HELp, is my CPU too hot?!?!

PLow

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ABIT KT7A
Thunderbird 1.1Ghz
Maxtor 40Gb Hard drive
Pioneer 16X DVD
Geforce 2 GTS
1 stick of Micron 256 PC133
ANTEC KS282/300W power supply

Ok here's the problem.... The system boots and recognizes everything fine. I am able to fdisk and format the hard drive. Also I am able to copy from the CD to the hard drive in DOS. However, when I go to install windows (both windows98 and ME) it either freezes, or I get strange errors, such as outside MS-DOS Extender, Windows requires so much space on the hard drive please remove any disks. Sometimes it will get to scan disk and half way through start giving me real funky errors such as stack overflow, or something about MATH116 (I'm not sure if it is really the number 116, that's just an example). One time the computer started beeping and spitting nonsense characters all over the screen, like smiley faces, clubs, and a mishmash of letters. Now I'm not sure, but I think it is a heat issue. It came with a pretty week heatsink and fan, and when I go into the bios I watch the temperature quickly rise to 52*C. I did order a new heatsink and fan (FOP32), but I'm not all together sure that is the problem. Anyones help is greatly appreciated!
 

dirkdaring

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Wow, yes, 52degC while in the bios is pretty hot! Is there any thermal paste on the heat sink? You might want to keep the computer turned off until your new heat sink comes in or you may risk serious damage. I think for that processor, for normal idle, you should be shooting for around 35 degrees. Someone else can correct me if I'm wrong.

Under full load you should not go over 45-50 degrees. But in bios, not even in Windows, at 52C I would say that is way way too hot!

Dirk