high heat tzs1

ok, here's something new. I was looking at HWmoniter, and like it often is, TZS0 was at 98c, but, TZS1 was at 82. This is an actually temp. After i stopped gaming, i saw the temp go down slowly. Should i be concerned? probably

what exactly are these temps of? I just replaced my cpu, and at the time i was overclocking, so i imagine that could have something to do with it.

 

TZS0 & TZS1 are just numbers/approximations/guesstimates. Dont be too bothered by them.

you should really be more concerned about actual core temps for the X9100.

my TSZ0 hits 102C sometimes but my core temp is 95C. TJMax for X9100 is 105C so if (actual) core temp hits 105C, it will cause autoshutdown of notebook to prevent CPU damage. Happens to me whenever i stress my X9100 too much @ 3.7GHz on 1.363v.

hence my cooling mods.....

 

do you know what the TJMax for the TZSO/TZS1 (thats the chipset right?) are?

 

oh, and another thing to add. when i replaced my cpu, i replaced the thermal pad on the chipset with thermal paste (assuming it wouldn't matter), but now i'm not sure. i'm getter really bad temps, and they climb incredibly fast.

 

If you take out a thermal pad and replace it with paste, that might change the contact force and make your cooling a lot worse. Make sure the heatsink is snug to the CPU/GPU/chipet etc. to maximize cooling.

The Intel designed shutdown temperature is typically 25C beyond TJMax. Most CPUs have a TJMax of 100C to 105C so the shutdown temperature is usually between 125C and 130C. If your notebook shuts down at a core temperature of 105C, it has nothing to do with Intel. Maybe the laptop manufacturer has added some special safety feature. I prefer trusting Intel to know what temperature their CPUs can take.



Here's one from the Intel datasheet for the Core i7 QM processors.

 

any TIM compound other than ICD7 isnt going to bridge the relatively large air gap between the heatsink and northbridge chipset. AS5 is too thin to be adequate for the job.

ICD7 works because of its gloopy, thick consistency. Need to apply a generous blob too.

In short, alternatives to the stock thermal pad that work:-

- copper shim mod (11mm x 11mm x 0.9mm); sandwich the shim in ICD7 or AS5.

- ICD7 on its own.

 

I have ICD7 in there right now (quite a bit too)

I suppose i could glob in more, but i think i'm gonna go ahead and try to get a thermal pad. where can i get one?