- Jan 4, 2012
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First, specs:
CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1100T
GPU: MSI/Geforce N560 GTX Ti Hawk
Mobo: ASRock 970 Extreme3 R2.0
PSU: Corsair GS700
RAM: 2x Corsair XMS3 4GB DDR3
OS: Win 7 x64
Hi, some backstory on my CPU, I've used it since a previous build, most of my other parts were upgraded, but I haven't changed my CPU for a while. At one point over a year ago some of the pins (2 - 4) got slightly bent and I carefully unbent them and continued to use it. I've been having some issues with my setup for a while and they seem to be intermittent. Mostly, they revolve around having random black screen shutdowns with no error logs. I can sometimes go months without this occurring, but it always comes back. It started shutting down again recently, so I decided to check my temperatures and I saw that my CPU was hitting temperatures of 115+ C while watching netflix with other tabs open or playing games like Binding of Isaac (not even remotely close to a resource intensive game). I believe the issue is my CPU, even if it isn't there's something that needs to be done about my temperatures anyway.
Currently, I'm looking at my BIOS setup utility and the temperature of my CPU is hovering around 80C and slowly climbing. Clearly this is way outside the range of safe idle temperatures, so I'm wondering what I can do about this. I have taken out the processor and reapplied thermal compound (Arctic Silver 5) three times now with no change in temperatures. I did it three times because I was trying to see if the way the thermal paste was applied would affect anything. I tried a blob in the middle, I tried two lines, and I tried spreading it, each time being careful not to apply too much (Less than a pea, maybe a tiny bit more than an uncooked grain of rice). Each time when it failed to decrease temperatures and I took off the heatsink, the thermal paste appeared well distributed; close to the edges without going over and no bubbles or anything.
I'm thinking my CPU has kicked the bucket. It seems like it is the cause of all of this, but I've been wrong about the cause of my computer's problems before when they seemed very obvious. I'm wondering two things: Is there some way to monitor my hardware to know exactly what has stopped working when error logs are failing me? And is there a possibility that I am just applying the thermal compound incorrectly for some reason and my CPU will be fine if I fix that? It seems like 80+ C idle temps and 115+ C under "load" (hardly) temps are way too high regardless of my technique. Sorry for the long post, let me know if there's any other info that would help resolve my problem. Also, I've just thought of this now and I'm kicking myself for not thinking of it earlier since I've had to reapply it so many times, but if it's helpful I can unseat my CPU again and take a picture of my thermal compound distribution to make sure my technique isn't terrible.
Another thing, I live in Canada and winter is here, so outside temperatures are not contributing to the high temperatures of my CPU.
CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1100T
GPU: MSI/Geforce N560 GTX Ti Hawk
Mobo: ASRock 970 Extreme3 R2.0
PSU: Corsair GS700
RAM: 2x Corsair XMS3 4GB DDR3
OS: Win 7 x64
Hi, some backstory on my CPU, I've used it since a previous build, most of my other parts were upgraded, but I haven't changed my CPU for a while. At one point over a year ago some of the pins (2 - 4) got slightly bent and I carefully unbent them and continued to use it. I've been having some issues with my setup for a while and they seem to be intermittent. Mostly, they revolve around having random black screen shutdowns with no error logs. I can sometimes go months without this occurring, but it always comes back. It started shutting down again recently, so I decided to check my temperatures and I saw that my CPU was hitting temperatures of 115+ C while watching netflix with other tabs open or playing games like Binding of Isaac (not even remotely close to a resource intensive game). I believe the issue is my CPU, even if it isn't there's something that needs to be done about my temperatures anyway.
Currently, I'm looking at my BIOS setup utility and the temperature of my CPU is hovering around 80C and slowly climbing. Clearly this is way outside the range of safe idle temperatures, so I'm wondering what I can do about this. I have taken out the processor and reapplied thermal compound (Arctic Silver 5) three times now with no change in temperatures. I did it three times because I was trying to see if the way the thermal paste was applied would affect anything. I tried a blob in the middle, I tried two lines, and I tried spreading it, each time being careful not to apply too much (Less than a pea, maybe a tiny bit more than an uncooked grain of rice). Each time when it failed to decrease temperatures and I took off the heatsink, the thermal paste appeared well distributed; close to the edges without going over and no bubbles or anything.
I'm thinking my CPU has kicked the bucket. It seems like it is the cause of all of this, but I've been wrong about the cause of my computer's problems before when they seemed very obvious. I'm wondering two things: Is there some way to monitor my hardware to know exactly what has stopped working when error logs are failing me? And is there a possibility that I am just applying the thermal compound incorrectly for some reason and my CPU will be fine if I fix that? It seems like 80+ C idle temps and 115+ C under "load" (hardly) temps are way too high regardless of my technique. Sorry for the long post, let me know if there's any other info that would help resolve my problem. Also, I've just thought of this now and I'm kicking myself for not thinking of it earlier since I've had to reapply it so many times, but if it's helpful I can unseat my CPU again and take a picture of my thermal compound distribution to make sure my technique isn't terrible.
Another thing, I live in Canada and winter is here, so outside temperatures are not contributing to the high temperatures of my CPU.
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