Hi, first post and all that so here we go.......
I'm not that PC literate but have Googled for the last 2 days and have tried everything I could so I'm turning to you guys for any advice etc.
Basically got given a PC from my brother, its ok. Its from Mesh with an AMD Phenom II x4 955 Processor, Radeon 4800 HD Graphics card, 8gb ram and an Asus m4a78 - Pro motherboard!
So.....all is good but the fans are a little bit keen to blow all the time (one at the front, one at the rear, psu fan (new psu on the way due to coil whine) and a akasa big fan heatsink thing on the cpu).
Checked out the CPU temp (Bios, hw monitor, core temp etc) and it was 82c. Hot! So I cleaned the dust out of everything, no difference. Bought some Arctic Silver 5 plus the cleaning stuff, reseated the heatsink 3 times (first time I assumed I done it wrong, second and third Im 100% sure I done it right) and no change at all!
The 4 cores temps are all pretty consistant at 35c - 40c so thought Id do some little tests. Firstly, with speed fan I turned all the fans off (I know). The 4 core temps shot up about 10c but the cpu temp stayed exactly the same!
Next (and currently) I removed the PC side casing (inside is very cool, no escaping heat at all) and put a large desk fan blowing in. The 4 core temps dropped a little yet the cpu temp (yep, you guessed i) stayed exactly the same.
Motherboard Temp is 28c - 30c
Also done a couple of load tests and opened loads of programs etc! Core temp rose a bit but CPU stayed exactly the same
So I'm stuck. Kinda wondering and hoping that its a faulty temperature reading and all is good but I have no way of knowing. PC runs perfectly well
Any advice or just words of reassurance (yeah its all fine, dont worry) would be great
Thanks
James
I'm not that PC literate but have Googled for the last 2 days and have tried everything I could so I'm turning to you guys for any advice etc.
Basically got given a PC from my brother, its ok. Its from Mesh with an AMD Phenom II x4 955 Processor, Radeon 4800 HD Graphics card, 8gb ram and an Asus m4a78 - Pro motherboard!
So.....all is good but the fans are a little bit keen to blow all the time (one at the front, one at the rear, psu fan (new psu on the way due to coil whine) and a akasa big fan heatsink thing on the cpu).
Checked out the CPU temp (Bios, hw monitor, core temp etc) and it was 82c. Hot! So I cleaned the dust out of everything, no difference. Bought some Arctic Silver 5 plus the cleaning stuff, reseated the heatsink 3 times (first time I assumed I done it wrong, second and third Im 100% sure I done it right) and no change at all!
The 4 cores temps are all pretty consistant at 35c - 40c so thought Id do some little tests. Firstly, with speed fan I turned all the fans off (I know). The 4 core temps shot up about 10c but the cpu temp stayed exactly the same!
Next (and currently) I removed the PC side casing (inside is very cool, no escaping heat at all) and put a large desk fan blowing in. The 4 core temps dropped a little yet the cpu temp (yep, you guessed i) stayed exactly the same.
Motherboard Temp is 28c - 30c
Also done a couple of load tests and opened loads of programs etc! Core temp rose a bit but CPU stayed exactly the same
So I'm stuck. Kinda wondering and hoping that its a faulty temperature reading and all is good but I have no way of knowing. PC runs perfectly well
Any advice or just words of reassurance (yeah its all fine, dont worry) would be great
Thanks
James
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