Author: Aaron Gordon
Date: 09:24:24 07/02/04
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On July 02, 2004 at 10:41:31, Alvaro Jose Povoa Cardoso wrote: >I like Athlon XP processors - I have one Athlon XP 2700+ _underclocked_ (yes >that's right). >I have an Asus A7N8X-X (single channel) motherboard, 512Mb+512Mb DDR400 >(Kingston HyperX KHX3200A 2-2-2-5 and OCZ 2-2-3-5). >My chip runs at 2166Mhz from factory and it ran well for 8 months, when Summer >arrived I started to have crashes with my checkers engine and when converting >video to DivX. After some experiences with processor intensive applications >(like POVray, Alparysoft codec, DivX codec - they crashed) I concluded i has to >be overheating, so I undercloked it to 1916Mhz and now I have no problems >whatsoever, except it is slower of course. By the way my heatsink is also >superior performance and I have more than enough fans ventilating fresh air from >the outside to the inside. Only underclocking solve my problem. > >This is my case, >Alvaro Cardoso Sounds like you still have a cooling problem even with a "superior" heatsink. Try taking it off and cleaning off the heatsink as well as CPU core any applying Arctic Silver 5 thermal compound. Make sure the layer is about as thin as a few credit cards and put the heatsink back on. Also make sure a stray wire isn't caught between the chip PCB and heatsink. This could cause the heatsink to cant at an angle and not provide proper contact. The CPU should be firmly seated. When putting the CPU into the socket use two fingers on either side of the core to hold the cpu firmly into the socket while you pull the ZIF lever down to lock the chip into place. Sometimes people just plop the chip in and one side is higher than the other when they lock the CPU down. This will cause the cant as well and end up not having uniform pressure/contact between the heatsink and core.. of course resulting in extremely poor cooling performance. You should not have any problems. The only way that 2700+ would be unstable is if it got up into the 80C+ range or higher which signifys a major cooling problem.
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