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One more thing....I had a lot of trouble getting the hsf seated. I know I said I got it seated good in my last post, because I do believe I finally got it right. However, I never could get one of the pins to "click" into place. I did try to "shift" the hsf after I installed it to see if it would move and it didn't seem to wiggle any so that's why I think I got it seated good.



Anyway, could that one pin be a problem? Could it have shifted after it was turned on and is now not seated really good? I couldn't figure out how come the pins gave me so much trouble! I do know that when I removed it the first time last night, only one pin (maybe two pins) were clicked into place. I twisted one push pin and the whole hsf shifted so I know it wasn't on there good.



Anyway, maybe my hsf is just junk! Who knows.



Thanks!

I can tell you that I have had more problems with intel factory heatsinks not wanting to stay on. if the little plastic pins become bent it can be dam near impossible to get a solid fit after that. I have gone through exactly what you are going through and it was indeed the intel heatsink that was not properly fitted.

The missing "click" could be the culprit. Did you check the underside of the mobo when you installed the heatsink to ensure that the pins had all secured all the way through with the barbs catching? I had to remove my mobo to due to this issue then apparently when I put it back in the case the after checking to make sure everything was all right one of the pins at some point during the installation had popped out again. It was driving me crazy.....

Needless to say that was the last time I ever used a intel stock heatsink

Dngrsone, Thanks! When I first came to this forum, I wasn't sure if my problem had to do with COD or PC Cooling. After the discussions, I've come to realize that it's more than likely a CPU cooling issue. Thanks for letting me post in more than one place just until I could get an idea of the problem.

Brian,

Okay. I'll try again to get it to seat correctly. If I can't, I assume you would suggest buying an after market cooler? To answer your question about the mobo, I didn't remove the mobo last night. I tried to do everything inside the case. However, I'm pretty sure one of those pins didn't go in.

One more thing...the PC seems worse than before. Whenever it shuts down from playing COD, sometimes it takes 2 or 3 tries to get it to fully restart again. I'm not sure why that is. Any suggestions?

One more question, does anyone have a suggestion for an after market hsf? Please keep in mind that I'm new to the PC building process and I would need something that would be an easy install. I don't feel comfortable removing the mobo to do this; however, I know i'll probably need to. I will if I have to. I just want to get a CPU cooler that I can easily install without too much trouble.

Thanks!

I have found that trying to install a stock intel heatsink when the mobo is is already installed in the case to be quite annoying as I can not physically see that it is properly mounted. Even if you were going to stick with the stock heatsink then I would very highly recommend that you remove the mobo from the case.

Dont be intimidated by removing the mobo.

24 pin connector
12v connector
any sata/ide cables
video card/sound card etc....

then just remove the screws, really no big deal.

If you want to get an after market HS then you are going to have to remove the mobo in order to access the backside to put the bottom bracket on. Here is a great heatsink to handle a quad and keep it cool for those long gaming hours and is really easy to install.(easier than the stock heatsink )

Click on me for link

Brian,

I know this may be a cop-out, but i'm taking my PC to the Geek Squad at Best Buy tomorrow. I talked to one of the technicians. Before I even got finished talking, he asked if I was using the Intel stock hsf. He said he had the same problems installing his first stock hsf. He said that they could definitely get it on securely and will test it to make sure the temps are good on load. I would much rather let them take the mobo out and get the hsf seated correctly. I'm very worried about messing up the mobo or cpu. It took us a long time to put this thing together. I know I will stress big time trying to unplug everything and put it all back together. At this point, I would rather pay the $30 for the Geek Squad to do it and save myself the time and stress.

Again, I know it's probably a cop-out, but I just can't deal with this anymore. Ugh!!!!!!

I can't thank you all enough for talking with me about this!! You all helped me figure out where the problem was really at. I had thought it was the graphics card.

Thanks!! I'll post again with the results after it's fixed tomorrow.

Liz

You in the US or canada?

Us

where?!?!?!


there has to go to be somebody who can save you from them!!!

LOL!!!! I had a feeling someone would say that. We'll see.

I'm in Virginia.

Alrighty........ No luck with the Geek Squad!

Apparently, the hsf I have is too "low profile" to fit on the gigabyte board I have. Figures! I guess this is one of those rookie mistakes. How was I supposed to know the Intel hsf would not fit on the mobo I chose? Truely annoying!!!

Okay, so now I obviously have to buy a cpu cooler. The guy at Best Buy suggested I go to Gigabyte's website and see what they recommend. He also suggested that I consider getting an Intel I7 hsf because they're supposedly higher profiles.

Anyway, I'm going to start looking. By the way, I gave the OCZ Freeze to the technician to use and he said that it seemed too thick and difficult to apply. I think his problem is that he hadn't worked with it before. He was trying to spread it with a credit card and it wouldn't apply as he thought it should. Whatever!

Comments?


Thanks,

Liz

see that is the problem...alot of these guys mostly work with prebuilt computers, generic hardware setups. I know exactly the thermal paste he is used to using...and on top of it is the SAME stuff he ALWAYS uses, that is why he was kind of like "wtf is up with this stuff?"

Very weird that a 775 motherboard is incompatible with a Intel STOCK heatsink??? I have never honestly heard of that one;confused:

I owned this board for awhile and did not have any issues regards heatsinks that I can remember of.........I know I have pictures somewhere on one of my HDD's.

No need to go to gigabyte for recommended aftermarket heatsinks. That Zalmans HS will work fine.

regardless, let me know what HS you end up going with

I'm shocked!!! I can't believe it!!!! I think I did it!!!!

I was shopping for cpu coolers and decided I needed to measure to figure out which ones would fit. When I opened the case, I decided to play with my hsf a little more. I tried pushing the pins down and couldn't get them all in. So, I rotated it 90 degrees and tried again. I think I rotated it one more time and success! All four pins clicked into place. I had to apply a little pressure. Not much. No more than I was doing before.

Anyway, here are the results for the CoreTemp program.

Idle temps
Core 0 - 49
Core 1 - 51
Core 2 - 49
Core 3 - 55

Load temps (playing COD for at least 10 minutes - no shut downs!)

Core 0 - 49
Core 1 - 52
Core 2 - 49
Core 3 - 56

The idle temps are higher than the idle temps before the hsf was seated correctly. I assume this is okay. I think this is probably a more accurate reading. I was really surprised that the load temps didn't really change. I guess that's probably because 1) Brad only played for 10 mins and 2) we don't OC. Next time he sits down to play for awhile, I'll get him to start the CoreTemp program and we'll see if the load temps go up after an hour or so of play.

Comments?

Thanks,
Liz