I am having major heat problems with my 1.33Ghz Thunderbird.
First, let me explain how I got it. I had an athlon 1100/100mhz FSB. With the retail fan, it actually reached 80 degrees Celsius. When that happened I heard a small frying sound and the system crashed. Now, my cpu wasn't even damaged but the cheapo thermal stuff had melted. So I proceeded to buy a larger, but still pretty cheap aluminum cooler. It ran about ten degrees cooler and that was great. I OC'd it to 1200mhz no problem.
Now I had problems with the mobo and the cpu and they were still under warranty so I got back an Athlon 1.33 with the 133mhz FSB. I also "upgraded" the fan to a thermaltake superorb. Now the cpu boots at 92C and actually heats up close to 100C. I experience frequent system crashes which is not really surprising.
I don't know if this is normal for a 1333 thunderbird, but I somehow doubt it. I have a Gigabyte board and I thought that maybe the thermal sensor was defective. If it's not than, why can the cpu can sustain 20C more than the 1100?
Now, what should I do? Buy a thermalright cooler, or return the cpu as defective, or maybe it's the superorb that's not working well.
First, let me explain how I got it. I had an athlon 1100/100mhz FSB. With the retail fan, it actually reached 80 degrees Celsius. When that happened I heard a small frying sound and the system crashed. Now, my cpu wasn't even damaged but the cheapo thermal stuff had melted. So I proceeded to buy a larger, but still pretty cheap aluminum cooler. It ran about ten degrees cooler and that was great. I OC'd it to 1200mhz no problem.
Now I had problems with the mobo and the cpu and they were still under warranty so I got back an Athlon 1.33 with the 133mhz FSB. I also "upgraded" the fan to a thermaltake superorb. Now the cpu boots at 92C and actually heats up close to 100C. I experience frequent system crashes which is not really surprising.
I don't know if this is normal for a 1333 thunderbird, but I somehow doubt it. I have a Gigabyte board and I thought that maybe the thermal sensor was defective. If it's not than, why can the cpu can sustain 20C more than the 1100?
Now, what should I do? Buy a thermalright cooler, or return the cpu as defective, or maybe it's the superorb that's not working well.