Overheating 80c+ !!!!

jonboyo

jonboyo

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I am having trouble with this rig overheating. It is a very basic machine but I was wondering what is likely to be causing these 80+ temperatures. I am a noob but i know that is extremely hot and dangerous. It is a 1800+ AMD XP

1. I have reseated the CPU, Cleaned the processor and set new silver thermal paste

2. The heatsink fan is directly behind the PSU, this could be causing the problem as there is a lack of airflow.

3. I haven't overclocked anything

4. Could the motherboard be causing these temperatures in anyway as I have had problems before when using a 2800+ AMD Barton XP

Any advice is greatly appreciated!
 
I haven't got the pc next to a radiator or in the sun (its actually raining :( ) but I must check if my house is on fire! lol

I am not sure if it is faulty sensors, the top of the case feels very warm whenever it is switched on. The CPU fan is running at around 2000rpm which seems quite slow to me, maybe this coupled with the fact that the case has no airflow whatsoever is causing the problem. If I bought a new case, HSF it might solve it (Hopefully!)

Thanks for the help and if you have any other ideas please don't hesitate to post

Spec:

CPU : 1800+ Amd Athlon XP
MoBoard : Asus A7N8X-Deluxe
Memory : 256mb DDR
Case style: Micro
 
The heatsink is absolutely boiling when it is touched which makes me believe it isn't a faulty reading. If I hold it too long I could imagine it will burn. Good idea about the thermometer but I don't think I have one. Cheers anyway
 
Idle temps average around 82 degrees celcius

Load temps seem to be around 86 degrees celcius (This is only using the pc to surf the internet, I don't dare play any games on it)

The PSU isn't too warm and I have tried using 3 different ones so I don't believe it is causing the problem

Edit :

I have been using the Bios and Asus probe. On the bios the temperature seems much lower around 60 ish . On Asusprobe the temps are 80ish

Oh and the audio bootup is the most annoying thing ever, American gibberish
 
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It is a coolermaster silent one. I have no idea about the model, I bought it back in the good old days before I used the internet
 
I haven't changed the Vcore and I don't know what temperature it is at. I have nearly scolded my fingers on it, im quite sure the temp sensors aren't lying but I will try the fan idea to see if it makes a difference. I have reseated the processor quite a few times over this past week whilst trying to fix this computer. I followed the Arctic silver instructions as well making sure that the layer of thermal paste is as thin as possible etc..

HSF

http://uk.search.yahoo.com/search/i...+amd+socket+a&type=jpeg&no=30&tt=202&ei=UTF-8
 
I get similar temps with the barton which makes me think it is a bad combination of small case and rubbish HSF. As it is a mini case instead of a midi it has no airflow of any kind. I just put a desk fan onto the pc with the psu out of the case (so it could get at the heat sink) and the temps dropped to 39 degrees.

Could you please recommend a Socket A cooler that will be suitable if I replace this processor with the barton 2800+ that runs even hotter.
 
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1. Im from England (The site I linked to was the only one I could find with the heatsink)

2. In the case that I have already there is no room for any case fans, that is why I have said that I need to upgrade to a midi case so that it can be improved.

3. I am willing to spend about £40 ish on the new case and HSF and I have a couple of cheapo case fans lying around
 
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