SM17 HSF dead, already replaced
qparadox
Vancouver, BC
The fan on SM17's cooler went south. I didn't notice it for a while because it spins up fine on startup and then sorta half-ass spins after a few minutes (it starts does a full rotation and a half then spots). I replaced it with a volcano 7 (no laughing) that I got for free because it had a dead fan and I stuck a $5 antec 80mm on there so now all is good. As a side note I managed to burn 4 fingers touching the heatsink to take it off :P. The built in shutdown temperature must not work as it was waaaay hotter than 65*C.
The processor seems fine and is now happilly running at 10.5x151= 1589 MHz (highest the chipset will take) async because the ram won't go above 140. Frame times seem to be down about 10% so expect a similar increase in production.
The processor seems fine and is now happilly running at 10.5x151= 1589 MHz (highest the chipset will take) async because the ram won't go above 140. Frame times seem to be down about 10% so expect a similar increase in production.
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you replaced it... with a Volcano 7. :banghead:
I'd look for something better, but its at 42*C as is and the chipset won't take any higher FSB. Next chance I get those bridges are getting closed. I can't stand being low on the SM production list :P.
On a side note I just added 3 Ghz of dedicated AMD folding power so those above me look out . Hopeing for another 2 Ghz dedicated in teh next couple of weeks.