Hi everyone!
Two days ago my PC just shut itself off.. upon reboot I got the error "CPU fan error, press F1 to continue". I did, checked bios and saw that the CPU temp started at around 40 celsius and within 2-4 minutes reached 90c! I restarted and got the same error plus "CPU temperature overheating error" I think it said. The fan connected to the Antec Kuhler is spinning and is faced in the right direction.
All components in my PC are about 3 years old. Upon inspection I saw that the radiator was full with dust, I thoroughly cleaned the whole PC from dust. There was a lot of it since I cleaned it the last time about 6 months ago. I even removed the thermal paste on the CPU and re-applied some new.. the error is still there. The CPU reaches about 90c every time I start it up and gets very slow to the point of not being possible to do anything so I just turn it off.
What can I do about this? Do I need a new water cooler or CPU? Might I have connected something wrong when I built it 3 years ago?
Thanks in advance!
Full specs:
NZXT Phantom case
Antec Kuhler 620
Intel i7 2600k
Asus P8Z68-V Pro Motherboard
2x (Crossfire) HIS Radeon HD6950 IceQ X 2GB
Intel 320 SSD 120GB + 2x 2TB HDD
Corsair AX 850W
Windows 7 64-bit Home ed.
Two days ago my PC just shut itself off.. upon reboot I got the error "CPU fan error, press F1 to continue". I did, checked bios and saw that the CPU temp started at around 40 celsius and within 2-4 minutes reached 90c! I restarted and got the same error plus "CPU temperature overheating error" I think it said. The fan connected to the Antec Kuhler is spinning and is faced in the right direction.
All components in my PC are about 3 years old. Upon inspection I saw that the radiator was full with dust, I thoroughly cleaned the whole PC from dust. There was a lot of it since I cleaned it the last time about 6 months ago. I even removed the thermal paste on the CPU and re-applied some new.. the error is still there. The CPU reaches about 90c every time I start it up and gets very slow to the point of not being possible to do anything so I just turn it off.
What can I do about this? Do I need a new water cooler or CPU? Might I have connected something wrong when I built it 3 years ago?
Thanks in advance!
Full specs:
NZXT Phantom case
Antec Kuhler 620
Intel i7 2600k
Asus P8Z68-V Pro Motherboard
2x (Crossfire) HIS Radeon HD6950 IceQ X 2GB
Intel 320 SSD 120GB + 2x 2TB HDD
Corsair AX 850W
Windows 7 64-bit Home ed.
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