Need Help Badly - CPU Temp. Way to high!

[Ayrik]

Today i was playing a Counter-Strike game like always when i noticed an annoying sound coming from my CPU. It sounded like a screw was loose or something, so i reseated my heatsink. When I put it back on I went into BIOS just like normal and my CPU temperature was 57 degrees! I have a Swiftech MCX370 heat sink, it shouldn't even be over 40! So I called my friend and he suggested to take off the old thermal paste and apply new. So I did this and I still had the same 57 degress. I have tried reseating the damn heatsink about 5 times and my temps are still this high. I keep all the panels of my case off and I took the power supply out and its lying on the table now to keep the heat out, so the venting is acceptable. I can't figure out why my temperature is so high. Any ideas?

 

[Ayrik]

Oh Sorry my O.S:


Windows Xp Professional

 

[neutralizer]

Maybe your mobos thermal diode is dead.

 

[anime]

make sure you installed the heatsink correctly so it made full contact with the cpu (completely flat). Some peeps did not even noticed that their heatsink was not installed properly until they checked their temp or fried their cpu.

 

[Mikewarrior2]

Umm...

Who told you that your temps should be under 40C ? That person is completely full of it.

UNIVERSAL STATEMENT YET AGAIN: Every socket-a mb reads temps differently. From placement of the socket-thermistor, to ambient case temps, to motherboard manufacturer compensation, it is impossible to cross-compare temps across different motherboards.

For an A7V133, unless your ambient case temp is obscenely low (below 20C), 57C is a typical reading. If it is stable, then there is nothing wrong. NOw as far as the buzzing noise, ti could come from the heatsink, or it could be the bios "temperature shutdown" level being hit.

If you really want to drop your temps, rather than try to get anew heatsink, you can add some case cooling. what is your ambient case temp"?

Or of course, you can always buy a motherboard that reads "lower" temps if that's all that really concerns you...


Mike

 

[Ayrik]

Case Temp is around 29-30 degress C.


And its really Stable i have gotton some BSOD...its very strange

 

[Mikewarrior2]

with that ambient temp, and the heatsink you have, the BSOD's are likely not heat related...



Mike

 

[Ayrik]

I Ment its NOT stable NOT NOT NOT!

 

[Mikewarrior2]

can you verify that the springs on the mc370 are correct for each side of the heatsink... that's the only problem with mc370 installation that i can think of.


Mike

 

[Ayrik]

Yes... i made sure of that...

 

[Nintari]

What type of ventelation do you have in your case? No fans, one fan two fans etc... positioning and direction of blowing etc would be nice to know. Also do you have all cables set aside neatly?

 

[Ayrik]

All cables are tied up. I have 1 Case fan all panals are off... my power supply is out..everything that i could take out is out.

 

[NesuD]

i had a problem with my 370 a while back where it apparently had uneven pressure from the springs i actually had to very carefully adjust one of the screws down while monitering the temp in the bios to get its best surface contact. It was worth about 5c temp reduction but i got tired of it and replaced it with an sk6

 

[Ayrik]

Thanks..will try that

 

[Ayrik]

No Luck... What Heat Sink do you guys suggest!

 

[TheNewGuy]

My temp varies anywhere from 50-61 degrees without any trouble, and because of where my computer is located, there is very little circulation...this is just to let you know that you cpu can handle the temp (I have a 1.4 ghz as well), theoretically, and maybe something else is causing your problems...

Dave

 

[Ayrik]

i have been getting some BSOD! and crashing

 

[indianduddawg47]

what fan do you have on the heatsink?

 

[MWink]

<< It sounded like a screw was loose or something, >>



Sounds to me like your CPU fan is dying. They will often make loud noises before dying. When they do that they usually spin slower (making the CPU run hotter). Is the sound coming from the fan? Try stopping the fan (with your finger) for a second (1 second) and see if the noise stops. If it does, you need a new fan.

BTW, if you need a new HSF I recommend the Cooler Master DP5-6I11A from Newegg. It does a good job cooling and is very quiet as well.

 

[Ayrik]

Let me go into more detail on the sound. IF you were to take an electric razer and put it on aginast something metal, thats what it would sound like. When i would touch my motherboard tray (pull on it a bit) the sound would stop. Thanks for suggestion Know a good website?

 

[Ayrik]

/bump bump

 

[Comp625]

Maybe the screws attaching your mobo to the case is lose.

 

[IFICUDIWUD]

sounds like your case fan is rubbing on the case or could be a bearing.. I reccomend an alpha pal 8045 with a 80mm wisper fan,, panaflow is good.. and ad an exhaust fan to the back.. Im runnin an 1600xp..w/that hs+fan and 2 panaflows besides...1 in front sucking in and 1 on the back blowing out... cant even hear the fans... my yamaha cdrw makes more noise when it spins up..

 

[Ayrik]

Thats a nice Fan...