Friends CPU is overheating

34erd · 12-03-2005, 09:42 PM

Ok so today my freind said hes having problems with his CPU. He says he by accidently overclocked it and made it overheat because he was getting heat warnings. He says he had a 2.4 gigahertz P4 and it somehow got overclocked to 3.2 gigehertz. Makes sense, I thought. So I had him DL CPU-Z and turns out he has a 540. His motherboard is an ASUS (I forgot the model, but its 775), so he DL ASUSprobe. And then we found out he's running his CPU at 71* C... stock

He says it just started yesterday when he was playing WoW. He and his dad built the computer so it sounds like they may have not had the heatsink in right and he bumped it out of place or something. I told him to register here, hopefully he will, but what do you guys think is going on?

Chris Chan · 12-03-2005, 09:44 PM

May have not removed the plastic protective cover on the thermal goop on the HSF.

super_xero · 12-03-2005, 09:45 PM

if he had overclocked and the heatsink isnt that good say the reference heatsink it could run hotter then normall

Taven · 12-03-2005, 09:46 PM

Do all CPUs have that on there? B/c my AMD 64 3500 didn't seem like it had it on there, so i didn't remove anything before installing it.

34erd · 12-03-2005, 09:51 PM

But he didnt overclock, he thought it did and thats why it was running hot. Turns out it was running hot on stock speed.
This computer was also running for half a year already.

Chris Chan · 12-03-2005, 09:55 PM

Ah. In that case, open it and check the HSF.

2193steven · 12-03-2005, 10:14 PM

sorry i realize this has nothing to do with the subject but does chris chan have a brother called jeff by any chance? p.s yes this is serous question

Chris Chan · 12-05-2005, 12:41 AM

I don't have a brother named Jeff. Could have PM'd me to asked that question.

12-03-2005, 09:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
34erd Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 16 Posts: 2,844	Friends CPU is overheating Ok so today my freind said hes having problems with his CPU. He says he by accidently overclocked it and made it overheat because he was getting heat warnings. He says he had a 2.4 gigahertz P4 and it somehow got overclocked to 3.2 gigehertz. Makes sense, I thought. So I had him DL CPU-Z and turns out he has a 540. His motherboard is an ASUS (I forgot the model, but its 775), so he DL ASUSprobe. And then we found out he's running his CPU at 71* C... stock He says it just started yesterday when he was playing WoW. He and his dad built the computer so it sounds like they may have not had the heatsink in right and he bumped it out of place or something. I told him to register here, hopefully he will, but what do you guys think is going on? __________________ DFI Lanparty UT nF4 SLI DR Athlon 64 3500+ Venice 1 Gig OCZ VX DDR500 DDR BFG GeForce 7800GT 160 Gig SATA HDD CD-RW DVD-ROM Antec NeoPower 480 Thermaltake Tsunami

12-03-2005, 09:44 PM	#2 (permalink)
Chris Chan Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Michigan, USA Age: 17 Posts: 509	May have not removed the plastic protective cover on the thermal goop on the HSF. __________________ desktop: Celeron 1.7/512MB/80GB/integrated/Ubuntu 7.10 server: P4 2.8/768MB/40GB/integrated/Debian Etch laptop: G3 500MHz/256MB/10GB/RageMobility/Debian Etch laptop soon: Sempron 2800+/512MB/40GB/integrated/Ubuntu 7.10 laptop soon: PII 300MHz/192MB/40GB/?/Debian Etch

12-03-2005, 09:46 PM	#4 (permalink)
Taven Silver Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Atlanta, GA Age: 20 Posts: 136	Do all CPUs have that on there? B/c my AMD 64 3500 didn't seem like it had it on there, so i didn't remove anything before installing it. __________________ CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Mobo: DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 SLI-D GPU: XFX GeForce 7800GT 256mb 450/1050 :D RAM: 2x512 Patriot Signature Series PSU: Aspire Chameleon 550w HDD: 160Gb Seagate 7200rpm

12-03-2005, 09:51 PM	#5 (permalink)
34erd Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 16 Posts: 2,844	But he didnt overclock, he thought it did and thats why it was running hot. Turns out it was running hot on stock speed. This computer was also running for half a year already. __________________ DFI Lanparty UT nF4 SLI DR Athlon 64 3500+ Venice 1 Gig OCZ VX DDR500 DDR BFG GeForce 7800GT 160 Gig SATA HDD CD-RW DVD-ROM Antec NeoPower 480 Thermaltake Tsunami

12-03-2005, 09:55 PM	#6 (permalink)
Chris Chan Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Michigan, USA Age: 17 Posts: 509	Ah. In that case, open it and check the HSF. __________________ desktop: Celeron 1.7/512MB/80GB/integrated/Ubuntu 7.10 server: P4 2.8/768MB/40GB/integrated/Debian Etch laptop: G3 500MHz/256MB/10GB/RageMobility/Debian Etch laptop soon: Sempron 2800+/512MB/40GB/integrated/Ubuntu 7.10 laptop soon: PII 300MHz/192MB/40GB/?/Debian Etch

12-03-2005, 09:45 PM	#3 (permalink)
super_xero Diamond Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,307	if he had overclocked and the heatsink isnt that good say the reference heatsink it could run hotter then normall

12-03-2005, 10:14 PM	#7 (permalink)
2193steven New Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 7	sorry i realize this has nothing to do with the subject but does chris chan have a brother called jeff by any chance? p.s yes this is serous question

12-05-2005, 12:41 AM	#8 (permalink)
Chris Chan Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Michigan, USA Age: 17 Posts: 509	I don't have a brother named Jeff. Could have PM'd me to asked that question. __________________ desktop: Celeron 1.7/512MB/80GB/integrated/Ubuntu 7.10 server: P4 2.8/768MB/40GB/integrated/Debian Etch laptop: G3 500MHz/256MB/10GB/RageMobility/Debian Etch laptop soon: Sempron 2800+/512MB/40GB/integrated/Ubuntu 7.10 laptop soon: PII 300MHz/192MB/40GB/?/Debian Etch

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