Hi,
Today I turned on my water-cooled desktop and upon loading OSX my cpu temps spiked into the high 90s (celsius) and hovered around 100c before I shut it off. This has never been a problem before, in the 3 years since I built this computer. The cpu almost never goes above 70c for any reason. There is still water running through the pump, and all of the fans seem to be working (they were going nuts when it read 100c, as could be expected).
I air-dusted the bejeezus out of everything and started it again: and it's back down to 40s and low 50s idle.
My question is, could dust alone be responsible for a 50c spike?? And so suddenly? It seems kind of crazy to me that it would make more than a 10-20c difference, unless it somehow clogged the pump fan.
I just wanted to check before I go nuts and re-seat everything / apply new paste. Let me know what you think?
Thanks in advance.
Today I turned on my water-cooled desktop and upon loading OSX my cpu temps spiked into the high 90s (celsius) and hovered around 100c before I shut it off. This has never been a problem before, in the 3 years since I built this computer. The cpu almost never goes above 70c for any reason. There is still water running through the pump, and all of the fans seem to be working (they were going nuts when it read 100c, as could be expected).
I air-dusted the bejeezus out of everything and started it again: and it's back down to 40s and low 50s idle.
My question is, could dust alone be responsible for a 50c spike?? And so suddenly? It seems kind of crazy to me that it would make more than a 10-20c difference, unless it somehow clogged the pump fan.
I just wanted to check before I go nuts and re-seat everything / apply new paste. Let me know what you think?
Thanks in advance.
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