Cpu Overheating (help please)

[meatwad10]

Recently, I had to get a new psu because my other one was broke. After installing the new one, my cpu started to overheat.
At first, I thought it was just during games, but earlier today I opened up a guitar tuning program, and I got a whopping 96% cpu usage (monitor on desktop sidebar).

My cpu never overheated before, and I can't tell why its overheating. Heres the specs:
AMD64 2800+
ABIT K8T800 PRO
1 GB "Value Ram"
ATI 9800 PRO
80 GB HDD
Thermaltake Silent-purepower 480w (new psu)

 

[n0cmonkey]

How hot is it getting?
Are you using the retail hsf?

 

[meatwad10]

I'm not sure how hot, I just get the motherboard doing the "BEE OO BEE OO" beep that to my knowledge means its overheating
And I am using the retail heatsink.

 

[DanDaMan315]

Ok I know this is a moron question but, Did you put thermal grease between the CPU and the heat sink?

 

[meatwad10]

I didn't assemble the computer, CYBERPOWERINC did. Maybe they didn't use any thremal paste... But then wouldn't my cpu have been overheating before?

 

[S0Y73NTGR33N]

CYBERPOWERINC!!!!

Return it and build your own. My grandma can build a better computer than them

-green

 

[meatwad10]

Unfortunately, your grandma could build a better computer than me then too... But does anybody know why my computer gets rediculous usage from simple internet browsing?

 

[meatwad10]

bump

 

[naldo]

Are you sure its overheating? What are your temps? Look inside and see if any of the fans are dead.

 

[meatwad10]

All fans are working, and yeah its overheating because i touched the heatsink and it was very hot... Also, I was getting the bios beep that indicates your cpu is overheating.

 

[stevty2889]

Download a temperature monitoring utility...that sound definatly indicates over heating..check your bios to see what the warning temp is set at..

Perhaps something else got damaged when the old PSU went out, it could have damaged the motherboard, are you sure the CPU fan is running?

 

[meatwad10]

Well the ABIT EQ monitoring utility wont work... I get an error message that says "OPEN FILE ERROR" I used the FanEQ program though and it says my cpu fan is at 3000 rpm at 34* and 4200 rpm at 65*

 

[meatwad10]

umm i updated my bios and everythings fine now?? thanks for the help guys

 

[stevty2889]

Dowload Everest, look in the overclocking tab(even if you are not overclocking), and it will show your temps in there near the bottom. Look to see what your temp is at when it starts giving you the overheating warning.