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dynobuco   09-17-2009 at 01:15:52 PM

Hi, I have a problem with the temps on my q9400 I installed yesterday.
I mounted it with a stock intel cooler. Used thermal paste, etc.
My bios is giving me a cpu temp arround 50ºc. Went into windows and used hwmonitor and coretemp and saw idle temps around 35º-40º on all four cores. Nothing strange here besides the higher temp my bios is giving me.

My problem is that when i do a stress test (I used Prime95, orthos, intelburntest) my temps just blast away to 80ºc + in just a few seconds. I quickly shut down the test because they keep rising.
When I mounted the intel hsf (hard as hell) it seemed to be mounted properly, but could it just be a loose pin or something similar? Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

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Bronze CPUs badge jsc   09-17-2009 at 04:26:17 PM

I always mount the heatsinks before I put the motherboard in the case. Makes it easier to check for proper installation.

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shubham1401   09-17-2009 at 09:17:13 PM

Remount the HSF some more times and see if you get lower temps.
Idle temps seems okay.But load temps can be lowered.

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dynobuco   09-17-2009 at 09:32:37 PM

Okay. so i mounted the HSF properly and double checked it was mounted properly. Idle temps are now higher! in the 40's now.
Dont know what to do. I re-mounted it a couple more times to be sure. Same thing. The cpu just keeps getting hotter.
Would a different cooler solve my problem? Even with an Intel stock hsf these temps should be lower i think.

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dynobuco   09-17-2009 at 09:55:48 PM

Quick update: I messed around with the HSF and idle temps are back to normal :)

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orangegator   09-17-2009 at 10:18:36 PM

dynobuco wrote :

Quick update: I messed around with the HSF and idle temps are back to normal :)



Did you clean off all the old thermal paste and reapply the proper amount of new paste after you removed the heatsink?

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dynobuco   09-25-2009 at 03:23:23 PM

I was still having problems with my cpu load temps. So I decided to get an aftermarket cooler and im really satisfied with the results. Idle temp around 34ºC and 50ºC on load. Problem solved.

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