i just finished building a computer [for the first time] and turned everything on. no problems except for one (and a rather big one it would seem). all i've done is start it up and check out bios, which showed the cpu temp slowly climb from around 48 to 58 degrees over about 15 minutes. it seems to be hovering around 58 now.
from what i hear, that's quite high... could it be that i didn't attach the heat sink right? i used paste and i'm using the standard heat sink. the ambient temperature right now is rather low, probably around 23 degrees.
stranger yet is i actually turned the computer on for the first time last night, and the temp didn't even go above 50 during the 30-40 minutes i had the computer sitting in bios; this morning is when it started doing this.
any advice would be appreciated!
CPU: E6300
mobo: Asus P5B-E
from what i hear, that's quite high... could it be that i didn't attach the heat sink right? i used paste and i'm using the standard heat sink. the ambient temperature right now is rather low, probably around 23 degrees.
stranger yet is i actually turned the computer on for the first time last night, and the temp didn't even go above 50 during the 30-40 minutes i had the computer sitting in bios; this morning is when it started doing this.
any advice would be appreciated!
CPU: E6300
mobo: Asus P5B-E