PC locks up when under stress, overheating?

Sarman

Sarman

Sarman

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Hey guys unfortunately I have noticed that my new PC locks up when I have a lot of programs open and doing intensive tasks. I think it might be because of the CPU overheating (QX6700) but TAT and Core Temp both say my temps are well withing range: about 40-47 when idle and 60-70 under a lot of stress, I am really confused as to what it could be :(

What can I do?

Also it does get kinda slow before it locks up, I don't think it should :mad:
 
steve258 said:
60-70C under load does not sound healthy. Are you using stock cooler?

What is the rest of your spec?
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I agree with this man, your temps should be alittle lower, if it's the stock cooler on the cpu, I would get it changed.
 
It's a Quad-core - they run significantly hotter than a Core2Duo as they are effectively 2 Core2Duos fitted into the same socket so 70C under load isn't unusual.
 
I got good cooling, I got the big Zalman (CNP9700 I think) for it. And yea as someone said Kentsfields have higher temps, I think Conroes max temp is like 85 and Kenstfield is 100.

So I really don't think it it because of the temps because it locks up at around 70. I am gonna try and raise the Vcore a little bit to see if it helps, I am thinking it will...fingers crossed :D

Thanks for the help.
 
When you say it's 70deg under load is that with 100% load done by TAT? Because that's always higher than any other stress

As steve says, resit the heatsink
 
steve258 said:
Thermal Specification 65C!!
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Are you aware of that that means? It doesn't mean the maximum temperature of the processor cores, which is what is measured by TAT. The TJunction on Quad-cores is 100C. It's well worthwhile reading all the little notes on Intel's website (and the CoreTemp website) as otherwise you can end up posting stuff that may not be 100% correct.
 
WJA96 said:
Are you aware of that that means? It doesn't mean the maximum temperature of the processor cores, which is what is measured by TAT. The TJunction on Quad-cores is 100C. It's well worthwhile reading all the little notes on Intel's website (and the CoreTemp website) as otherwise you can end up posting stuff that may not be 100% correct.
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OK got it now thanks.
 
WJA96 said:
Are you aware of that that means? It doesn't mean the maximum temperature of the processor cores, which is what is measured by TAT. The TJunction on Quad-cores is 100C. It's well worthwhile reading all the little notes on Intel's website (and the CoreTemp website) as otherwise you can end up posting stuff that may not be 100% correct.
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So what does that 65C mean, and what is the Tjunction?
 
Intel site says the thermal spec is measured at the centre of the IHS and is the maximum temp when operating at maximum TDP which is 130W. So while it may not be the maximum temp the chip can take it is certainly an optimal one?

From my understanding Tjunction is simply a predefined value for 3rd party to measure the core temp?
 
steve258 said:
Intel site says the thermal spec is measured at the centre of the IHS and is the maximum temp when operating at maximum TDP which is 130W. So while it may not be the maximum temp the chip can take it is certainly an optimal one?

From my understanding Tjunction is simply a predefined value for 3rd party to measure the core temp?
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TJunction is the maximum expected value in the measuremenmt system. It's the value the Thermal Management TM1 or TM2 (whichever is available) system uses when it shuts the system down. Effectively it's 85C Core Temperature for most Core2Duos and 100C Core Temperature for most Quad-Cores. No-one is saying it's healthy to get the cores to those temperatures, but those are numbers defined by Intel as the maximum operating limits before damage occurs, hence the sytem shuts down.
 
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