PC slower after I installed new CPU heatsinck..?

I just installed a new heatsick and I had to remove the CPU to get the thermal paste of. And now my PC is actually a lot slower than before, do I have to update the bios or the CPU drivers to get it back to normal? I also installed more RAM at the same time. There is no heat problems with the CPU.

Any input would be appreciated!

Thx

no thats impossible for the heatsink to affect overall speed of the PC. it probably has to do with the RAM you installed, is it higher rated RAM or is it more of the same you had already.

It can se the RAM, before I had 2gb and now it kan se 4gb of RAM. Hasn't it got to do with the fact that i removed the CPU and need to do a bois update?

It can se the RAM, before I had 2gb and now it kan se 4gb of RAM. Hasn't it got to do with the fact that i removed the CPU and need to do a bois update?

brittbox

no you dont have to update the BIOS just because you removed the CPU, you didnt pull the heatsink off and have the CPU come with it did you?

what RAM did you buy and if you know what RAM did you have before, link us to the new stuff and try removing thenew stuff and then find the speed of the oldand tell us are they rated for the same speed. you can have problems if they arent rated for the same speeds.

All I have on the old RAM is: Kingston HyperX 2048mb KIT DDR2 800mhz, ist 2x 1gb. And the new sticks are Kingston HyperX 2x 1gb 800mhz DDR2 CL5 (5-5-5-15). My mobo is an ASUS P5N32-SLI Premium.

thx

All I have on the old RAM is: Kingston HyperX 2048mb KIT DDR2 800mhz, ist 2x 1gb. And the new sticks are Kingston HyperX 2x 1gb 800mhz DDR2 CL5 (5-5-5-15). My mobo is an ASUS P5N32-SLI Premium.

thx

brittbox

I've noticed that Nvidia's 680i boards have a hard time giving stable power to all four memory slots; you might have to bump the voltage up slightly to make it stable.

Hi, it was the ram, I took the new sticks out and now it booted up just fine.

hm.. I was sure I bought the right RAM alla the numbers seamed to match up...

thx

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All I have on the old RAM is: Kingston HyperX 2048mb KIT DDR2 800mhz, ist 2x 1gb. And the new sticks are Kingston HyperX 2x 1gb 800mhz DDR2 CL5 (5-5-5-15). My mobo is an ASUS P5N32-SLI Premium.

thx

I've noticed that Nvidia's 680i boards have a hard time giving stable power to all four memory slots; you might have to bump the voltage up slightly to make it stable.

The 680i is a pain. for me i bumped my voltages up to 2.1V. I also had to lower my ram speeds to achieve a stable overclock. This only occured when i used 4 sticks. When i used 2, it was fine.

Yeah, I took out the old RAM and put the 2 new ones in and it boots almost 30-40% faster then before. You'd think this wouldn't be a problem with the RAM, is it just with this type of board, I have never heard of this problem...

if you goolge p5n32-e sli 4gb ram, you will se lots of others are having trouble, and one solution, is lowering the speed to 667 from 800mhz.

Thx for the tip!!! ;)

Note to self: Use google more

thx

oh and the newer bios updates do have better ram compatability, before i was on revision 1201, and i couldnt even boot with 4 sticks of ram on default settings. i had to remove a stick, change the speed to 667, then reboot with all the ram sticks. now, with the newer bios revision, i can use 800mhz, but in order to get a decent overclock, i have to lower it to 667.

oh and the newer bios updates do have better ram compatability, before i was on revision 1201, and i couldnt even boot with 4 sticks of ram on default settings. i had to remove a stick, change the speed to 667, then reboot with all the ram sticks. now, with the newer bios revision, i can use 800mhz, but in order to get a decent overclock, i have to lower it to 667.

ticktocktick201

ticktocktick201 i am not running Vista, i run windows server 2008 you are owned.

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oh and the newer bios updates do have better ram compatability, before i was on revision 1201, and i couldnt even boot with 4 sticks of ram on default settings. i had to remove a stick, change the speed to 667, then reboot with all the ram sticks. now, with the newer bios revision, i can use 800mhz, but in order to get a decent overclock, i have to lower it to 667.

SLIisaownsystem

ticktocktick201 i am not running Vista, i run windows server 2008 you are owned.