AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition issues

Not really, since all the fans in the system, case fans and all, spin up to full speed. It's part of the POST routine. CPU temps should be lowest at this point.

I would check the HSF pushpins again. Did you clean off the old TIM properly? Also, how thick is the coat of TIM that you have applied?

yeah i cleaned off the old paste and applied the new one. its a good coat, thicker than what was on there before. I'll check those pushpins.

Everything is fine on the heatsink. I added more thermal paste and the temperature is getting lower at bootup (the alarm goes off in smaller bursts) but its still pretty high (in the 60s) in relation to the tempurature while using windows

so your saying that the temp is in the 60's during boot, and goes down from there?

Here's a question that just popped into my mind, so forgive me for it, and begging your pardon in advance. But, how exactly do you measure CPU temperature while the machine is booting? I ask this because the monitoring software doesn't load until after the OS does. I am braced and ready for whatever answer that you may choose to visit upon me.

Since the percentage of CPU usage is high during the boot process, so it follows that the CPU temp would be above that of the desktop at idle. However, since the system elevates the RPMs of the fans during the boot process, that would tend to offset that a bit.

What is the "Vcore" voltage in BIOS. An elevated Vcore is the primary cause of CPU overheat. This of course assumes that the HSF has properly applied thermal compound, and it is seated properly. Of which I am a bit skeptical ATM, sorry.

I've always understood that the thermal coating material should be thinly applied. or that it begins to act as an insulator

I think he said that the case alarm was going off,and he had the shutdown temp set at 70c,that would be triggered by the bios....i think thats what he meant.

ok, i unloaded the entire tube of thermal paste and it seems the problem has been solved lmfao. While windows was loading, the case alarm was going off, which was triggered by the bios. Turns out the stiock pre-applied thermal paste is useless. I'm not having the problem anymore

What are your temps now?

I hope you didn't unload the entire tube on one application! LOL

The whole tube!!! Then I must have applied too less to the Vendetta!!!

ooohhhh wise guy! knuk knuk knuk :haha:

No seriously. I didn't apply all the paste that came with the Vendetta. Should I have?

no! LOL, a very thin layer, like the instructional you were looking at, the tube you got is enough for like 5 applications.
all the compound is for is to fill in the micro scratches and imperfections in the finish of the cpu heat spreader and the base of the HS
if bedo put an entire tube on, he will likely have a short in his motherboard when it drips down onto the socket or pcb.

it was a small tube......

:haha: LOL Bedo i hope so

the amount of paste should be like paper thin over the cpu and i mean paper thin. to much paste has the opposite effect on the cpu it make it hotter.

just to add to Kleptos post, also to much runs the risk of spilling over and shorting out the motherboard

its not much guys, trust me. i just think i didnt apply enough before. I checked again a few times and there is defenitly not enough to collect and drip, the tube is tiny lol

LOL bedouinrising, not picking on ya, just hate to see your mobo short out

I guess my question about Vcore fell on deaf ears. I'm off to read some Intel CPUs reviews @ Newegg. It's really weird how the people with "high technical ability" can't get those HSFs attached, but for me with only average tech skills, they pop right on, and with the stock thermal material no less.