My i7 is over heating, how do I fix it?

99Androidguy777 · 17 Dec 2012 at 11:01

My game shogun 2, it keeps crashing on me because my i7 3770k keeps over heating. It only happens with Shogun 2.

I have downloaded OCCT and it is telling me my i7 is overclocked by 5.8% when testing it and under clocked by -54.2% when I am not doing a test. is that normal?

(I have not tested for longer than 10 minutes so far)

I am using its stock fan and thermal paste. Until I buy a new fan and Thermal paste for it. is there anything I can do now to stop it from over heating? Is this normal with a demanding game like shogun 2?

illuz · 17 Dec 2012 at 11:14

What temperatures are you getting whilst running OCCT and also Shogun 2. I know Shogun 2 is a very demanding thread-intensive game, are you sure it's over-heating? If it's hitting high 80s/90s then I would recommend getting a cooler for definite.

OCCT percentages are normal yes, that's your Intel SpeedStep coming into effect and downclocking when performance isn't needed.

99Androidguy777 · 17 Dec 2012 at 11:20

illuz said:
What temperatures are you getting whilst running OCCT and also Shogun 2. I know Shogun 2 is a very demanding thread-intensive game, are you sure it's over-heating? If it's hitting high 80s/90s then I would recommend getting a cooler for definite.

OCCT percentages are normal yes, that's your Intel SpeedStep coming into effect and downclocking when performance isn't needed.

Okay will I run shogun 2 until it crashes again and then tell you what temperatures I am getting?
How would i record the temps during game play without running the OCCT test? But with OCCT running.

Norton is telling me I am having high CPU usage.

Stelly · 17 Dec 2012 at 11:26

Stock fans from intel are very hard to fit correctly, if you are shutting down like that I recommend ensuring that the Heatsink is correctly seated.

Stelly

99Androidguy777 · 17 Dec 2012 at 11:34

Stelly said:
Stock fans from intel are very hard to fit correctly, if you are shutting down like that I recommend ensuring that the Heatsink is correctly seated.

Stelly

Will I need to buy new thermal paste if I am refitting the heat sink?

Stelly · 17 Dec 2012 at 11:39

your not refitting it, just ensure that the heat sink it fitted correctly, I normally fit the heat sink then look under the board to ensure that the pins are correctly fitted...

Stelly

illuz · 17 Dec 2012 at 11:59

99Androidguy777 said:
Okay will I run shogun 2 until it crashes again and then tell you what temperatures I am getting?
How would i record the temps during game play without running the OCCT test? But with OCCT running.

Norton is telling me I am having high CPU usage.

Look at an application called RealTemp. Once the game crashes, look at RealTemp and it will show you the max temp across all fours.

I agree with Stelly, it sounds to me like the cooler is slightly off.

ubersonic · 17 Dec 2012 at 12:24

From what I have read shogun 2 is a very CPU demanding game, considering that the stock Intel HS/fan cannot keep a 3770 within safe temps running Prime I would guess that it may have issues with a game that has a rep for being highly PCU demanding. Of course your case airflow will play an important part too.

OLDPHART · 17 Dec 2012 at 13:20

Hi, just check heatsink is seated properly also dust free, hows your case air flow whens the last time you gave it a spring clean? If you are going to reseat your heatsink use a descent thermal paste, if you want to go full hog replace the stock cooler with a better one.

mmj_uk · 17 Dec 2012 at 14:34

Post temps first using coretemp and Prime95, you've not said what they are yet so how do you know the CPU is overheating?

wazza300 · 17 Dec 2012 at 14:36

buy an aftermarket cooler,stock fans are very poor

Orcvader · 17 Dec 2012 at 17:19

wazza300 said:
buy an aftermarket cooler,stock fans are very poor

I would probably be tempted to do this as well, the stock fan is not exactly... quiet...

99Androidguy777 · 17 Dec 2012 at 19:04

mmj_uk said:
Post temps first using coretemp and Prime95, you've not said what they are yet so how do you know the CPU is overheating?

wazza300 said:
buy an aftermarket cooler,stock fans are very poor

Orcvader said:
I would probably be tempted to do this as well, the stock fan is not exactly... quiet...

Guys shogun 2 crashed to a black screen and killed my gpu...
I turned on the pc again and it wouldnt boot windows...
Here are the photos of after my friend and myself reinstalled windows..

This is after we installed the most up to date nvidia drivers.. this has not happened before when installing the same drivers...

we uninstalled the drivers and windows is running at a lower resolution but none of that pixelated stuff now.

Should I rma the card? or is there some sort of fix.
my heatsink is seated properly, by the way.

Vertiginous · 17 Dec 2012 at 19:20

can you try the card in another pc?

99Androidguy777 · 17 Dec 2012 at 19:29

ZalmanZ9+ said:
can you try the card in another pc?

I do not have another pc which I can try it in, I am wondering if my motherbaord is messed up. I did try to set it to its defaults. it is a GA-Z77X-UP4TH. The gpu is a msi nvidia twin frozr 680.

wazza300 · 17 Dec 2012 at 19:33

99Androidguy777 said:
I do not have another pc which I can try it in, I am wondering if my motherbaord is messed up. I did try to set it to its defaults. it is a GA-Z77X-UP4TH. The gpu is a msi nvidia twin frozr 680.

im running the exact same mb but with f10b beta bios what bios are you running? the latest beta is a must for that board as it fixed a lot of niggles for me

im using msi 7850 just fine,also tested a 5770 card and no issues

http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/upload/files/Z77X-UP4_TH_F10b.zip f10b beta bios

use a usb memory stick and flash in dos mode/bios using qflash

once youve updated the bios do these things

set dram voltage according to your memory 1.55v is usually the norm,manually set the bclk/pci clock to 100
set cpu voltage response to fast and pwm phase control to exm performance

all that will help with stability

99Androidguy777 · 17 Dec 2012 at 19:39

wazza300 said:
im running the exact same mb but with f10b beta bios what bios are you running? the latest beta is a must for that board as it fixed a lot of niggles for me

im using msi 7850 just fine,also tested a 5770 card and no issues

http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/upload/files/Z77X-UP4_TH_F10b.zip f10b beta bios

use a usb memory stick and flash in dos mode/bios using qflash

once youve updated the bios do these things

set dram voltage according to your memory 1.55v is usually the norm,manually set the bclk/pci clock to 100
set cpu voltage response to fast and pwm phase control to exm performance

all that will help with stability

Okay I have the download you linked me to on a flash drive, do I press delete to go into bios and then load this file into the qflash i think its called?

is this beta update set to default? because my pc is not set up physicaly for overclocking atm. it wont increase heat anywhere will it?

wazza300 · 17 Dec 2012 at 19:44

ok extract the file to desktop,drag the bios bin file to the usb stick,reboot press delete then f8 for qflash and point it to the bios and update,reboot and make those changes i said in the bios above

yes everything is default unless you make any changes later

99Androidguy777 · 17 Dec 2012 at 19:54

wazza300 said:
ok extract the file to desktop,drag the bios bin file to the usb stick,reboot press delete then f8 for qflash and point it to the bios and update,reboot and make those changes i said in the bios above

yes everything is default unless you make any changes later

I have 16 gigs of ram , how much voltage do I need for that?

wazza300 · 17 Dec 2012 at 19:59

whats it rated at? might need 1.65v which is fine on z77 otherwise 1.55v should be ok

did u update bios? and is gpu ok now?