Temps should NEVER go above 45 unless you're OCing hard. Still,even without heatsink, i never ever thought that a chip could reach such temperatures. And whatever you do,do not let the computer run with the overheating probs. It won't last long. I have...

Upgrading to Dell XPS 420 - or not?. Hey all Quick question, my rig is now old and falling over at the slightest thing thrown at it, as well as overheating probs etc, and ive decided to invest some new machinery. Ive decided to go donw the alley of a...

pad or saving it (if you can get it off without destroying it). Amd will void the warranty if you use thermal paste instead of the pad. I have a AMD 1.4 and GA-7DXR. It runs stable and fast. No overheating probs. I'm using the retail 1.4 with the boxed HSF....

some statistics on it all out of the 11: 10 overclock 11 use via chipsets they all use diff. mobos and HSFs 0 have had incompatibilites 0 have had unreliable systems 0 have had overheating probs 11 are very very happy with their systems 2 are women...

have the prob but still frezing. Usually after 5-30 mins of use. Started after BBand installed. Wonder if its an overheating prob. CPU variesd fromm 65-82C when idle and fan sticks at 2163 revs and doesn't change. Medion 8383 PC.. Archived from...

but I woodnt know what. The CPU seems fine, but I cant be certain. If this is a overheating prob, is there any Progs I can download, or ways for me to see the temp of everything that could possibly overheat and cause this prob? If its not A overheating problem,...

And about AMD... there is a little trouth in every roumor... ill be honest i read none of those posts besides the first one heres how i solved my overheating prob all unused PCI slot covers came out found a fan (house fan) and stuck it behind my PC,...

program". Also, I don't get these graphical glitches with my old card (when the drivers are not installed), so I guess maybe the card is defect? this glitches only means as far as i know that its either overheating prob or bad memory on the vga card. hope i...

just restarts i tried turning off SLI but that wasn't it so now im stuck im quite computer savvy so ive tried everything i know to fix it on the software side but i don't know if it could be a hardware problem i know the prob is not overheating it could be...

k... i guess there arent tht many probs and it depends on ur luck .. if u get a defective card or not ... i want to know which brand i should go for when i get the card... Mine is a Sapphire. ne probs with overheating??? Nope. At stock, it ran hot but...