Hp Vectra VL400 Heatsink question

Hi all

Im running a 1000MHz cpu in a HP Vectra VL400 desktop pc the thing is it
dosnt have a fan on the heatsink as it never had one, it came with an 866MHz
cpu I put in the 1000MHZ cup I need to know if it is ok for the 1000MHz cpu
to run without a fan. I would like to test it by running a program that will
give it a good hard run to see if the heatsink by its self is ok but what
progie can do that?
Actualy the only fan it gets is from a plastic cover from the power supply
to the side of the cpu if that dose anything!!



Thanks all
GK

Gabriel Knight wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Im running a 1000MHz cpu in a HP Vectra VL400 desktop pc the thing is it
> dosnt have a fan on the heatsink as it never had one, it came with an 866MHz
> cpu I put in the 1000MHZ cup I need to know if it is ok for the 1000MHz cpu
> to run without a fan. I would like to test it by running a program that will
> give it a good hard run to see if the heatsink by its self is ok but what
> progie can do that?
> Actualy the only fan it gets is from a plastic cover from the power supply
> to the side of the cpu if that dose anything!!
>
>
>
> Thanks all
> GK
>

The pictures here, show a "ducted" cooling system. The air moving
through the PSU, appears to also be harnessed to keep the CPU cool.
That is what the picture suggest here.

http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/HELP-...E-t102244.html

Prime95 from mersenne.org, is one tool that will make a CPU get
hot. You use the "torture test" option of Prime95, rather than
joining GIMPs. There are some other programs that specialize
in heating a CPU, but at least for some of them, the originating
web site is gone. At one time, on my older computers, I might
have used CPUBurn.

Paul