Temps go berserk?

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todlerix

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For the last however long i've had my x2 3800 i have been running it at 2.6ghz @ 1.475v at 50% fan speed.

Yesterday my machine turned off during a short gaming session. I boot backup check my temps and i'm idling at 48c. So i shutdown and reset everything to stock, ram/cpu/ht. Boot backup and i'm still idling at 42c which used to be my overclocked load temps.

Same type of weather for the last few months, no hardware was changed, i'm going to try to reseat the HSF on Tuesday (have the paste at work).

Any ideas why my temps would skyrocket??
 
I'm trying to see what your problem is but you havent described it.
The temps dont look that bad.
Can you give more consistency in the reported temps.
You have reported load temps at 50% fan and idle temps at 100% fan.
what cooler do you have and what are ambient temps?
 
Chernobyl1 said:
I'm trying to see what your problem is but you havent described it.
The temps dont look that bad.
Can you give more consistency in the reported temps.
You have reported load temps at 50% fan and idle temps at 100% fan.
what cooler do you have and what are ambient temps?
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Its overheating. - I'm asking for help, if i knew what the problem was i'd fix it.
The temps are bad enough that its shutting off.
What more info do you need, its running way hotter than before.
Its not a benchmark, i'm telling you what i have to do to keep it from overheating.
Again, its not a benchmark... however a shuttle stock HSF.

I don't see much dust, and i've only had the X2 since the price drops.
 
you have now edited your original post to include more information, the initial post didnt contain enough information.
please dont do that as consistency of the posts made is lost!

Temps could skyrocket for a lot of reasons

1) too much voltage
2) too high clocks
3) heatsink fan running too slow or not at all
4) dust build up
5) case temps have shot up
6) heatsink not making good contact
7) heatsink pressure too low
8) airlock in the thermal paste
9) CPU has developed a fault
10) hot air is recirculating back into the CPU fan too easily
11) ambient temps have risen
12) air route from the CPU heatsink is blocked
.....

Cant think of much more for the moment.
 
todlerix said:
For the last however long i've had my x2 3800 i have been running it at 2.6ghz @ 1.475v at 50% fan speed.

Yesterday my machine turned off during a short gaming session. I boot backup check my temps and i'm idling at 48c. So i shutdown and reset everything to stock, ram/cpu/ht. Boot backup and i'm still idling at 42c which used to be my overclocked load temps.

Same type of weather for the last few months, no hardware was changed, i'm going to try to reseat the HSF on Tuesday (have the paste at work).

Any ideas why my temps would skyrocket??
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How long is stable Prime at 2.6Ghz 1.475v?
 
Did you move your case at all? You might have severed the AS5 bond between the CPU and HSF... It's happened to me when I moved into my new apartment (Zalman STG-1 ftw)

Check your Vcore in CPUz as well.
Do you have a different PSU to try?
Are your fans spinning as fast as they usually did?
Has your HSF moved at all?

Your sig says 1.525v... you said in your post that you were under 1.5v. Which one's right?
 
Chernobyl1 said:
you have now edited your original post to include more information, the initial post didnt contain enough information.
please dont do that as consistency of the posts made is lost!

Temps could skyrocket for a lot of reasons

1) too much voltage
2) too high clocks
3) heatsink fan running too slow or not at all
4) dust build up
5) case temps have shot up
6) heatsink not making good contact
7) heatsink pressure too low
8) airlock in the thermal paste
9) CPU has developed a fault
10) hot air is recirculating back into the CPU fan too easily
11) ambient temps have risen
12) air route from the CPU heatsink is blocked
.....

Cant think of much more for the moment.
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I changed to format, its still all the same info, exactly the same.


But i'm guessing as Arcygenical said
You might have severed the AS5 bond between the CPU and HSF
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However i havent moved my case any time recently.. not before or since the heat spike


My temps are going down slowly, so maybe its resealing the bond between cpu and hsf?
 
ok so now im back down to 41-43c 100% on both cores at 50% fans.

I didnt change the paste, it just "fixed" itself.

The crack seems to be the only logical cause... but how it happened only god and that owl from the lolipop commercial will know ><
 
I think you read a web review of an overclocked conroe system and the AMD pooped on itself. :eek:
 
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