Tip for people with Prescott O\H Issues
Straight_Man
Geeky, in my own wayNaples, FL Icrontian
On the stock retail Intel HS for Prescott, it ships with a thin piece of plastic over the copper core part of HS. This needs to be removed. I got reminded of this reading Lyod Case's semi-blog, called "Notes From the Lab."
Loyd also gave the ExtremeTech folks an apt teaser for this note, it said something about Intel making incredible plastic that would not melt at high temps-- the nice thin plastic on the copper core on HS (atttached as a shipping protector) that was intended to directly contact the CPU when in use stayed intact after the CPU was running for QUITE a while (on two different Intel chipsets, with same Intel HS in place on each board it was used on)... And insulated it, so there is no wonder the IDLE temp was about 60 C for that Prescott. On my HS, the protective plastic was blue tinted, on Loyd's it appears to have been CLEAR.... So, if you buy a new HS and it has plastic over a copper place (OR get a stock P4 Prescott with a stock Intel HS), carefully remove the plastic please. Expect temps to drop about 9-12 C by doing just that.... Another thing to add to the O\H troubleshooting tree for me, a Retail Prescott special entry....
Lest you think Loyd is a newbie, he has been professionally reviewing and testing and writing about test results, for about 8-9 years. Someone in Intel's packaging design area of ops did not have the words "remove me" printed on this shipping protection film on the HS and it would appear some folks have not done so....
Cliff's Notes' version of Lesson: IF your Retail Prescott is running hugely hot EVEN at idle, take HS off, remove HS compund, look for REMAINING wierd coating that may or may not have melted ONTO the nice round copper inner core of Intel Retail HS for Prescott. If it's there, please remove.
Loyd also gave the ExtremeTech folks an apt teaser for this note, it said something about Intel making incredible plastic that would not melt at high temps-- the nice thin plastic on the copper core on HS (atttached as a shipping protector) that was intended to directly contact the CPU when in use stayed intact after the CPU was running for QUITE a while (on two different Intel chipsets, with same Intel HS in place on each board it was used on)... And insulated it, so there is no wonder the IDLE temp was about 60 C for that Prescott. On my HS, the protective plastic was blue tinted, on Loyd's it appears to have been CLEAR.... So, if you buy a new HS and it has plastic over a copper place (OR get a stock P4 Prescott with a stock Intel HS), carefully remove the plastic please. Expect temps to drop about 9-12 C by doing just that.... Another thing to add to the O\H troubleshooting tree for me, a Retail Prescott special entry....
Lest you think Loyd is a newbie, he has been professionally reviewing and testing and writing about test results, for about 8-9 years. Someone in Intel's packaging design area of ops did not have the words "remove me" printed on this shipping protection film on the HS and it would appear some folks have not done so....
Cliff's Notes' version of Lesson: IF your Retail Prescott is running hugely hot EVEN at idle, take HS off, remove HS compund, look for REMAINING wierd coating that may or may not have melted ONTO the nice round copper inner core of Intel Retail HS for Prescott. If it's there, please remove.
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