Celeron at 94degs C---- hsf on backwards

Sven76 · 29th January 2004, 11:15 AM

Well i thought ok you have to be pretty stupid to put on a heatsink backwards its pretty obvious which way it goes....then i think well ok some people are silly....but then to get a computer from a retailer with it on backwards is damn amusing...and frustrating.

The Story...
Inlaws bought a 667 celly computer from a locla retailer maybe 3yrs ago....they are utter newbs and it wasnt running right from the get go...But i wasnt allowed look at it cause id break it and the twit of a father in law said its right even though it froze all the time and would frame freeze in games.

So long story even longer 2 days ago the computer throws the os wont load windows no matter what missing files the works...i look in bios out of frustration (oh im allowed touch it now they are broke and cant afford a "real person" to look at it) the cpu is running at 94degs C...so i take of the hsf and the thermal pad is 100% intact and has not touched the cpu in 3 yrs...add some thermal paste and it all runs well. so a celeron 667 has been running 3 yrs in 40 degree (and hotter heat) and didnt fry i think thats amazing.

I know now why intel swapped to the p4 style heatsink too cause there are some utter twits working as techies it seems.

Oh i didnt mention retailer mainly because he fired the particular tech about 2 and a half years ago for being a knob

FragieSpice · 29th January 2004, 12:35 PM

Man if they were being suck dicks about you touching their PC I would have left it broken.

In any case I would have given them an invoce charging them whatever the going rate is for techie house call outs....... $$$

PS- my Athlon 2100+ ran OK at 89 C, but crashed out in games at 92 C....... though that was with an Epox board which had dodgie temp monitoring

DeNs · 29th January 2004, 7:33 PM

92C? Nice.

Even though it wasnt reporting it properly, it still looks impressive.

When you think its so bloody simple to put a heatsink on... someone manages to screw it up. *sigh*

-DeNs

lorres_the_one · 31st January 2004, 2:28 PM

December last year, my mother brang her amd system over, an AMD XP1800+, she was saying that it was running really slow, So I went into the bios, checking things, I come past the health page, the CPU was at 80c

, So I took her aluminum HSF off and I saw that it was on backwards, which is quiet hard to do, but it was on backwards, so I replaced the whole thing with a nice cooper cooler, now it sites at about 45c, which is still warm, but alot better than 80c.

Oh and she got this system from a computer store owned by some chinese guy.

ajm786 · 1st February 2004, 2:49 PM

A dude called our place, requesting warranty on two motherboards he bought in Feb. 2003. We warranty the boards for a year. He states that it no longer runs his PIII 1Ghz proc.

He send the board back, we test it, and the boards test good. We send it back to him.

He calls back after he receives it. To make a long story short, we accept the boards back, and this time, ask him to include information from his CPU so that we may match and test according to what he has.

After contact with the board manufacturer, we find he has been using an incompatible processor for the whole year.

Sven76 · 1st February 2004, 3:22 PM

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After contact with the board manufacturer, we find he has been using an incompatible processor for the whole year.

hahahahhaha i think the local computer shop up here has the right idea he charges $35 on all warranty work for parts he has fitted or that broke or failed in due course. If you call him and he didnt fit it or you broke it (even software incompatabilty) he charges $120 an hour

I think he is fair seeing the number of people that claim to know what they are doing.

29th January 2004, 11:15 AM	#1
Sven76 Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bundaberg Posts: 1,250	Celeron at 94degs C---- hsf on backwards Well i thought ok you have to be pretty stupid to put on a heatsink backwards its pretty obvious which way it goes....then i think well ok some people are silly....but then to get a computer from a retailer with it on backwards is damn amusing...and frustrating. The Story... Inlaws bought a 667 celly computer from a locla retailer maybe 3yrs ago....they are utter newbs and it wasnt running right from the get go...But i wasnt allowed look at it cause id break it and the twit of a father in law said its right even though it froze all the time and would frame freeze in games. So long story even longer 2 days ago the computer throws the os wont load windows no matter what missing files the works...i look in bios out of frustration (oh im allowed touch it now they are broke and cant afford a "real person" to look at it) the cpu is running at 94degs C...so i take of the hsf and the thermal pad is 100% intact and has not touched the cpu in 3 yrs...add some thermal paste and it all runs well. so a celeron 667 has been running 3 yrs in 40 degree (and hotter heat) and didnt fry i think thats amazing. I know now why intel swapped to the p4 style heatsink too cause there are some utter twits working as techies it seems. Oh i didnt mention retailer mainly because he fired the particular tech about 2 and a half years ago for being a knob __________________ Character is the measure of what a man does when no one is looking... Last edited by Sven76; 29th January 2004 at 11:15 AM.

29th January 2004, 12:35 PM	#2
FragieSpice Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Shit Moderation Posts: 3,092	Man if they were being suck dicks about you touching their PC I would have left it broken. In any case I would have given them an invoce charging them whatever the going rate is for techie house call outs....... $$$ PS- my Athlon 2100+ ran OK at 89 C, but crashed out in games at 92 C....... though that was with an Epox board which had dodgie temp monitoring __________________ Reason for Deletion: Shit Moderation Last edited by FragieSpice; 29th January 2004 at 12:37 PM.

29th January 2004, 7:33 PM	#3
DeNs Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 1,964	92C? Nice. Even though it wasnt reporting it properly, it still looks impressive. When you think its so bloody simple to put a heatsink on... someone manages to screw it up. sigh -DeNs __________________ OCAU Extreme Cooling Club Phase Change Member π

31st January 2004, 2:28 PM	#4
lorres_the_one Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 859	December last year, my mother brang her amd system over, an AMD XP1800+, she was saying that it was running really slow, So I went into the bios, checking things, I come past the health page, the CPU was at 80c , So I took her aluminum HSF off and I saw that it was on backwards, which is quiet hard to do, but it was on backwards, so I replaced the whole thing with a nice cooper cooler, now it sites at about 45c, which is still warm, but alot better than 80c. Oh and she got this system from a computer store owned by some chinese guy. Last edited by lorres_the_one; 31st January 2004 at 2:30 PM.

1st February 2004, 2:49 PM	#5
ajm786 Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 6	A dude called our place, requesting warranty on two motherboards he bought in Feb. 2003. We warranty the boards for a year. He states that it no longer runs his PIII 1Ghz proc. He send the board back, we test it, and the boards test good. We send it back to him. He calls back after he receives it. To make a long story short, we accept the boards back, and this time, ask him to include information from his CPU so that we may match and test according to what he has. After contact with the board manufacturer, we find he has been using an incompatible processor for the whole year. __________________ That's right. BITE me. Abit IC7 w/BIOS 18 * P4 2.6C @ 3.25 w/Zalman CNPS7000-Cu * Corsair TWINX1024-3200LLPT 1GB * WD800JB; WD400JB; Pioneer DVD-120S; Lite-on LTR-52246S CDRW * Gainward Ti4200 * Intel PRO/100+ LAN; Adaptec 2940AU SCSI; Audigy 2 ZS Platinum; WinTV Go * Antec 480W TruePower in CoolerMaster ATCS 201-SX * Viewsonic 19" P90f Flat, and WinXP Pro/SP1 * Natural Multimedia Keyboard and Logitech MX500 PC/HT audio setup: Cambridge MC50 front/center, Megaworks 510D sub, Sonance Mariner 100 rear; connected to Onkyo TX-SR500 via Audigy 5.1 multichannel