Info Dusting of an old i5-2400

[biostud]

My parents old computer was a bit sluggish, and I found out it was running ~1Ghz @99C so I did a bit a vacuuming and now it breaks 3Ghz but still @ 99C, so I will need to bring some new thermal paste next time I visit.

 

[mikeymikec]

My parents old computer was a bit sluggish, and I found out it was running ~1Ghz @99C so I did a bit a vacuuming and now it breaks 3Ghz but still @ 99C, so I will need to bring some new thermal paste next time I visit.

Did it used to run at a normal temp? I'm just wondering if the HSF isn't completely secured.

This business of repasting because of suboptimal temps is somewhat outside of my experience (ie. I've repasted many times in many scenarios but never found it to make much difference) and I wonder if it's because of air conditioning (not common in the UK). Is it a potential factor where this PC is?

 

[coercitiv]

now it breaks 3Ghz but still @ 99C, so I will need to bring some new thermal paste next time I visit.

You could have used tooth paste.

 

[biostud]

Did it used to run at a normal temp? I'm just wondering if the HSF isn't completely secured.

This business of repasting because of suboptimal temps is somewhat outside of my experience (ie. I've repasted many times in many scenarios but never found it to make much difference) and I wonder if it's because of air conditioning (not common in the UK). Is it a potential factor where this PC is?

It's a box cooler, it might be a thermal pad, so it shouldn't be the normal temp @ 35% load.

@coercitiv nah I'll wait

 

[igor_kavinski]

My parents old computer was a bit sluggish

Surely you can get a cheap 120mm AIO for YOUR parents, yes?

Let their PC enjoy its almost retired life!

 

[biostud]

Surely you can get a cheap 120mm AIO for YOUR parents, yes?

Let their PC enjoy its almost retired life!

They're getting a 7840HS based mini PC as a replacement at some point this autumn, as they just want something that works, want windows and security updates. I might turn their old PC into a Linux box.

 

[biostud]

Did it used to run at a normal temp? I'm just wondering if the HSF isn't completely secured.

This business of repasting because of suboptimal temps is somewhat outside of my experience (ie. I've repasted many times in many scenarios but never found it to make much difference) and I wonder if it's because of air conditioning (not common in the UK). Is it a potential factor where this PC is?

My parents have no AC unit and it's placed here in Denmark. But it's a thermal pad (or whatever is on the stock Intel cooler) and it's 13-14 years old, and just letting Windows do I things, all the cores are 96-99C without doing anything, and the fan is spinning, so the CPU definitely has a problem offloading heat.

 

[mikeymikec]

My parents have no AC unit and it's placed here in Denmark. But it's a thermal pad (or whatever is on the stock Intel cooler) and it's 13-14 years old, and just letting Windows do I things, all the cores are 96-99C without doing anything, and the fan is spinning, so the CPU definitely has a problem offloading heat.

No doubt, but there's no way that HSF is properly secured right now, the temps would be way better even with no paste and a secured HSF.

If so, it will absolutely need repasting, but I would be curious to know if you feel that the HSF is at all loose before you remove it.

 

[igor_kavinski]

Did it used to run at a normal temp? I'm just wondering if the HSF isn't completely secured.

My suspicion too. The Intel provided heatsinks of that era were pretty flimsy. Could have gotten a bit loose while moving the PC around.

I actually had that issue when I upgraded my i3-2100 to i7-3770. Didn't change the heatsink. The guy selling the i7 installed it and didn't secure the heatsink properly. I ran some workload and Speedfan was showing flames on all cores and the mouse got extremely laggy. Told him that this wasn't acceptable. He took off the heatsink and then secured it properly. Max temps then did not exceed 65C.

 

[mikeymikec]

My suspicion too. The Intel provided heatsinks of that era were pretty flimsy. Could have gotten a bit loose while moving the PC around.

I had this recently when a computer (10 series Intel, stock heatsink) I built was sitting in an office minding its own business when decorators decided that the best way to move a desk with a PC under it and all the cabling was to just shove the desk out of the way.

 

[biostud]

The heatsink is firmly secured, so that's not the problem.

 

[mikeymikec]

The heatsink is firmly secured, so that's not the problem.

Just saying:

Info - (anecdote) How to make a Pentium G620 hit 90C

This is a customer's computer, not one I built thankfully (who doesn't check the processor temps in a computer they just built? weird). As everyone here can probably guess, the heatsink wasn't making proper contact with the processor. Well, in this case, it wasn't making any contact with the...

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[biostud]

Just saying:

Info - (anecdote) How to make a Pentium G620 hit 90C

This is a customer's computer, not one I built thankfully (who doesn't check the processor temps in a computer they just built? weird). As everyone here can probably guess, the heatsink wasn't making proper contact with the processor. Well, in this case, it wasn't making any contact with the...

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Well, it wouldn't budge anywhere when I tried to push it. And I'm not going to do more about it until we have their new computer up and running safely.