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IDLE @ 80 Degrees Clecius!!!

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oreo987

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PC Setup:

CPU: Intel 2.6c @ 3.0GHz, defalut Vcore, stock cooling with Arctic Silver 5

MOBO: Asus P4C800 Deluxe, BIOS has been flashed before but I don't think its the latest one anymore

RAM: Corsair XMS PC3700 2x256

PSU: Zalman 350 Watts

Temp monitor program: Asus Probe(Latest) and MBM 5. CPU normally idles @ 30-33 and Case @30

This PC is about a year old, a few days ago i just left it at idle to download stuff using Bittorent. Then the temps suddenly spike to 80 Degrees Celcius, i thought it might be a reading error so I let it run for a few seconds and it was still hovering at 80+. So I check the all the fans and they all work and are very clean. So I replace the thermal grease and then everything is fine till today where it did the same thing again. So I really need help.. I was thinking of getting a Thermalright XP-90 and updating the BIOS? :(

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I would guess that your temperature sensors are reading wrong. Wouldn't 80C force the thermal throttling to kick in?
 
Forgot to add some stuff..

Firstly, its in degrees celcius, i checked to make sure.

Secondly I ran Prime95 for 8 hours @49degrees constant.

Thirdly, I did the finger test and it was damn hot when it wad reading 80.

Lastly, this has happened 3 times only, I think.

Thanks for the replys.
 
Is it the heatsink you "finger tested" to make sure? Im an AMD person, so I couldnt say what to expect out of your processor, but even so... 80C? thats more than my 600mhz Celeron laptop can pump out with the fan on the quiet setting, while sitting on my electric blanket.


I can guess at either your fan has lead in its butt (worn out bearings slowing it down?, maybe its not going at full rpm when it should), at the time of your 80C spike, Or you have your pc case inside of a high-output kitchen stove, and left it on "high" temperatire setting.

 
80c is about where a p4 is fully throttled, so you should have noticed a major speed decrease by then. I'm betting it's your thermal sensor. If you're truly worried, go buy a compunurse probe and hold it on the HSF (or something close to the CPU) and see what it says. It won't say 80c, but if it says something like 60c or 65c then you may be in trouble. My bet is that it'll say 40c or so (meaning your CPU is 50ish).
 
I don't know much, but thats hot :eek:
I'm just wondering what could cause a spike like that?
 
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