High temperatures across the board, no idea why.

[redshirt49]

So, I am experiencing abnormally high temperatures in both my Motherboard (which is a Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3) and possibly my CPU too (FX-6300).

I have no idea what the cause of this seems to be, I am not running any overclocks of any kind, and the same setup has proven viable for others.

I tried additional case fans, running with an open case, pointing a gigantic windmachine fan at the open case and none of this has had any effect. Could it be a hardware defect?

Temperature readings

Those are idle temps. When I run intense games the TMPIN2 jumps all the way to 98°C and that can't be okay.

 

[CompGee]

Have you tried cleaning out the computer VERY THOROUGHLY? My dad's 2010 gaming computer was running 40-50C idle and IHNC what gaming temps were. Yesterday I cleaned it for the 4th time in 2 years(6 month cycle) and there was an 1/8-inch layer of dust caked on the heatsink. Kept the machine's CPU fan audible. Now you can't hear the computer.

 

[CompGee]

Also, check the fan speeds.

 

[redshirt49]

Fan speeds are at ~4500 RPM on the mainboard, and the rest between 1500-2500RPM.

I'd cleaned it out recently (like 3 months ago), though this place is pretty dusty and hot by default.

 

[CompGee]

How often is the computer cleaned?

 

[redshirt49]

Generally whenever I switch out or upgrade components and/or perform system resets (which is about 1-2 times a year)

 

[CompGee]

How old is the CPU and/or GPU?

 

[redshirt49]

Everything is running at factory defaults. Both CPU and GPU were purchased new earlier this year, so that shouldn't be it either.

Could the sensors themselves be at fault?

 

[CompGee]

Is the CPU heatsink too hot to touch?

 

[redshirt49]

Yeah, it's pretty damn hot. So it's not the sensors either. I'll have a go at cleaning it again tomorrow, there does appear to be a dust layer under the fan. If it doesn't fix it, I'll update the thread. Or give up :s

 

[CompGee]

Ok