Computer Restarts.

The restart is seen when I tried ATI Overdrive, and playing games.

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Thats what I see on speedfan, nothing is cooking, but I dunno why temp2 is at -55 C..and I have 6 fans, they all are at 100%.

Most likely my psu or mobo...? lol
 
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No! most like the ATI ttool is your real problem. I tried one or two of those on the last build here about a year ago and ended up seeing few things then. But I will tell you right off that your board temp is way up higher then it should be. I ran into that problem with the new board here. But I only saw 48C over the 42-43C cpu idle temp while the Artic Silver was still in the bonding stage iwth the new hsf. The new board was soon moved out of the old case. The cpu temp on the other hand is where it should be with a Zalman cpu cooler in use. You need better cooling for the board itself. While the cpu is doing good your board is most likely "roasting" while you are gaming! That will see the overheat protection kick into gear.
 
Well, when I said ATI Overdrive, I wasn't talking about ATI TOOL, ATI Overdrive is something made by ATI, in the Catalyst Control. It's similar to ATI TOOL, but it overclocks, and I've only done ATI Overdrive twice, just to see what it was capable of doing. And when it hit 60 C my comp crashes, I try again, it hits 60 C and it crashes, so I decided to to stop and left it at default.

And what you said about the board cooling, what exactly do I need? I was thinking about getting a new board, but if I don't need to, what exactly would I need to get to keep my board cool, like could you show me some items off of new egg.

I remember on my HP computer, I had speedfan on it just to see the temps and it was on fire, but it never crashed and restarted. Nothing is damaged in my HP computer either.
 
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The problem being seen with the temps there was a high board temp while cool cpu. With the newer boards having more power going through them they seem to run warmer then the older Socket A and older P4 models. The best thing is to see that there is adequate air flow. When swapping from the old Socket A to 939 board here the temp was also higher then the cpu's.

The case itself had to replaced. Now instead of a rear and top 80mm pair of fans the new one has a 140mm front intake, 120mm rear exhaust plus the two 120mm fans I put on the side cover. A blue light special! :P

The subsequent temps saw the 44C mid cpu temp drop to 32-33C idle with the 46-48C board temp drop to 31C. Besides the Zalman CNS9500 cpu cooler replacing the stock hsf the lowered board temps went further in lowering all temps overall. On the older board you could set a shutoff temp range manually in the bios setup. The improvements seen with the newer lines include an automatic overheat protection which on Asus boards is known as Cool'n'Quiet. Besides some added and larger fans you may need a bios update as well. These are a pair of ideas to look at in protecting your hardwares.
 
Uh... so your telling me to get a better case, for an example, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811146029 that has 8 fans, and then maybe changing the cpu stock cooling to Zalman CNS9500?

and then checking my bios to see if i have this overheat protection and change it manually?

And another thing, Temp2 on SpeedFan, It says (negative) -55 C, is this suppose to be like that? I don't believe one part of my computer is a complete ice block.
 
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Theres nothing wrong with your temps. Dont know whats wrong with that -55 temp and a new case has nothing to do with the restartings!! PC eye can go on and on about nothing!! The Athlon 64 runs alot cooler than XP socket A processors even uses less power! I say your problem is a driver or your video card! I noticed you have the GA M55SLI-S4 board, thats one that I have, theres a molex power plug next to the first PCI-E slot, if you dont already, plug a power connector from the power supply there and see if that stops the rebooting, its a extra power plug for the video card!
 
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yeah, i've had a plug in there for a while...

and i had a x300 in here before i used this x850xt pe and i still had system restarts.

I've checked my mobo to see if anything was wrong. I've seen that the my cpu fan pins were in the system fan pins. So I just changed it and put it into the cpu fan pins instead of system fan.





Ok, what is the Temp3 and Core on the speedfan suppose to resemble? Because I was playing a game for a while and then I Alt Tabbed just to check the temperature and it is with a Red Arrow Pointing up.

