Crazy High System Temps, why?

harris1986 · 29 Mar 2006 at 13:12

Hi guys not sure why but recently i have been getting stupidly high system temps in my case? even with radiators off and comp pretty much idle. I have 2 Thermaltake Thunderblades 120mm (1 intake, 1 exhaust) which needless to say push a hell of a lot of air, i also have a panaflo m1A on my tt big typhoon. Now upon cold boot my cpu temps are 32 and system 34 which are about usual, then after about 10-20mins of just general msn and net use cpu temps are now at a fine 35c and system 44c? and after gaming system temps go up to and occasionaly above 50c! they never used to get this high and i can't see what's changed :confused:

tbz_ck · 29 Mar 2006 at 13:19

harris1986 said:
Hi guys not sure why but recently i have been getting stupidly high system temps in my case? even with radiators off and comp pretty much idle. I have 2 Thermaltake Thunderblades 120mm (1 intake, 1 exhaust) which needless to say push a hell of a lot of air, i also have a panaflo m1A on my tt big typhoon. Now upon cold boot my cpu temps are 32 and system 34 which are about usual, then after about 10-20mins of just general msn and net use cpu temps are now at a fine 35c and system 44c? and after gaming system temps go up to and occasionaly above 50c! they never used to get this high and i can't see what's changed

Dust and carp on the sensor perhaps?

Dodgy sensor altogether?

Northbridge cooling up the spout?

Any of those a possibility?

mattup · 29 Mar 2006 at 13:20

Do you have a dust filter on your case?
This could be blocked with dust and restricting the airflow.

Are both fans running? You could try cleaning the blades of the fan as a dirty fan will reduce its effectiveness.

Matt

harris1986 · 29 Mar 2006 at 13:21

will try cleaning fans as far as i'm aware the northbridge is working fine

Raikiri · 29 Mar 2006 at 13:44

The northbridge on lanparty boards tend to run quite hot anyway, so as long as it doesnt go over 50c I wouldnt worry about it.

weescott · 29 Mar 2006 at 13:48

Your temps are the wrong way round and are totally fine.

CaNNoN_1981 · 29 Mar 2006 at 13:59

tbz_ck said:
Dust and carp on the sensor perhaps?

Smells abit fishy to me.

harris1986 · 29 Mar 2006 at 14:27

weescott said:
Your temps are the wrong way round and are totally fine.

i don't think my temps are the other way around tbh, as my cpu has never run that hot before, and i can't see why it would suddenly start running that hot with only 1.45v. i'm pretty sure it's my system temp and it could well be that my fans are a little bit dirty

Dutch Guy · 29 Mar 2006 at 15:38

Mine is the same, at boot the northbridge temp is 47C and goes to 56C when running a game but this is in a case with just one exhaust fan that pushes next to no air.

weescott · 29 Mar 2006 at 15:46

harris1986 said:
i don't think my temps are the other way around tbh, as my cpu has never run that hot before, and i can't see why it would suddenly start running that hot with only 1.45v. i'm pretty sure it's my system temp and it could well be that my fans are a little bit dirty

Your temps ARE the wrong way round as your CPU can't run cooler than it's surroundings on air. Use a probe to find out exact temperatures.

Raikiri · 29 Mar 2006 at 15:48

weescott said:
Your temps ARE the wrong way round as your CPU can't run cooler than it's surroundings on air. Use a probe to find out exact temperatures.

Northbridge temperature is not the air temp inside the case as a lot of people seem to have a problem understanding.

weescott · 29 Mar 2006 at 16:02

The OP said it was his system temps not chipset.

A64 doesn't have a northbridge

Dutch Guy · 29 Mar 2006 at 16:05

weescott said:
The OP said it was his system temps not chipset.

A64 doesn't have a northbridge

system temp = chipset temp

weescott · 29 Mar 2006 at 16:50

All this talk of Northbridge temps on A64 was throwing me.

Raikiri · 29 Mar 2006 at 17:02

weescott said:
All this talk of Northbridge temps on A64 was throwing me.

chipset/northbridge same thing (I know it isnt, but in this context does it really matter?)

harris1986 · 29 Mar 2006 at 17:50

in that case my cpu is running close to 50degrees then? this is very strange as it's never been like that before, think i might be getting some bad contact on the cpu?

tbz_ck · 30 Mar 2006 at 08:47

harris1986 said:
in that case my cpu is running close to 50degrees then? this is very strange as it's never been like that before, think i might be getting some bad contact on the cpu?

Could be, but 50 under load is hardly high !

n3x · 30 Mar 2006 at 16:37

Im confused... u say its never been like that before but wernt u looking at the wrong temps anyway?

50 isnt too bad, ive had mine up to 56 on a warm day :eek:

It is getting warmer and room temps make a big difference!

harris1986 · 30 Mar 2006 at 17:13

think i may have figured out y it was higher than the norm, i have a panaflo m1a it was running of the motherboard just used a 3pin-molex adapter and temps are now running a lot lower 38c cpu load (during prime) and system of 36c load! happy days

PLEASE EXCUSE ME NUBINESS :rolleyes: