Ok, i've got a P4 (2.8C, SL6WU Malay) at 3.4 (243 x 14). It's all sat on an Abit IC7-G mobo. Basically, if you look at said mobo, the mounting bracket to which you'd attach the stock HSF is sat at a 90 degree angle to that of, say, an Abit IS7-E2. Firstly this means that the evap head must also be mounted at 90 degrees (twisted to the right in case you were wondering).
Secondly, the placement of the socket is such that no matter which way the metal thinger in the headkit is orientated (in the black part of the kit in which it sits), it does not give access to 100% of the CPU's heatspreader. Unfortunately for me, the way which shows MORE of the CPU is the way which requires me to twist the evap head to an angle which would cause irreparable damage if i tried it- it literally WILL NOT mount that way. This leaves me with the orientation which shows slightly less of the CPU (about one third is inaccessable). Still I have to twist it but it seems happier to do it this way and APPEARS to have mounted fine.
My temperatures say different however- as i said, 57 degrees in the worst case. Generally speaking, my idle temps (according to MBM5) hover around -6 but have gone as low as -13. I have noticed however they are very very volatile: if I do something as simple as open internet explorer or play a song in winamp i'll get an almost instantaneous increase to around +12. Multiple or simultaneous instances of each only worsens the problem. And yet upon closing these programs, my temperatures (again, almost instantly) revert back to minus figures. As I said, verrrry volatile. With regards to mounting, I think it's all done right- someone said there may not be great contact between the CPU and the copper plate on the evap head but it is screwed down as far as it will go (according to boardy, who helped me put it together and did said screwing lol), and has a paper-thin layer of Arctic Ceramique on it. I'm at my wits end- anyone have any ideas?
Secondly, the placement of the socket is such that no matter which way the metal thinger in the headkit is orientated (in the black part of the kit in which it sits), it does not give access to 100% of the CPU's heatspreader. Unfortunately for me, the way which shows MORE of the CPU is the way which requires me to twist the evap head to an angle which would cause irreparable damage if i tried it- it literally WILL NOT mount that way. This leaves me with the orientation which shows slightly less of the CPU (about one third is inaccessable). Still I have to twist it but it seems happier to do it this way and APPEARS to have mounted fine.
My temperatures say different however- as i said, 57 degrees in the worst case. Generally speaking, my idle temps (according to MBM5) hover around -6 but have gone as low as -13. I have noticed however they are very very volatile: if I do something as simple as open internet explorer or play a song in winamp i'll get an almost instantaneous increase to around +12. Multiple or simultaneous instances of each only worsens the problem. And yet upon closing these programs, my temperatures (again, almost instantly) revert back to minus figures. As I said, verrrry volatile. With regards to mounting, I think it's all done right- someone said there may not be great contact between the CPU and the copper plate on the evap head but it is screwed down as far as it will go (according to boardy, who helped me put it together and did said screwing lol), and has a paper-thin layer of Arctic Ceramique on it. I'm at my wits end- anyone have any ideas?
