CPU Overheating Problem

[Nosf3ratu]

As you can tell by the topic I'm having an overheat problem, the thing is that my cpu doesn't even get hot! I have the AN35/N-400 mobo from Shuttle and it has overheat protection. I looked in the manual and it says a red led will light towards the front of the board and the computer will shut itself off in the event of an overheat. Sure enough, it cuts off when I'm in the middle of doing something and the red light comes on. The cpu is an Athlon XP 2600+. Even after I let it cool down after a couple hours it immediately shuts off after a few seconds, not even giving the BIOS time for startup checks. Perhaps, its something in the BIOS? Someone please help, I really appreciate it.

 

[sivart]

have you looked in the BIOS, it should show you the temps that it is reading. Does the manual state were the thermal sensor is (thermometer). Maybe you have to place it near the CPU and it is not in the right place. If the BIOS is showing high temps, have you tried to flash it to the latest version to see if it helps?

I am assuming with this that you are using a proper heatsink / fan for your CPU.

 

[Nosf3ratu]

Yes, I have the retail heatsink and fan. The BIOS is reading around 46-48C. I'm actually using it right now but any minute it will probably shut off. I'll check the manual, I have to go get it.

 

[Nosf3ratu]

Okay checked the manual, the led is in between the IDE connectors, as for the temperature gauge itself, it doesn't say where that is. Also, auto-shutdown is disabled in the BIOS, this temperature shutdown is a feature of the motherboard.

 

[sivart]

those temps don't seem extremely hot for an AMD chip. I would think that it would more than likely be about 70C before a shutdown. Is this a new motherboard? If so you may want to try and exchange it or see if there is a way to turn off the motherboard temp monitoring in the BIOS. I think auto-shutdown is something that you can schedule at a specific time? Maybe not?

 

[theMan]

definately try flashing the bios. first try reflashing the one you have now, and then if that doesnt work, get the newest update.

 

[Nosf3ratu]

I haven't had a problem since I took off the heatsink and reapplied thermal compound(I think I had too much on at first).