1st Build - experiencing CPU Temperature problems (80c+ at idle!)

Matt Van Dam · 19 Oct 2007 at 15:56

OK guys really need help here,

Me and my friend are working on my new build, see the spec below,

OCZ 4GB (2 x 2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK) £109.99

Gigabyte 3D Aurora Black No PSU with Side Vent 1 £68.99 (£68.99)

Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) 1 £79.99 (£79.99)

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail 1 £149.99

Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard 1 £64.99 (£64.99)

Leadtek GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail 1 £181.99 (£181.99)

2 x Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKS)

Samsung SH-S203NBEBN 20x20 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM 1 £18.99 (£18.99)

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) 1 £59.99 (£59.99)

After installing the hardware we've attempted to install Vista where it's powered down during installation, presumably because of CPU heat. We checked in the BIOS and it's recording 80c-83c which seems ridiculous!

We've resat the stock cooler and applied new thermal paste (after cleaning away the old) but the temperature is not dropping. Has anyone else had similar experiences with this and can make any suggestions. The cooler seems to sit tightly so shouldn't be an issue there.

Any suggestions welcome!

Matt

PiKe · 19 Oct 2007 at 15:59

Fan on the cooler spinning freely?

dr. sarf · 19 Oct 2007 at 16:00

How hot is your room?
Yeah that does seem ridiculous. I'm only running 53dg load on my overclocked AMD!

MumboJumbo · 19 Oct 2007 at 16:00

The mobo readings are oftern wrong but still 80c is stupidly hot. However the mobo could be faulty and reading it wrong. Does it feel that hot around the cpu when your running it? If at 80c you should definitly be feeling a lot of heat around it.

Matt Van Dam · 19 Oct 2007 at 16:06

The room is very cool so no issue there and and I'm not feeling particularly over hot?

PiKe · 19 Oct 2007 at 16:07

Heatsink getting hot? If not, there's an issue with contact.

Dogboy73 · 19 Oct 2007 at 16:08

PiKe said:
Fan on the cooler spinning freely?

I've just bought a Gigabyte P35C-DS3R & the first thing I noticed when I booted for the first time is that the heatsink fan wasn't spinning! I phoned Overclockers , expecting them to say that it was faulty. Turns out that the Gigabyte mobo controls the fan & only spins up when it's hot. I'm not sure how this works but you can turn of the auto fan settings in the BIOS. Maybe your mobo is not detecting the CPU is hot & the fan is not spinning up?

Matt Van Dam · 19 Oct 2007 at 16:10

oh yes and fan is spinning freely, no probs

Kyle009 · 19 Oct 2007 at 16:10

you have plugged the Heatsink Fan into the CPU_FAN socket on the mobo havent you?

edit: too slow >.<

PiKe · 19 Oct 2007 at 16:11

Matt Van Dam said:
oh yes and fan is spinning freely, no probs

So the heatsink is getting hot and the fan is fine, hmm, check bios to see what the vcore is next.

Dogboy73 · 19 Oct 2007 at 16:11

Matt Van Dam said:
oh yes and fan is spinning freely, no probs

Okay. What about what Pike asked?

pike said:
Heatsink getting hot? If not, there's an issue with contact.

Dogboy73 · 19 Oct 2007 at 16:12

...... beat me to it

Matt Van Dam · 19 Oct 2007 at 16:15

Can you tell me where in the BIOS can you adjust the fan controller?

Thanks for the help so far, it's appreciated!

Dogboy73 · 19 Oct 2007 at 16:17

Matt Van Dam said:
Can you tell me where in the BIOS can you adjust the fan controller?

I think its under 'PC Health Status' in the BIOS (page 47 of the manual)

Matt Van Dam · 19 Oct 2007 at 16:18

Vcore 1.275 at the moment (not been touched). It just went as high as 90c! I'm presuming it must be a contact issue although it seems to be just fine and fits snuggly

PiKe · 19 Oct 2007 at 16:19

Matt Van Dam said:
Vcore 1.275 at the moment (not been touched). It just went as high as 90c! I'm presuming it must be a contact issue although it seems to be just fine and fits snuggly

Any film or plastic on the base of hs?

Matt Van Dam · 19 Oct 2007 at 16:22

We've just resat it and reset fan contorl to manualand it's down to 25c now haha. We'll get through the windows install and let you know if there are any other probs.

Thanks for the input fellas.

regards, Matt the n00b.

Dogboy73 · 19 Oct 2007 at 16:23

Cool.

Matt Van Dam · 19 Oct 2007 at 16:25

Dogboy73 said:
Cool.

It is now, MegaLOLZ!

bliss · 19 Oct 2007 at 16:27

You got lucky that you didn't kill the chip.