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06-08-2004, 05:25 PM
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Serious Overheating Issues
Right now my system is running at 72 C and my CPU is running at 65 C. These are the temps that have been runnig lately, but a while ago the temps weren't near this high. I custom built my computer with an AMD Athlon 2800. I have two 80 mm fans, one in the front sucking in and one in the back blowing out not counting the power supply or heatsink. The only possible explanations I think of why this is happening is that...
1. I do not have the proper power supply for the AMD Processor. (the air intake is on the front instead of on the bottom) 2. Room temperature I have also applied an Artic Silver 5 paste to the processor not long after I built the machine and it ran fin until now. I built my machine about mid February this year. Please help. |
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06-08-2004, 06:11 PM
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Folding For PCMech
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Are you using the stock heatsink? If so, did you apply the AS in addition to the thermal pad on the heatsink? If so, that could be the problem.
Also, make sure your HSF is seated properly on the CPU. What wattage and brand is the PSU? |
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06-08-2004, 06:27 PM
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Ditto what bigandy said,
Also where are these readings from? Programs can be wrong and the only way to see true readings is in your bios. |
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06-08-2004, 06:43 PM
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Well the heatsink is stock. I aslo removed the thermal pad the best I could with rubbing alcohol I think before I applied the AS. But my program could be messed up too i guess. I'm using Hardware Doctor. I think I'll check my bios to see if the temps are right but other than that any other suggestions?
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06-08-2004, 06:54 PM
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Well the heatsink is stock. I aslo removed the thermal pad the best I could with rubbing alcohol I think before I applied the AS. But my program could be messed up too i guess. I'm using Hardware Doctor. As far as I know the heatsink is secure and i'm not sure of the brand of my psu. I think I'll check my bios to see if the temps are right but other than that any other suggestions?
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06-08-2004, 10:25 PM
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What motherboard are you using? If it's Asus, there's an Asus Probe Utility that monitors the system temps on the driver CD.
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06-09-2004, 01:16 PM
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It's an Abit motherboard. I checked my bios yesterday and those temps were correct. iI'm not sure what I should do.
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06-09-2004, 01:37 PM
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Remove the HSF and reapply a thin layer of AS5 again and see if that fixes the problem. I take it your not overclocking or have increased voltage to the cpu.
Your power supply should be fine. Is warm air blowing out the back of it? If the room your pc is in is very warm this will also cause your pc to run warm.
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06-09-2004, 02:01 PM
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I have not over clocked my cpu and as far as I know I am not increasing my voltage to the cpu. On the AMD it says if you have the wrong power supply the entire air flow will be messed up and the cpu could run hot. But the thing is my cpu has run this hot until just lately. I'm thinkingt about covering the holes in the front and making new holes on the bottom of the power supply. Is this a good idea?
Aslo I guess I'll just replace the artic silver 5 like you said. Rubbing alcohol takes that right off right? |
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06-09-2004, 02:51 PM
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Yes rubbing alcohol will take it off. Im not sure about the power supply question, yours sounds fine to be. I would not recommend putting holes in the psu because this can be dangerous, I wouldnt even recommend opening the psu unless you have it sitting out of the case for a long time so that its outta juice. You could try a new psu but I would try reapplying a thin layer of AS5 and reseating the heatsink first.
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06-09-2004, 03:05 PM
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you could try checking to see if anything else is causing alot of heat. Ive suffered this twice, once i had 3 hard drives running hot and uncooled pushing the temps well over 60c, got some fans and brought it down to 40c overall, and just the other day it was very hot again and found my video card fan had stopped working, without that running the pc is much cooler again
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06-09-2004, 06:08 PM
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Well I just reapplied the Artic Silver 5 and I noticed that the temps are rising a lot slower and I think my cpu temp has stopped at 54 C. But my system temp is continually rising. I don't have a fan on my video card so I'll probably try that somehow. I've felt the card and it feels pretty warm. I'm just not sure where the video card fan goes. As far as I understand it goes on the side of the case. Is that correct? If it is, where does the air come from? THe side of my case has no holes.
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06-09-2004, 06:11 PM
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I guess my cpu temp has not stopped. It just hit 55 C, so it is probably still rising. But I guess it does take a little while before Artic Silver is in full force.
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06-09-2004, 08:28 PM
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If you want a case fan blowing cool air on your vidcard, you would have to cut a hole in the case. A dremel is a good tool for this, you can make the cut and clean up the edges with one tool. If your vidcard has passive cooling only, you could look at getting a larger passive heatsink, or an active cooler for it (active has a fan). 54~55C is fine, I wouldn't worry about it anymore. Just enjoy your system.
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