John,

I used to have one of those Prescott CPU's, and they do run very hot.

I would suggest taking the heatsink/fan off and re-attaching with a good
thermal grease (like Arctic Sliver). You may also want to consider an after
market heatsink with better performance (if space allows). You would need
one compatible with with Intel Socket 478 if I remember correctly.

Just take your time. Work in an antistatic area, and don't force anything
and you should be OK.

Russ Poffenberger
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Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 8:30 AM
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Subject: [PCBUILD] Mobo Heat Problems


Hi, 

I have an Intel D865GBF mobo with a Prescott 2.8 Pentium CPU with 1G of ram.
I'm having over heating problems in System Zone 2 on the Intel monitoring
system  see the following url.
http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/CS-012552.htm

Judging by the diagram it appears to be one corner of the CPU zone.  Right
now I overheat just doing a virus scan and have real problems playing any
sort of games which are so old they wouldn't need any sort of current
graphics card(mine is an nVidia 256mb one).  Any suggestions on fixing
things.  I've cleaned everything with compressed air and a vacuum.  The CPU
fan does work and I'm thinking of taking the heatsink off and reattaching
things.  But other than when I first built it, I've never had things apart
and I'm worried about doing damage.  If I remember correctly the heatsink
and fan had an adhesive type thermal connection when I put it together.
Will that come apart without effort or do I risk trashing the processor?  If
things seperate OK what works for cleaning the residue off before I apply
thermal paste and try reasembling.

Any help you guys could provide would really be appreciated.  I have a
Cooler Master CM690 box with 3 fans and just oredered up 3 more.  But with
both sides off right now I'm still having heat issues and it's frustrating.

TIA
John

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