Cooling

I'm using Glacialtech Igloo 4350Light, P4 2.8G, 20dBA on a 3.06P4 533

I've been measuring temperature just on the lowest point on the side of the
sink and the temp was 42°C when I was burning the proc over 2 hours. BIOS
tells me that temp is 82 but i hardly belive that ( perhaps too too too too
much thermal paste ).

So I've conducted another experiment with the standard box cooler which has
stoped temperature rising at 35°C during processor burning.( 79-BIOS )

Now I'm wondering what did I actually do? Does this have any sense?
I'm asking because the measuring point is the hottest point where i can put
my finger on while the sink is on the processor, but i'm not sure that
temperature there can be used to tell wheater the processor is overheating
or not.

And I just want to be sure that my system will be stabile without crashes,
lockups or any other problems which can be produced by using "weaker"
cooler.

So anyone with similar expirience or knowledge about my situation, please
help

Thank you!

On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 23:58:19 +0100, "Igor" <idolovcak RemoveThis @inet.hr> wrote:

 >:>I'm using Glacialtech Igloo 4350Light, P4 2.8G, 20dBA on a 3.06P4 533
 >:>
 >:>I've been measuring temperature just on the lowest point on the side of the
 >:>sink and the temp was 42°C when I was burning the proc over 2 hours. BIOS
 >:>tells me that temp is 82 but i hardly belive that ( perhaps too too too too
 >:>much thermal paste ).
 >:>
 >:>So I've conducted another experiment with the standard box cooler which has
 >:>stoped temperature rising at 35°C during processor burning.( 79-BIOS )
 >:>
 >:>Now I'm wondering what did I actually do? Does this have any sense?
 >:>I'm asking because the measuring point is the hottest point where i can put
 >:>my finger on while the sink is on the processor, but i'm not sure that
 >:>temperature there can be used to tell wheater the processor is overheating
 >:>or not.
 >:>
 >:>And I just want to be sure that my system will be stabile without crashes,
 >:>lockups or any other problems which can be produced by using "weaker"
 >:>cooler.
the best way to do this is to run prime95 for around 8 hour and if you get
no hardware errors you can be pretty damn sure your system is stable! imo.
 >:>So anyone with similar expirience or knowledge about my situation, please
 >:>help
 >:>
 >:>Thank you!
 >:>

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