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Underclocking Pentium D 3.2GHz?

Discussion in 'Overclocking, Cooling and Modding' started by D4rkfire, Oct 15, 2007.

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  1. D4rkfire Newcomer, in training

    Hello, as one of my last resorts apart from buying a new CPU, I want to try and underclock my processor to lower the idle/load temperatures of it. (problem topic can be found Here)
    Can anyone point me in the direction of a good guide or kind of walk me through the process. I know with Intel processors I will have to lower the fsb? I think? Thanks to everyone in advance!!
  2. pdyckman@comcas Newcomer, in training

    I think that your overheating problem is related to something else. Under clocking is (not) your fix. First look at the seating of your CPU. I advise re- seating and use Arctic Silver 5 thermal compound. Is your heat sink clean? How about the ventilation and fan support in your machine? Also, did this start happening recently?...or when? I have run a bunch of Pentium D dual core CPU's with no overheating at all. If you take a good look at your machine, make sure that your CPU is seated solidly, I believe that you will find the problem.
  3. Rik Banned

    If you had checked D4rkfire's link to his previous post you would have seen that he has tried all that before.

    I think it may be down to the sheer weight of the heatsink. Putting some kind of support in there temporarily (like a bit of wood, something non conductive) may make a difference.

    Worth a try i recon.
  4. zipperman Newcomer, in training

    Your Motherboard manual will outline if this is possible and how to.
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