akasa evo33

[Baron_Greenback]

anybody else use an akasa evo33 cpu cooler, my temps have gone through the roof. a64-3500 stock it idles @ 44.c

mobo is asus a8n-sli premium with ai fan control turned on

fan speed reads average 2860 idle.

i'm sure it used to be cooler and quieter

 

[K404]

Have you checked for bad contact? What thermal paste are you using?



Is the fan definately spinning ok? Is the heatsink dusty?

 

[stocky]

Sometimes if coolers take a knock it dislodges the settled paste and causes poor contact. Whip it off, clean out all the fins and fan. Clean the base, and the CPU. Re-apply the thermal paste and securely re-fit the cooler. It's worth using Arctic Silver 5

 

[Baron_Greenback]

thats just it, artic silver 5 and checked contact allready

 

[Baron_Greenback]

found the problem, the backing plate that comes with the evo33 is crap, the nuts that are mounted in the plastic plate were just spinning round so i couldn't have tightened the retaining screws all they way. changed plate for the original amd one that came with the mobo and it's a lot better. idle temp down to 32.c i'll be sending the plate back to akasa

 

[Dazboots]

found the problem, the backing plate that comes with the evo33 is crap, the nuts that are mounted in the plastic plate were just spinning round so i couldn't have tightened the retaining screws all they way. changed plate for the original amd one that came with the mobo and it's a lot better. idle temp down to 32.c i'll be sending the plate back to akasa

the same thing happend to mine when u tighten them up they dont go all the way down just spin.

if u need a backing plate i have 1 spare here just come up sometime u can have it

 

[Baron_Greenback]

thx for offer daz, got the original amd plate to fit average idle now 35.c