- Feb 13, 2010
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Hello,
A few years ago (before I became more interested in computing, and gained important knowledge) I decided to upgrade my CPU on my Compaq CQ5222UK PC. I did have an Athlon X2 II 215 at 2.7ghz, with a TDP of 45w. I upgraded to a Phenom II X4 970, with a TDP of 125w. I also acquired an Arctic Freezer Pro Rev.2. Since then I have moved all into a CM Storm Scout case and added an AMD HD6770 GPU.
Recently, I bought myself an Antec Kuhler 920 off of Ebay (Due to having my Phenom at 4GHZ), and fitted it. However, I was unable to boot my PC and my Kuhler 920's fans were not running, and so decided that my Watercooler was the problem and unplugged it. Still no boot, and the GPU fan was becoming louder then quieter over and over again. So I plugged in the old Athlon 215, and it booted, however temps soared through the roof and I realised that my watercooler (with the fans plugged into the PSU) was not pumping. Thinking that this was the problem, I reverted back to my Arctic. And my PC booted on the Athlon, but not on the Phenom (which now has a pin missing - don't know how!)
Anyway, two days later - PC crashes and I can't even boot on my Athlon. So I now presume that either my watercooler has mucked up my Motherboard, or I put a too powerful processor on it.
Then I learn that my Motherboard (http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&docname=c01925534#N119) has a max TDP of 95w. Then, I used an overclocking calculator to learn that, before a break, my 4GHZ Phenom was using 143W of Power under full load (I did do some Prime95 burn tests to test overclocks).
So was the reason for my Crash and boot failure the fact that I put a processor drawing 143W at full load on a 95W TDP motherboard? Or was my watercooler the problem? Have I burnt out the VRM? And would a new CPU/MOBO combo sort it out, and if so would my watercooler work!?
So many questions, but I would really appreciate some help!
Best Regards
Luke
A few years ago (before I became more interested in computing, and gained important knowledge) I decided to upgrade my CPU on my Compaq CQ5222UK PC. I did have an Athlon X2 II 215 at 2.7ghz, with a TDP of 45w. I upgraded to a Phenom II X4 970, with a TDP of 125w. I also acquired an Arctic Freezer Pro Rev.2. Since then I have moved all into a CM Storm Scout case and added an AMD HD6770 GPU.
Recently, I bought myself an Antec Kuhler 920 off of Ebay (Due to having my Phenom at 4GHZ), and fitted it. However, I was unable to boot my PC and my Kuhler 920's fans were not running, and so decided that my Watercooler was the problem and unplugged it. Still no boot, and the GPU fan was becoming louder then quieter over and over again. So I plugged in the old Athlon 215, and it booted, however temps soared through the roof and I realised that my watercooler (with the fans plugged into the PSU) was not pumping. Thinking that this was the problem, I reverted back to my Arctic. And my PC booted on the Athlon, but not on the Phenom (which now has a pin missing - don't know how!)
Anyway, two days later - PC crashes and I can't even boot on my Athlon. So I now presume that either my watercooler has mucked up my Motherboard, or I put a too powerful processor on it.
Then I learn that my Motherboard (http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&docname=c01925534#N119) has a max TDP of 95w. Then, I used an overclocking calculator to learn that, before a break, my 4GHZ Phenom was using 143W of Power under full load (I did do some Prime95 burn tests to test overclocks).
So was the reason for my Crash and boot failure the fact that I put a processor drawing 143W at full load on a 95W TDP motherboard? Or was my watercooler the problem? Have I burnt out the VRM? And would a new CPU/MOBO combo sort it out, and if so would my watercooler work!?
So many questions, but I would really appreciate some help!
Best Regards
Luke
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