I may have a slight overheating problem

lol try touching the cpu heatsink, see if its actually that hot


could just be bad sensors, short of having 0 ventilation and a totally passiv system that has to be hard to achieve, you could fry eggs on the top :)
 
That CPU will shut down automatically at 85C, so the reading of 92C was certainly false.

I couldn't find any info on when (or if) that GPU automatically shuts down, except for a few comments that readings of more than 80C were considered extreme. I can't imagine it would run at 103C.
 
CanadaOwnsJoo said:
lol try touching the cpu heatsink, see if its actually that hot


could just be bad sensors, short of having 0 ventilation and a totally passiv system that has to be hard to achieve, you could fry eggs on the top :)
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You have to be careful, the heatsink might not be making proper contact with the CPU so the heat would not be tranferred across.

 
Yeah I looked up the CPU and the maximum temperature its suppose to survive is 85.

I either have a AMD 2500+ or an AMD 2600+ . Everest (really old free version) says its a 2500+ but its running at 2600+ speeds with an 11.5 multiplier.

I can't seem to be able to change these temperatures. I have opened part of the case, and have placed a $12 box fan over the entire area in an attempt to do something. However, no matter what I do with the fan , the temperatures stay the same. I can turn it off, turn it around, place it on half the case ... and get nowhere. Most I could do is maybe 2 degrees lower to the idle CPU. I didn't see decrease in temperatures to the GPU. I have underclocked the GPU as it shoots past 110 on stock clocks.

I expected the fan to do a little more. I can push tons of air in .. .and nothing happens... I can push tons of air out ... and nothing happens.

CPU is maxing out at 72 now ... so that is better. GPU is still a mess.

Would the power supply supplying 13.2 - 13.7 (yes it varies that much) volts on the 12 volt rail be related to the heat ?
 
I had this problem yesterday with my Athlon XP 1400+ Chip. It also read 92C in the BIOS. The automatic shut down happened twice and it must have been >100C before it shut down. I touched the heatsink and burned my finger.


Anyway, I redid the thermal compound and it's down to 50C.


:edit: spelling
 
it's definitely possible for them to read that hot, very good you keep an eye on them.

When the Crysis demo first came out, I was shocked to find my GPU reading 125+ C !!
I shut it down, cleaned all the dust & debris from its heatsink&fan, after which it was playing the exact same crysis demo without breaking 80C :)

keep it clean, & as others stated check the contact patch, thermal grease & trueness
 
Would the power supply supplying 13.2 - 13.7 (yes it varies that much) volts on the 12 volt rail be related to the heat ? [/QUOTE said:
wow, thats pretty high, I would get a new power supply.

1.7/12 = 15% thats way out of spec, and could be increasing the voltage to the processor, and causing higher temps.
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I cleaned a ton of dirt off my CPU fan and heat sink and what I would call a small amount of dirt from the X850XT's copper heat sink and the heating problem is solved. CPU is ideling at 50 ish with a peak of 58. GPU peaks at 70 with default clocks at 30% fan speed in atitoo

The reason I questioned the 92 reading is this processor is only designed to sustain 85 degrees.
 
Never fully trust sensors. If something seems odd, it is. I had a sensor that use to report my CPU was sitting at -35 degrees Celsius. I am pretty sure my CPU wasn't below freezing point in a regular room temperature.
 
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