CPU Overheating although cleaned and new thermal paste applied

BisdakIKobe · Dec 2, 2016

hey I have an Asus X54HR laptop intel i3 2100M and the problem is with my CPU last night I had my video card clocked higher than normal I know it creates higher temperatures I know all about that stuff anyways my CPU was running at normal temps but today after I found that my laptop had restarted after Win 10 updates I started cs:go and 10 seconds after I joined a server my CPU overheated so my laptop turned off so it wont damage itself although I had cleaned it and changed the thermal paste 3 months ago I did it again and yes I know all about it not being too much or not enough everything is perfect but I still have the problem and the CPU temp goes to 90+ as soon as I start a stress test, Help Please !!!

EchohcE · Dec 2, 2016

Redo your thermal paste, and make sure the heatsink is actually making contact. With laptops, use far less paste than on a desktop cpu. Half a grain of rice is sufficient, and don't spread it yourself. Just a tiny amount in the middle and let the heatsink spread it out.

BisdakIKobe · Dec 2, 2016

already did all that

EchohcE · Dec 2, 2016

Do it again. Also, if you have a discrete gpu in that laptop, redo the thermal paste on that as well.

BisdakIKobe · Dec 2, 2016

GPU is perfect no problems with it even before I reapplied it it's just the CPU this happened out of nowhere it was all running smooth

EchohcE · Dec 2, 2016

Make certain that no thermal paste is on the motherboard near the cpu, and clean the cpu fan. Sometimes extra thermal paste on the mobo will raise temps.

BisdakIKobe · Dec 2, 2016

already did it m8

EchohcE · Dec 2, 2016

Then I'd look up the Windows update you installed, since you said it only started doing this after you installed that update. I've never heard of an update causing cpu temps to skyrocket, though.

jacobnestell · Dec 2, 2016

Try resetting your clock settings in the bios, if you somehow managed to turn up the voltage to your cpu / gpu that would cause much higher temps.

EchohcE · Dec 2, 2016

Is that possible with a laptop?

jacobnestell · Dec 2, 2016

EchohcE :

Yeah you can change the voltage

BisdakIKobe · Dec 3, 2016

the voltage options are locked could it be caused by a bios update ?

BisdakIKobe · Dec 4, 2016

hey I have noticed that it heats up when its under load as soon as the CPU usage drops temperatures drop too

EchohcE · Dec 5, 2016

That's normal. What's not normal is how much it's heating up under load, since you said it only started shutting down from heat recently.

BisdakIKobe · Dec 5, 2016

its driving me crazy reapplied the thermal paste again GPU is just fine when I benchmark but the cpu temps are going crazy instantly and when the load drops it instantly cools down smh

EchohcE · Dec 5, 2016

What thermal paste are you using, and did you remember to reconnect the fan to the motherboard? All the heatsink in the world won't help you if the fan's not blowing the heat away.

MWP0004 · Dec 5, 2016

What stress test are you running? Newer versions of Prime95 have been known to create abnormally high temperatures on Intel CPUs.

BisdakIKobe · Dec 5, 2016

it's a Silver AL paste and yes I did connect the fan

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EchohcE · Dec 5, 2016

Just making sure bro. I worked in a computer shop, and I was very efficient, just look at all these screws the customer didn't need! XD

On a serious note, I know it's tedious, but we're still in the 'isolate the problem' phase of this issue, so I'm cutting off avenues of escape, so to speak.

BisdakIKobe · Dec 5, 2016

yea ur right but still I have no idea what it could be

EchohcE · Dec 5, 2016

Alright, let's list what you've tried:

-You've redone the thermal paste a few times
-When redoing the thermal paste, you've ensured that there's no thermal paste making contact anywhere on the motherboard itself.
-You made sure to reconnect the fan.

You mention in your original post that you overclocked your GPU. Please give us specifics as to how you did that, whether or which BIOS settings you changed, and whether you altered voltage.

Also, how soon after the overclock of your GPU did your cpu start overheating?

BisdakIKobe · Dec 5, 2016

well I am just using MSI afterburner to clock it and it's just a 250+ on the memory clock and I do it because that was the base clock when I bought the laptop but after I reinstalled windows it went down idk why and the voltage is locked and btw although its showing high temps the air that is coming out is not as hot as it should be when I normally have it under high load

EchohcE · Dec 5, 2016

Reset the gpu back to stock settings and see if the problem persists.

BisdakIKobe · Dec 5, 2016

yea I already did it when it started overheating

EchohcE · Dec 5, 2016

Alright, I know you're gonna be irritated, but please open it back up and ensure that there's no thermal paste around the cpu and gpu blocks. Since you said it was AL and Silver, which sounds like it's conductive, it's making me think that might be part of the problem since you're saying it's reading high temperatures without it actually being hot.

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