anibhatt said:Well today i decided to give the reseating another chance and also decided to undervolt the processor to 1.1 V [as experimented by someone else having the same problem on Tom's Hardware forums]. It seems the mobo is overvolting the CPU, as now the cpu runs pretty stable , i reduced the foltage to 1.1V [ which shows as 1.12V-1.15V]. The normal voltage as in the vicinity of 1.32-1.37V.
This brings me to some new queries:
1. is it safe to run the CPU undervolted? or do i need to underclock it as well for the sake of stability??
2. is the mobo to blame??
thanks for all the helps guys...much appreciated. Saved me a lot of time, effort and money which I would have wasted otherwise
sangram said:If you were wasting our time, we wouldn't be replying to you. There's no other way to learn except to ask questions, and that's true for all of us.
I'm glad you found the cause of the issue. Cool and Quiet is deactivated on your mobo by default, and that is why your idle temps are so high (CnQ does not affect the load temperature). You can drop the idle quite significantly by switching on CnQ, and setting the power profile to 'laptop' or 'minimal power management' (this is done from the Power Options applet in Control Panel for XP). This will basically pull the Vcore down to about 1-1.1 volts on idle, dropping the temperatures quite significantly.
That said 61 on load is high but not dangerously so, except that my 4000+ runs about 50 load in a very cramped case with very little airflow, so I'd try that reseating once again, as it still sounds like a problem. Or maybe the CPU/HSF/bracket are just not getting along. I've never had a problem myself, but you may just have got a lemon. A replacement may help.