Re: System overheating and resulting in poor performance..

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From: manu08 (manu08_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/31/05 

Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 09:05:01 -0800

Is it possible that the power supply wire that goes into my computer is not
fitting in properly cause i just checked and it is kind of loose. I had
bought a UPS and so i had to use the original wire i got with my machine to
connect power supply to UPS and the UPS supplied wire to connect the monitor
& cpu to the UPS. Is there a way of checking whether this is the cause & also
could you please tell me what should be the CPU voltage. I am quite blank
about this and use a software called "Aida32" to see this so maybe if you
could relate it to that i would find it easier to understand.

Thanks..

"Leythos" wrote:

> On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 06:13:06 -0800, manu08 wrote:
>
> > Hi guys....i checked my computer from inside as well and according to ME all
> > the fans are working fine, they all seem to be spinning fast but........since
> > i cant see the power supply fan i put my hand in front of the fan (at tha
> > back of pc) to see whether that fan was any slower and to me it seems that it
> > is spinning slower..anyone know how to change it to spin fast if there's a
> > setting that i need to make...i have a Intel D875PBZ motherboard...
> > thanks
>
> There is no way to change the speed of a PSU fan from the motherboard. PSU
> Fans are controlled inside the PSU - some PSU's are what they call "Quiet"
> and that means the PSU will slow the fans speed until a set temperature is
> reached - the speed will modulate to maintain the temp.
>
> Keep in mind one other thing - if you installed the CPU in the
> motherboard, too much heat-sink paste will act as an thermal insulator,
> it's designed to ONLY fill the micro-gaps between the two surfaces, not to
> be a thick layer between them (if you used a HS Pad included with the CPU
> that's another story).
>
> It could also be that you've got restricted air-flow IN the case - so that
> there is no cool air being drawn into the case, or not enough to allow the
> CPU FAN to cool it. I always have at least one 80mm case fan in addition
> to the PSU fan(s).
>
>
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