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Temp increase, unsure why.

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NJBlackwolf

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Lately i've been having weird crashes. Power just shuts off. I decided to check my CPU and GPU temps, because it was something I hadn't checked in a while.

Now, I know that Core Temp can be inaccurate, and I understand this. However when my old readings were in the 40s and I'm now getting readings in the 60-70s, I know something's up. No significant changes to GPU temps.

The only recent changes to my system are the addition of two hard drives and a switch from winXP 32bit to win7 64bit. I consulted with a friend, thinking that the OS switch could result in more heat production, but he believes this is not so.

Would anyone here kindly help a guy out?
Thanks in advance.
 
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Power just shuts off.
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You mentioned new hard drives, are you sure you are not overloading your powersupply?

and I'm now getting readings in the 60-70s
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If this is an AMD cpu 70C is probably very high. For most intel CPUs (core2 or newer) 70C is fine. 100C is the max and the CPU will automatically throttle after that.
 
drescherjm said:
You mentioned new hard drives, are you sure you are not overloading your powersupply?

If this is an AMD cpu 70C is probably very high. For most intel CPUs (core2 or newer) 70C is fine. 100C is the max and the CPU will automatically throttle after that.
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To be honest I don't think so. I've a 950W psu which can peak at 1050ish for about 15sec. (From the label, anyway.)
It's been happening at different times while the computer was doing different things. Once, it was during an install of a game. Another two times was while I was playing some mid-graphics games, and I can't remember what else. The cpu is an intel core2quad OCed to 3.0gHz. I know that my temps are okayish (though high for my system), but my issue is in the fact that they've jumped almost 20deg.
 
Vanxio said:
Does it look really dusty inside? Could try reseating the HSF maybe!
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I just took a can of air to the case and while it was a little dusty, there wasn't a whole assload of it, nor was there a sizeable decrease in temps.

I'd consider reseating the cpu fan but the last time I did it was...oh, this march? And I use AS5 (properly, mind you, not the way they suggest to use it). Temps in april were mid 40s.
 
Other reason for instant poweroff is a bad power connection or a bad motherboard.
 
try take a flash light to the heat sink fins and see if they are blocked. Sometime just blowing around aren't enough. If it is might need to take off the fan and use a brush.
 
What are your system specs? What were the latest things that you have done to your computer (both hardware and software) that may have led to the crashing? What PSU are you using?
 
Intel Core2Quad Q6600 2.4gHz @ 3.01gHz
EVGA 780i SLI mobo
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 core216
Rosewill Xtreme Series 950W Continuous PSU

Most recent changes:
Change from WinXP 32 to Win7 64 Ultimate
Addition of two 1tb drives, creation of RAID array
 
What are temps once you go down to stock speed (2.4)? Still producing a lot of heat?
 
I would try a few tests to try to narrow down what can be the issue.

1. Check all your wire connections, maybe when installing the new HD you bumped one lose.
2. If you can try to run the pc without the new hds, unplug them completely. Then test the system for a bit to see if it fails.

Are you using stock HSF?

As for temps jumping, did you turn on the heat in the house, is the pc near a heat source? Might be something so obvious it would be easy to over look it.
 
King Icewind said:
What are temps once you go down to stock speed (2.4)? Still producing a lot of heat?
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I'll check by tomorrow, but I know that my usual speeds while overclocked idled around the 40s.


marcoi said:
I would try a few tests to try to narrow down what can be the issue.

1. Check all your wire connections, maybe when installing the new HD you bumped one lose.
2. If you can try to run the pc without the new hds, unplug them completely. Then test the system for a bit to see if it fails.

Are you using stock HSF?

As for temps jumping, did you turn on the heat in the house, is the pc near a heat source? Might be something so obvious it would be easy to over look it.
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1) I'll definitely give everything a once-over inside the case.
2) They're just part of a raid storage array, but as this is my first experiment with RAID and there's already a fair amount of data on them I'm not sure whether it'd be a good idea to offline them. Would someone enlighten me on this?
3) Yes, I'm using the stock heatsink fan from intel, and am using AS5 goop.
4) I'm living in a college dorm, so yes, the heat has been turned on. However, I still have the window AC keeping my room at a nice 69deg Fahrenheit. The case is on the other side of the room from both.
 
Any updates?

As far as raid, if you disconnect both of them, should be ok, as long as they are data only and not hosting your os partition. When your done testing, just hook them back up. Just to state the obvious, make sure the pc is turned off when doing this. :D
 
Not particularly related but Rosewill PSUs arn't that great you may in the future want to look for something better. Antec, Corsair, Silverstone, CoolerMaster (realpower pro). If you are on stock cooling 70C isn't bad under load, if that's at idle then you have a problem quite possibly the fan dying or a retention pin popped out.
 
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