| ▲ | ww520 14 hours ago | |
I did clean the thermal paste between the CPU and the heat sink, and re-applied new thermal gel. That didn't help. It was the raised voltage preset in the BIOS. If I lowered the voltage, the temperature stayed low and it would run fine, until the next power down reverting the BIOS changes. The box was too small, the heat sink was too cheap, and the fan was too lacking to be a proper overclocking setup. It would run fine out of the box for couple months until the CPU and hardware worn out due to stress and heat. | ||
| ▲ | Rohansi 14 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
Hmm that's too bad. I have bought a few of those (different models) over the years to use as HTPCs for different family TVs. Only one had cooling issues (bad fan bearings). I avoid the extra small ones and just get the NUC-like ones. | ||
| ▲ | mcmcmc 14 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
New CMOS battery might’ve fixed the BIOS resets | ||