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**linderman** · 11-21-2007, 07:00 PM

thats way to hot for the Northy

it should be 35C to 40C wile idle and 50C to 55C max workload

dont think its your cooler thats making the high temps

thermal grease is not fresh or too much grease or not enough ????????????

a stock cooler is plenty capable of keeping a northwood near its correct temps

did you apply fresh thermal grease when you installed the cpu

did you remove the old grease or thermal pad

each time you lift the heat sink away from the cpu / even if just to look / you must remove the grease and re-apply ??????

please clarify where we are with this issue ?

11-21-2007, 07:00 PM	#9 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20,402 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	Re: Bad cpu? thats way to hot for the Northy it should be 35C to 40C wile idle and 50C to 55C max workload dont think its your cooler thats making the high temps thermal grease is not fresh or too much grease or not enough ???????????? a stock cooler is plenty capable of keeping a northwood near its correct temps did you apply fresh thermal grease when you installed the cpu did you remove the old grease or thermal pad each time you lift the heat sink away from the cpu / even if just to look / you must remove the grease and re-apply ?????? please clarify where we are with this issue ? __________________ Even a Broken Clock is Right Twice a Day ! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial Last edited by linderman; 11-21-2007 at 07:02 PM.