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dew1911:
The problem isn't the heat, the Problem as far as I can tell (Small time Nerd) is the PCs ability to deal with heat.

Elmo
Inlet fans are clogged/inoperable - 1 of 1 is working fine
CPU or northbridge fans are clogged/inoperable - 1 of 1 is working fine
Dry joint somewhere is opening under heat - No Idea
CPU cooler badly seated - Seems fine to me
Insufficient or excess CPU thermal paste between CPU and cooler....... No paste on it, and apparently "that's normal" ([bollards] it is, and I'm not spend money to fix their problem!)

Elmo:

--- Quote from: "dew1911" ---
Inlet fans are clogged/inoperable - 1 of 1 is working fine
CPU or northbridge fans are clogged/inoperable - 1 of 1 is working fine
Dry joint somewhere is opening under heat - No Idea

You'd be lucky to find this anyway unless you have a stack of swap-in components to try

CPU cooler badly seated - Seems fine to me

And so they can. But it doesn't mean that it is. Often a simple reseat can cure this type of problem

Insufficient or excess CPU thermal paste between CPU and cooler....... No paste on it, and apparently "that's normal" (bollards it is, and I'm not spend money to fix their problem!)

If you were told that, its nonsense. All AMD Athlon processors require an approved cooling solution to meet the demands of AMD's own OEM programme and I have never seen one which does not have either thermal grease or a thermal pad supplied iwth it. No grease or pad = potential for lack of contact with processor core due to irregularities in the heatsink surface. The best heatsink in the world can't cool if it is not in contact with the processor.
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rangerider:
My last video processing machine ended up with 11 fans in, and still had to sit there with the case  top off and a desk fan pointing right into it for 3-4 months a year as the ambient climbed up. Sounded like a 747 spooling up for take off.


(before anyone asks....

2 10k rpm drives with heatsinks & 2 fans each [4]
2 processors, 1 fan each [6]
PSU fan [7]
Graphics card fan [8]
3 case fans to just keep pulling air through [11] )

There is a phenomenon known as "chip creep" where as a component heats & cools the expansion & contraction can cause it to creep into a postion where contact is unreliable.

My current laptop has extreme heat issues too so I sympthise with you entirely.

dew1911:
I know this Elmo, I said to him that I would NEVER build a PC without it, but as I said, I'm not willing to spend money to sort their problems.

I chose an AMD Based PC for their cooler running and better power, I'm starting think it's really just a P4 in disguise.

The specs are:
AMD Althlon XP 3000+ (Socket A, 2.17ghz)
512mb SD Ram (1 Stick)
ASUS A7X mobo.
Plently of free room in a on first viewing very good case.

Manicminer:
My AMD has a ducting(like a pipe)  to take the heat away from the CPU to the exit vent. Yours could be blowing out into the middle of the case and then sucking the heat back in

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