Intel Hunter Cove P55 board

[Roobir]

Hi everyone

My friend just bought an Intel i5 750 and Intel Hunter Cove motherboard. He is currently having problems with stability, namely:

POST screen hangs for about a minute
PC randomly reboots
CPU idle temp: 60-68c
CPU Fan RPM remains at 900 and sometimes ~1300

PC specs:
550W PSU
9800GTX+
i5 750

Any help will be appreciated.
Regards,
Roobir

 

[Archer]

Coubd be flaky memory, motherboard or PSU. CPU seems fine, 68 degrees aint that bad for the i5-750. Get memtest or intelburntest to check the RAM, the other 2 you'll prob have to swap out to see if they are the problem items

 

[czc]

CPU idle temp: 60-68c

Isn't that rather High idle temps?

My Core i7 860 idles at 32 Degrees Celsius

 

[Archer]

Oh idle... dam my reading is poor today! Yes, reseat the CPU cooler forst then. See if that helps

 

[howardb]

Definitely sounds like the CPU heatsink/fan is not seated properly, or has poor heat dissipation. Is there a setting in the BIOS to enable the fan, so it runs constantly - this might help, depending on what case cooling you have.

 

[czc]

Any update?