Amd XP-M 2600 is running too hot

[snowpeas]

When i first bought it, it can do 2.4ghz and idle around 45c and @ 50c when running games.
After a few months the temperature got high so i decided to move it down to 2.3ghz

But now its running into the high 50's even when ideling. Does chip performance degrade afterwhile of overclocking?

Can any1 tell me the original fsb and core voltage that the 2600xp chip was suppose to run in? I might move it back to the original speed

 

[Mingon]

Could be your heatsink needs reseating and some new thermal compound, a quite dust as well will help.

 

[imported_Kensai]

Originally posted by: Mingon
Could be your heatsink needs reseating and some new thermal compound, a quite dust as well will help.

Maybe bad contact with the CPU.

 

[snowpeas]

I was thinking it might be a bad contact with the cpu, because I moved several times b4 moving my pc into the dorms. Hmm Do thermal compound really help? I just usually the thermal compound that came w/ the thermalright heatsink.

 

[bobsmith1492]

The compound would prolly be fine; clean out the dust and maybe reseat the sink, especially if you've moved it around. Also you could lower your voltage as you lower the clock. That's what the biggest difference heat-wise.

 

[OfficeLinebacker]

Yep, voltage is the #1 contributor to heat.

Get some canned air and some AS5 (even though what you were using before is prolly OK), remove HSF, blow it all out, clean it all off, reseat with a very thin layer, and fire her up.

I suspect it's more dust than a reseating issue.

 

[paulsiu]

As another poster stated, remove the fan and take a look at the heatsink. It's most likely that a layer of dust have collected and needs to be cleaned out. My cpu dropped 10 degrees after I cleaned off the heatsink.

 

[Jeff7]

Sometimes jostling around might introduce gaps or bubbles in the thermal compound. I've had that happen to me - after working on the inside of the PC, and bumping the heatsink a bit, temps will be a bit high for awhile. Sometimes the heat of the CPU will make the compound reflow where it's needed, but it usually requires reapplication.