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More info?)
RGVGuy,
Just a thought, can You tell if the CPU is actually hotter when this happens? Sensor failure? Space Aliens?
Rick
RGVGuy wrote:
> I recently started having temperature issues. I am running a 3000XP on a
> GA-N700Pro2. Never had any problems with temps even under heavy loads. Then
> one day, about a month ago, I turned on the comp and after only 5 minutes
> the temp warning started beeping (temp hit 70C). CPU fan was working (same
> RPM's as always). So I pulled the CPU and checked the heatsink for dust. Was
> clean. Cleaned off old thermal paste and replaced it. Funny thing is ..
> sometimes I turn on the comp and it runs at 55C to 60C. Then some days I
> turn it on and it heats up to 70C in a few minutes (even under small loads
> like reading newsgroups only). Room temp has always been constant (at about
> 70 to 75F). I opened the case and even with a house fan blasting air into
> the case it still heats up sometimes (not always). Like I said, it wont heat
> up every time I turn it on.
>
> Any ideas? Is CPU going bad? MB? (CPU fan and heatsink are the ones that
> came with the CPU retail). I checked for apps running in the background but
> it doesn't seem so (Speedfan shows no unusual CPU usage). I am NOT
> overclocking and have even lowered the FSB a bit. Still happens on and off.
> Odd??
>
> "Steven K" <nospam@bigpond.com> wrote in message
> news:YegNc.18207$K53.15712@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
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>><nospam@nospam.org> wrote in message
>>news:afqag09mc5kcj2ammffa422bqpvtt31qs4@4ax.com
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>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>I have upgraded my 1Ghz Athlon to a 2600xp Athlon but in the bios
>>>screen at boot the temperature of the 2600 is 70C and Windows will not
>>>load (I suspect it gets too hot halfway through). The cooler master
>>>heat sink is rated up to xp3200, and it is fitted properly. I have
>>>replaced the cpu with my old 1GHz and that is showing 55C on boot.
>>>These seem high. Is there a table on line of what the temperatures
>>>should be?
>>>
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>>Temps are too high - there are two positions a heatsink fits on the CPU
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> but
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>>only one is the right way making full contact. How about the case's air
>>throughput? Here is a useful link showing proper installations:
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http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_869_4348^6678,00.html
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>>hth
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