
> 
> > Sorry to jump in so late, just got back from a float trip.  
> How would one
> K2/550 amd work?  Can't get it to stay cool, tried 3 fans, 
> and mother board
> supposedly has the capability of monitoring temps and specs 
> (leastways will show
> it in the bios.)  By overheating, I mean cooking temps, 
> around 85 to 90 degrees
> Celsius.  I am getting tired of messing around with it.
> > Duane Hargus
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: EMAIL:PROTECTED
> [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]On Behalf Of 
> Spurling, Shannon
> > Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 8:36 PM
> > To: EMAIL:PROTECTED
> > Subject: RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Very Hot Athlon 2000, what to do
> >
> >
> > Sounds like it's time for an experiment! :-)
> > Now, how to generate the heat without having to risk an 
> expensive CPU? I'm
> sure I can think of something...
> >
> > Shannon
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Atkinson, Nathan K (UMC-Student)
> > Sent: Thu 6/27/2002 7:57 PM
> > To: EMAIL:PROTECTED
> > Cc:
> > Subject: Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Very Hot Athlon 2000, what to do
> >
> >
> >
> > Well, my previous explination was a little vague.  Yes you 
> can use air to cool
> > the pelters but you need a lot of air which means either 
> large fans or small
> > loud ones.  From Ian's post he said it was already loud so 
> adding an 80mm fan
> > that spins at 6000 would make it even louder.  You are 
> right on the heat being
> > disapated in proportion to the air temp.  I'm not sure 
> about your assumption
> > that you can force heat into the heat sink but most of the 
> reviews I've read
> > about pelters is that you can't get a good enough heat sink 
> fan combo to make
> it
> > work.  I'm not saying it can't be done but it is an 
> expensive experiment.
> >
> > Nathan A.
> >
> >
> > > Well, then why can they get away with using those things 
> with an air cooled
> > system on those DC powered electric coolers? Sorry, but I'm 
> not convinced that
> > it's as simple as that. Wouldn't the heat disapated by the 
> heat sink be in
> > proportion to the difference between it and the ambiant 
> temperature of the air
> > around it, and it thermal conducting properties. I would 
> imagine that as long
> as
> > you could provide sufficent case ventalation, you could 
> "Draw" the heat out of
> > the heat sink. Why is that not the case?
> > > I mean, air dosen't have the thermal capacity of water, 
> but that's why you
> > have to ventilate your case, as opposed to pumping air 
> through a small hose.
> CFM
> > vs GPM. :-)
> > > I still think that if you had a decent air flow, you'd 
> get better results
> with
> > one than with out, water or not, because of the thermal 
> potential that the
> > junction device forces into the heat sink. Sure it 
> generates a small amount of
> > heat it's self, but no where near the amount that the CPU 
> would produce. I
> think
> > it might be worthwhile to try one with a decent copper heat 
> sink that can draw
> > the heat off the device. That's just what I think.
> > >
> > > Any other ideas or reasons why it should not work?
> > >
> > > Shannon
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Atkinson, Nathan K (UMC-Student)
> > > Sent: Thu 6/27/2002 6:18 PM
> > > To: EMAIL:PROTECTED
> > > Cc:
> > > Subject: Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Very Hot Athlon 2000, what to do
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > The pelter coolers are only practical with water cooling 
> because of the
> 75-80
> > > Watts they put out, most air-cooled heatsinks only cool 
> about 50-60 Watts
> > which
> > > is about what the XP puts out by itself.  If you want 
> your Athlon to stay
> > cooler
> > > than 50C you will need a rather large copper heat sink, 
> look for a fan
> atleast
> > > 80x80x25 any smaller and it will be very loud.
> > >
> > > Nathan A.
> > >
> > >
> > > > Has anyone ever tried one of the Peltier coolers for processors?
> > > >
> > > > Spuds
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: EMAIL:PROTECTED
> > > > [ mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED] On Behalf 
> Of Sam Napier
> > > > Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 1:47 PM
> > > > To: EMAIL:PROTECTED
> > > > Subject: RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Very Hot Athlon 2000, 
> what to do
> > > >
> > > > I know that some heat sink and fan combos are only 
> rated up to the
> > > > Xp1800+
> > > > processor values. I would invest in one of the copper 
> heat sinks with a
> > > > very
> > > > high cam fan combined with a very low thermal 
> resistance. I personally
> > > > use
> > > > the Swiftec MC462 (About 49.00) provides me with a 45C 
> cpu temp running
> > > > Urban Terror. I would also check that your case fans 
> are exhausting some
> > > > of
> > > > that hot air.
> > > >
> > > > Sam
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: EMAIL:PROTECTED
> > > > [ mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]On Behalf 
> Of Ross, Matt
> > > > Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 11:53 AM
> > > > To: EMAIL:PROTECTED
> > > > Subject: RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Very Hot Athlon 2000, 
> what to do
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I know some people who would put water on it to cool it 
> off.  I'll have
> > > > to
> > > > make sure they don't get one of these with a 
> temperature readout where
> > > > they
> > > > can see it..
> > > >
> > > > That temp is excessive, just as you indicated, but I 
> think you're at the
> > > > point where air transfer is too slow to take much 
> advantage of faster or
> > > > more fans.  I have heard tale of cooling systems 
> involving liquid
> > > > nitrogen
> > > > running in fins near the cpu to take away the heat, but 
> first, that
> > > > sounds
> > > > rather expensive, and second, I'm no expert on cooling 
> systems, this may
> > > > have some inherent flaw, or be commonplace already.
> > > >
> > > > > I recently got a Athlon 2000 from cyberpowerpc and it 
> has been working
> > > > > great, except for a couple of things. The first one I noticed
> > > > > immediately
> > > > > and that is it is very loud. I've opened up the case 
> and there is no
> > > > > wonder why, there are 6 fans in total (1 on the back 
> going into the
> > > > > system, one for the power supply, one on the side 
> with its own metal
> > > > > grill, one on the front, one for the CPU, one for the 
> video card).
> > > > >
> > > > > However, to make matters more complicated despite all 
> the fans it runs
> > > > > quite hot. After some light use the CPU is usually about 57C
> > > > > (135F). The
> > > > > "System Temp" (not quite sure where the thermometer for this
> > > > > is) is about
> > > > > 45C (113 F). After half of day of use and a few hours of
> > > > > EMAIL:PROTECTED (in
> > > > > other words the CPU was at 100%) the CPU temperature was 64C
> > > > > (147F) and I
> > > > > forget the system temperature.
> > > > >
> > > > > Is this something I should be worried about? The max for my
> > > > > CPU is 90C. I
> > > > > want this computer to last 3 or 4 years, perhaps 
> beyond as a server or
> > > > > something. I would fell better if the temperature was 
> more like 50C,
> > > > > perhaps reaching the mid to high 50's after heavy use.
> > > > >
> > > > > So really while I would like a quieter PC, I imagine that is
> > > > > impossible
> > > > > considering I want a cooler one as well. Any suggestions? I
> > > > > don't really
> > > > > know where to start. For instance, how do I tell what 
> fan I have now?
> > > > > All it says is "AMD Certified" and it know it runs between
> > > > > 5000-6000 RPM
> > > > > from the motherboard monitoring utitilities (by the 
> way Gigabyte
> > > > > motherboards come with lots of cool stuff). Perhaps I 
> should just call
> > > > > Cyberpower, though their really hard to get through to as
> > > > > they just let
> > > > > their phone ring until they decide to pick it up.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > Ian Monroe
> > > > > http://www.monroe.nu
> > > > >
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