contact problem?

[williamc303]

i cant get 100% contact of evaporator head with cpu with for P4 kit, no matter what combination. best i can do is to leave about 5mm uncovered along 2 sides of the cpu. is this norm?

 

[Wingz]

are you just using 1 layer of string for the evap head?

 

[williamc303]

2 layers

 

[Wingz]

2 layers

do you get a good contact when you just attach the head to the cpu without any string? if you do then just use 1 layer of string.

 

[williamc303]

do you get a good contact when you just attach the head to the cpu without any string? if you do then just use 1 layer of string.

my temps idle is -23, load 1 is that ok? btw with motherboard monitor

 

[Wingz]

my temps idle is -23, load 1 is that ok? btw with motherboard monitor

what motherboard is that?

 

[Wingz]

Abits read 10-13C too high and the Asus's read 5 - 8C too low

 

[Arterion]

i cant get 100% contact of evaporator head with cpu with for P4 kit, no matter what combination. best i can do is to leave about 5mm uncovered along 2 sides of the cpu. is this norm?

Assuming you mean that its just not sat squarely with the CPU (as opposed to not being flatly on it), I have this 'problem' too....it's perfectly normal, I don't think there's a single Mach cooled P4 system out there in which the copper plate on the evap head sits perfectly square with the processor's heatspreader.

Even with the innacuracies inherent to alot of mobo temp probes (as chiyau pointed out), you still have some nice temps there, so it's obviously not something you need to worry about too much.

 

[Arterion]

i cant get 100% contact of evaporator head with cpu with for P4 kit, no matter what combination. best i can do is to leave about 5mm uncovered along 2 sides of the cpu. is this norm?

Assuming you mean that its just not sat squarely with the CPU (as opposed to not being flatly on it), I have this 'problem' too....it's perfectly normal, I don't think there's a single Mach cooled P4 system out there in which the copper plate on the evap head sits perfectly square with the processor's heatspreader.

Even taking into account the innacuracies inherent to alot of mobo temp probes (as chiyau pointed out), you still have some nice temps there, so it's obviously not something you need to worry about too much.

 

[BaD CrC]

If you read the manual, it is said not to worry about that.