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Computer turns off with new heatsink

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June 26, 2002 12:20:44 AM

My friend just got a new heatsink and his fan spins for about 20 seconds and then the computer just all of the sudden turns off!! Please help us out. Respond as soon as possible. It is not the power supply because he has a 350W PS.

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June 26, 2002 1:49:53 AM

I would guess that the heat sink is not mounted properly agaist the cpu. What MB do you have and
does it have thermal protection?


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a b K Overclocking
June 26, 2002 8:04:24 PM

If it runs for 30 seconds first, then you could try this:

turn it on, go to BIOS menu, go to system health (or similar), watch the CPU temp.

If it is continually and rapidly rising towards some preset shutdown temp, then suspect the new heatsink/it's installation.
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a b K Overclocking
June 27, 2002 10:55:17 PM

Maybe you mounted the heatsink backwards?

<font color=blue>At least half of all problems are caused by an insufficient power supply!</font color=blue>
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a b K Overclocking
June 28, 2002 1:40:02 AM

hah hah. or on the BIOS chip or something.
a b K Overclocking
June 28, 2002 9:11:18 AM

?

<font color=blue>At least half of all problems are caused by an insufficient power supply!</font color=blue>
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a b K Overclocking
June 28, 2002 7:52:50 PM

Um, you were serious? I thlought it was a joke. It was funny when I pictured someone putting on a heat sink with the fins faced down.
a b K Overclocking
June 28, 2002 10:12:58 PM

d00d, most heatsinks have a "step" on the bottom that goes over the socket, like where it says "Socket 462". If you mount the thing with the step on the wrong side, your processor will definitely overheat in a very short amount of time, because the heatsink will definitely not sit flat on the core.

<font color=blue>At least half of all problems are caused by an insufficient power supply!</font color=blue>
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a b K Overclocking
June 29, 2002 5:25:31 AM

I agree, that would be bad. Hopefully that concept would be obvious to the people installing heatsinks.
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