Hi guys. Ive been having issues with my computer for over a year and i just attributed it to bugs. I had quite a bit of stuff on it , games , class work, pics ect. But ive been poking around and my cpu is running at 98c....so basically im overheating my cpu. This is a rig i built a ittle over a year ago. Ill get back to you guys with specs when i get home. What are some things i can do to solve this issue?
CPU over heating
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michael908
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Clean any dust out of your case and it's fans. Reapply the thermal paste on your processor's heatsink.
michael908
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Which processor do you have, some require a little more others a little less. But usually a rice sized method in the centre works fine and is the simplest.
http://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Thermal-Paste-Application-Techniques-170/
edit: When you remove the heat sink make sure to use an alcohol like isopropyl to clean all the old thermal paste off. Using qtips and coffee filters is how i clean them. Also make sure the alcohol is above 70% to remove most of the impurities. I use isopropyl 99%. If you don't have it you can grab it from your walmart or grocery store, 500ml is about $5.
http://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Thermal-Paste-Application-Techniques-170/
edit: When you remove the heat sink make sure to use an alcohol like isopropyl to clean all the old thermal paste off. Using qtips and coffee filters is how i clean them. Also make sure the alcohol is above 70% to remove most of the impurities. I use isopropyl 99%. If you don't have it you can grab it from your walmart or grocery store, 500ml is about $5.
I should probably give you more information as to what is happening with the rig. sometimes after about a half hour everything freezes and my monitor goes into sleep mode. Im assuming this is some sort of safety built into the processor/mb. I should mention that this isnt during gaming sessions. This is during surfing the net or even more annoying...during typing reports. The computer hasnt been under any real high loads in a while as i havent had a ton of time for gaming. I will be playing Battlefield 4 on this rig though. If i can get this issue solved anyways
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