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over a year ago
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Not one for being beaten but this has me baffled lol.....
Basically in essence my CPU is overheating, from start up its running at 45 degrees and then creeping pretty quick up to around 65 -70 degres ??
It was working fine in another case but since moving into this case its overheating.
I have cleaned and changed the thermal compound, made sure the heat sink is sitting correctly etc etc but am baffled as to why its overheating ?
Any idea's please peeps ??
PS this is not my actual pc but one im rebuilding lol |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Not one for being beaten but this has me baffled lol.....
Basically in essence my CPU is overheating, from start up its running at 45 degrees and then creeping pretty quick up to around 65 -70 degres ??
It was working fine in another case but since moving into this case its overheating.
I have cleaned and changed the thermal compound, made sure the heat sink is sitting correctly etc etc but am baffled as to why its overheating ?
Any idea's please peeps ??
PS this is not my actual pc but one im rebuilding lol "
Have you tried restarting it? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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There's a whole industry based on the thermodynamics of enclosures.
Your previous case could have been larger in volume, had additional vents, additional fans, bespoke porting for your processor heat etc.
Alternatively, your processor could be fooked.
In the days before I upgraded to a MacBook I always made sure I had two fans in my pc, one pulling air in the front and another pushing the hot air out the back.... Even better to have processor fans with porting |
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What are your pc specs?
Processor speed, RAM on board and PSU.
Sounds like you might need a different fan. Or something is overworking the processor, usually stealth background processes (viruses usually do this)
If you've been prudent with backups, then revert back to an earlier backup state of your OS and see if the problem persists. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Cheers for your advice guys,
It an AMD dual x2, it was in smaller case in fact ( entertainment pc looks like a dvd player )
The case its in now is a normal tower case, it was working fine until moved into new case, the fan is fine and running, there is airflow etc basically its all good lol
I just cannot work out why its overheating unless as said the processor is fooked ?? Its cool i have another board and processor i can put in but preferred this one as better spec and can put more ram in lol. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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If you still have the old case, put it back in and see what happens. Just because the case is bigger doesn't mean it will be cooler- it's all about airflow over your processor and the smaller, bespoke case may actually have a better CFM rating and ducting specifically designed to aid airflow and cooling where needed |
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First things first, take the side of and see how the temp goes over half an hour or so. With a stock cooler temps of 50-60 C is quite acceptable for an AM chip.
BTW arctic silver is the better thermal paste.
Is the machine going to be used for gaming. With a mobo spec there is software that can control the cpu fan speed boosting it for certain apps and situations.
Not an immediate concern. (I've been building PC's for 20 years, long before Windows was thought of)
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The processor is an AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ @ 2.11 GHz
And i have put 4 gb of ram in, appreciate putting it back in the other case may help but to be honest its long and may give the same result lol !
I may go get another heatsink and try that first ? |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"First things first, take the side of and see how the temp goes over half an hour or so. With a stock cooler temps of 50-60 C is quite acceptable for an AM chip.
BTW arctic silver is the better thermal paste.
Is the machine going to be used for gaming. With a mobo spec there is software that can control the cpu fan speed boosting it for certain apps and situations.
Not an immediate concern. (I've been building PC's for 20 years, long before Windows was thought of)
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Thanks mate, no not gonna be used for gaming just a standard pc so nothing heavy duty, appreciate sitting at 40-50 degrees is ok but its creeping up which concerns me.
What concerns me is its doing this in the bios , im not booting all the way into windows so its on minimal load therefore should not be overheating ?? |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Just to let you all know its all sorted lol, the heatsink is designed to work when lying horizontal so being mounted vertically it was not discharging the heat properly lol.
Bought a new arctic freeze heatsink for my pc and put old one in and now working absolutely fine 
Thanks for all the advice guys |
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