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Overheating while playing wow

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taffman420

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HI Guys, i was wondering if you guys have some idea on how to help me. My cpu overheats while playing wow and just shuts off (no shutdown procedure) its an AMD Athlon 64 x2 + Duel core and just as it shuts off my temps are:
Core 1 110 celcius
Core 2 95 Celcius

I know these are way too hot but i dont know what to do.

The graphics setting are on Fair (which is almost the lowest) but id like to run it on ultra, which i have done in the past, its only the last week or so (since cataclysm came out) its been over heating.

At the moment while not playing and just on her the temps are:
Core 1 47 celcius
Core 2 40 Celcius

Heatsink and fan are clean, case fan is clean.

My system Details are:

Processor: AMD Athlon 64 x2 + Duel Core
Operating: System Windows 7 home premium 64bit version
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce 9800GT (Running 2 Screens if it makes a difference)
RAM: 4096MB

I'm thinking of getting a new CPU fan and re-seating my heatsink with some new thermal coupling tomorrow to see if this hels, but other than that im at a loss.
 
I would not keep running the PC with 110c. ur gonna fry it. What kind of Heatsink are you using? if ur running stock I wouldnt overclock
 
hsf come lose one of the corners that hold it down pop off? is your fan working?
 
Did you use any heat transfer compound when installing the heatsink? If not, then that is your problem.

Does you case have only the power supply as an exhaust fan? If so, then you need to either add at least one more exhaust fan if your case supports it or buy a new case.
 
If you have cleaned the mice out of the heatsink then> You May want to get some new thermal compound. When you do, clean your heatsink bottom and the heat spreader on your cpu. I use 90% alcohol and qtips. not sure if anyone here advises against that or recommends something else. Make sure to let it dry before applying the new thermal paste. Follow manufacturer directions for applying.
 
do the standard routine, clean HSF, make sure airflow throughout case, re-apply TIM, get back to us. The only reason your temps reach that high is most likely due to bad contact between cpu and HS, and probably no airflow over the HS due to dust. even if it doesnt look like a lot of dust, it impairs your temps significantly.
 
Even dust i don't think would make your cpu temp that high, unless your have some kinda super dust bunnies which have multiplied over the coarse of 3-4 years.Then again with a temp of 110c, probably would have set those guys a flame anyways.

I think your cpu fan failed. 47c at idle pretty much explains that one.

Its either that our the thermal tim or compound has morphed over time to become a heat blocker rather than absorber.

open it up. Turn it on, see if the fan spins, if not well replace the fan. Remove the heatsink, and spray it with compressed air to clean the dust bunnies out, apply new thermal compound (costs like 99 cents for generic cheap stuff)

110c is way to high, and i am surprised the processor lived.
 
ebduncan said:
Even dust i don't think would make your cpu temp that high
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have you ever opened up an old computer? dust sure can clog everything to the point of meltdown.

and btw TIM = Thermal Interface Material

saying "thermal TIM" is like saying "NIC card" or "ATM machine".....

Network Interface Card card
Automatic Teller Machine machine

sorry, but it gets under my skin.

</:mad:>
 
lol sorry. i know what Tim stands for.

i have opened alot of computers, but never have i ever seen a computer so loaded with dust it would cause a melt down.

In my personal computer i have to clean once a month. I have 2 230cm+ some other 120's fans though exchanging the air in the case very rapidly. Even when i clean the cpu heatsink off which a good layer of dust on it, my temperatures never seem to drop much more than 1 c.
 
ebduncan said:
lol sorry. i know what Tim stands for.

i have opened alot of computers, but never have i ever seen a computer so loaded with dust it would cause a melt down.

In my personal computer i have to clean once a month. I have 2 230cm+ some other 120's fans though exchanging the air in the case very rapidly. Even when i clean the cpu heatsink off which a good layer of dust on it, my temperatures never seem to drop much more than 1 c.
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I have some friends who's computer keep rebooting literally just because there was so much dust built up in the heatsink/fan on the cpu. I'm assuming either the temps were too high or the fan couldn't spin causing the board to short.
 
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