Hardware Analysis Community Forums http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/3819/ 2009-11-07T20:42:05-05:00 http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/3819/ /images/halogo.gif text/html 2005-04-25T12:45:50-05:00 ryan derobertis http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/3819/#268984 I use a stock heatsink on my system too, and it clipped in really tight. So tight the latch broke off one side! It' still tight on the motherboard however, and I havn't had any heating problems yet. I am still gonna pick up a heatsink from a different company though, because the ones that come with intel kinda suck. Don't skimp money here, a crappy heatsink will burn out your processor, and that will cost you a bit of money. text/html 2002-12-22T09:14:07-05:00 Rodney Armstrong http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/3819/#17570 You might want to get an aftermarket heatsink from, say Cooler Master.<br /> <br /> The Intel 'stock' heatsinks are known to clamp down very very tight, to<br /> the point of even bending the motherboard. That might be too much<br /> pressure, and causing your system not to boot. Mabe intel boards can<br /> handle this, but other brands might not.<br /> <br /> The fact that if you pop a clip up, fixes the problem, makes me believe<br /> that the Intel heatsink is putting too much stress on the processor socket. text/html 2002-12-17T23:09:06-05:00 Penfold Penfold http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/3819/#0 hi i installed a new system over the weekend and got it running fine, tho 2day i took out the sound card, and when i came to boot it back up, it would not boot, i have the abit IT7 mobo and it was displaying FF, which means its trying to boot. the reason for it not boot up was the heatsink, i am using the standard heatsink that comes with the p4, i lefted one of the clips up, so that it was loses, and i tryed to boot, and it booted, but it was running at high temps. i tryed putting the clip back down so that heatsink was tight, and it never booted again ? i dont understand this because it was working fine intill i removed the sound card ?<br /> <br /> also after reseting cmos a few times, when i get in windows the newtwork card says it's cannot open with &quot;Code 10&quot; which i think is this error <br /> <a class="ext" href="/action/r/http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;131782" target="_blank">http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;131782</a><br /> <br /> and i cant find any settings in bios to do this<br /> <br /> thanks in advance <br /> current system <br /> <br /> P4 1.8 northwood<br /> abit it7 mobo<br /> 512 2700 cas 2.5 DDR<br /> GF 4 ti4200<br /> D-link network card.<br /> <br /> <br />