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!!!Daniel!!!

!!!Daniel!!!

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If a Processor overheats, does it cause your computer to just instantly turn off?

If so, what is the highest temperature it can reach before turning off?
 
On most new boards when a cpu reaches a certain temperature the overheat protection will kick in and likely power down the system to prevent damage. On old systems you had to manually set the shutdown limit in order to prevent any overheating cpu from simply going doa on you!

Different series of cpus as well as different models will have their own max temp as well as their normal operating range. If you should reach the max without any protection circuit coming in it will depend on just how long you are at that before permanent damage simply become irreversable.

Most are simply trying to avoid finding out where a cpu will cook and have to watch things closely when planning to and while ocing any hardware including the cpu. This is why many will invest in liquid cooling setups since those tend to see more cooling over 3rd party coolers sold and certainly far better then any stock hsf the manufacturer throws on.
 
ohk.

i left a previous thread in....cant remember which forum, about my computer just randomly turning off, and think i found the problem.
i installed PC Wizard which will tell you temps of CPU and processors, Processor goes higher and higher for every program i open. i watch go past 100 Degrees (Celcius) after booting a program that requires alot of RAM and computer went BANG!!!, couldnt turn it on for a while, its running fine now though, for i dont know how much longer
 
As in cleaned, do you mean taking the heatsink and fan off. Cleaning both and reapplying Thermal Compound. If not you might need to. Should not let a X2 5000 get over 70c.
 
Hopefully you didn't apply too much paste when going to reapply it. You'll need to go lightly for a few days to allow the paste to start bonding between the hsf and cpu there. But keep a close eye on the temps even try a second tool that displays cpu temps like System Info for Windows found at http://www.gtopala.com/ as well as taking a look in the bios once in awhile in case PC Wizard is reporting the wrong temps still being a software.

The hardware monitor provides direct readings from the board's sensors while sometimes a software will give off false temps. That's only if you start seeing high temps again with the fresh application. The SIW tool there simply provides a second software opinion before any need to reboot and enter the bios setup.
 
I am using PC Wizard and a program that came with my motherboard that gives me temps for everything, both are set to start whith boot so they are always on my screen
 
Are you running the Asus Probe II? That's quite accurate even on other makes of boards. You should have that in the utility folder seen on the board's software disk. That's another way to cross temps with PC Wizard as well as any other 3rd party tool.
 
If you are seeing the same temps on both then you know you are not running into any false reports some have seen with the 2008 release. Everest used to have a free edition that quite often ran into that problem as well. But keep an eye on the temps anyways in case you see them start climbing again.
 
They do both eventually exact each other, its PC wizard that has a bit of lag on it. If Prob II says my CPU is on...lets say 20 degrees, PC wizard will say that 10 seconds later, so i would say Prob II is a bit faster on the update
 
PC Wizard is quite a bit larger and slower to even start. The Asus tool is light and fast as well as being quite reliable. I would tend to favor that for temps while you are in Windows.

The other system information tool will take a little longer then Probe II to initially open as well but is instant for displaying temps there. You simply have to scroll down from softwares into the hardware section and click on the sensors item to have the voltages seen above the main temp and core temps to follow.
 
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