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Nathaniel Ourfali

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Recently I created a question about my games crashing frequently, and apparently the problem was overheating, but it is back now.

Here's my specs:

Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition
GTX 550Ti
Corsair CX430
8 GB MarkVision DDR3
ASUS M5A78L-M

My idle temperatures are 54ºC for the CPU and 35ºC for the GPU. The CPU is obviously abnormal, could it be causing my problems?

Keep in mind that my computer does not freeze, only the games themselves.

I had problems with BSODs, but changing the RAM clock to 1333Ghz solved this problem, I suppose. The CPU and GPU remain in Auto, since changing any of these values will cause the computer to boot up but no feedback from the monitor, so I need to reset the BIOS.

Some people are saying that my PSU could be causing the problem, but I have no idea if that is true or not.
 
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Its a "use once" paste on the HSF. If you run your pc and remove the HSF, you have to clean off the old paste and reapply new compound. If the only time you touched your HSF was the initial installation, check to make sure the HSF is sitting correctly on the CPU die. If it isn't, clean off the old paste, apply new and remount the HSF. When it comes to thermal compound, less is better. You can apply too much and then it acts like a thermal blanket
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what temp is your cpu when you do game?

also it could be driver related, grab latest nvidia drivers and driver fusion.

uninstall current driver and do not restart.
run driver fusion and clean nvidia driver then restart.
install latest driver as display and hdmi driver only and untick everything else.

see if this help and post them temps.
 
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Nathaniel Ourfali

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Yes, I put the one that came with the CPU.



I will be trying this. I didn't pay enough attention to the CPU temperature, only GPU (85ºC max.). I'll keep an eye on that.



Might be.
 
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Its a "use once" paste on the HSF. If you run your pc and remove the HSF, you have to clean off the old paste and reapply new compound. If the only time you touched your HSF was the initial installation, check to make sure the HSF is sitting correctly on the CPU die. If it isn't, clean off the old paste, apply new and remount the HSF. When it comes to thermal compound, less is better. You can apply too much and then it acts like a thermal blanket
 
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Nathaniel Ourfali

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Now that you mentioned, I put it in, it spread, but then I had to remove the fan from the CPU and reconnect it later on. It's totally spread, I'll just apply more by tomorrow, since I have no thermal paste in here.
 
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Nathaniel Ourfali

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Will do. I'll keep this question alive, since I'll be getting the paste tomorrow.
 
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when you apply the paste put a rice grain amount in the middle of the cpu and do not spread it, just place the heatsink on it squarely and give it a few slight twists when its down and clamp it immediately, if you lift it then clean it and redo it for best results.
 
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