I don't think Speedfan is actually reading my comp correctly...lol..This was right after I played a game of Age of Empires 3
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Alimoose said:
Uh... so your telling me to get a better case, for an example, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811146029 that has 8 fans, and then maybe changing the cpu stock cooling to Zalman CNS9500?

and then checking my bios to see if i have this overheat protection and change it manually?

And another thing, Temp2 on SpeedFan, It says (negative) -55 C, is this suppose to be like that? I don't believe one part of my computer is a complete ice block.
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That's not a minus 55C there. That's the way SpeedFan displays the temps. Moving into another case is an option to increase cooling. The idea is to see the board temps not cpu temps lowered down at this point. NZXT does have some great gaming cases to look over. A few others can be looked over at http://www.xoxide.com/nzxt.html along with some other brands.

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Theres nothing wrong with your temps. Dont know whats wrong with that -55 temp and a new case has nothing to do with the restartings!! PC eye can go on and on about nothing!! The Athlon 64 runs alot cooler than XP socket A processors even uses less power!
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Apparently you are becoming blind as a bat. While the cpu temp seen there is great the board temp is well above what should be being seen. On Socket A board the cpu with a stock hsf would see the mid 50Cs when loaded while the board stayed in the 40Cs. While the newer cpus now draw less power and run cooler like seeing a 42C cpu and 46C board temp the system there sees a 35C cpu temp with 55C for a board temp and unexpected problems?

The newer model boards allow for more power which means an increase in temps to be expected. This is where adequate cooling has to be considered. The most likely problem being seen there is the board's own overheat protecion circuit kicking in. With air flow and a low cpu temp you should be seeing a board temp down under 40C even with a load. You could look over the board's manual and bios settings to see what temp range is set for shutting the system when a certain threshold is reached. Some still have a selection of temp ranges with the defaults usually lower.
 
There isn't any way to change my overheat protection in my bios...In fact there isn't even an option in bios.

Where do I check to see my board's temperature.

And what is this Socket A you guys are talking about? I have a socket AM2
 
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Alimoose said:
There isn't any way to change my overheat protection in my bios...In fact there isn't even an option in bios.

Where do I check to see my board's temperature.

And what is this Socket A you guys are talking about? I have a socket AM2
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Install Gigabytes Easy Tune then go to hardware monitoring and check the temps!
Dont have any idea why he brought up Socket As, something is falling apart or burning up on him all the time! Those are Duron-Athlon and XP Athlons, they ran hotter than Athlon 64s
 
Uh...It says my system temperature is always around 28C - 34C

Only thing I see that goes up is my CPU and my GPU when I'm playing games...

So I'm guessing I would need to get a better CPU Cooling device. I also don't think there is any thermal grease or whatever that is under the heatsink and above my cpu...

I think the overheat protection was at 65C for my cpu....so maybe that could be the reason why my comp restarts, but I have no idea yet.
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Could this be the overheat protection?


Any idea what this is?
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Run a game for awhile and open easy tune to pc health and see what your system and cpu temps are and smart fan controls fan speed depending on your cpu temp.
 
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You would be better off looking to home first. You don't have room to comment about others. :rolleyes:
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My computers are all fine, in your answers thats all you talk about is how screwed up your computers are! You got this guy buying a new case-new P/S-new CPU cooler-northbridge cooler,why dont he just order a new computer!
 
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It controls your fan speed depending on your System and CPU temps. you can have your fan speed increase or decrease depending on what temp you have set. Your CPU and system temps seem to be fine. Your system is shutting down or restarting when your Video GPU hits around 60C, thats not really that hot, begining to think you might have a bad video card, do you know anybody that has a video card you could use to test?
 
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and i had a x300 in here before i used this x850xt pe and i still had system restarts.
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lol...

maybe i should try the 2nd pci express slot instead of the firsT?

My max System temp hit around 44C same goes with my cpu.
 
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I have the X2 4600 AM2 and run it at 1.35. If you have the 65watt model its suppost to be 1.20-1.25, but otherwise its suppost to be 1.30-1.35
 
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