"System is Over Heat"

[21stHermit]

I had my Celeron D 360 PC doing some heavy lifting [converting elevation points, DEMs, to elevation contours] today. After 3+ hours of running at 100% CPU, it shutdown on its own and I had this message in red on the BIOS boot screen "System is Over Heat" when I rebooted. I believe the BIOS is AMI, in any case, its a ECS S775 MB. The PC is not overclocked and and I was attempting to determine which of my 3 - PC's is the fastest.

I would assume this message is what overclockers experience during stress testing. Would the system have recorded the high temp? If so where? If not, is their a program that could record temps and log them for me?

Please share your experiences, first time I've had this happen.

Thanks
Hermit

 

[ELicious]

I would check the BIOS and look for a setting that shutsdown the computer when the CPU reaches X temp. That will tell you what temp it was at.

 

[21stHermit]

Originally posted by: ELicious
I would check the BIOS and look for a setting that shutsdown the computer when the CPU reaches X temp. That will tell you what temp it was at.

Thanks you Mr Spock, quite logical. :beer:

My CPU shutdown was set at 75C, seems like a reasonable number.

My CPU and MB have a PWM fan control, with these current settings:

Shutdown Temp . . . . . . 75C/167F . [type in value]
Smart Fan Control . . . . . . Enabled
Smart Fan start PWM value . 30 . [type in value]
Smart Fan start TEMP (C) . . 45 . [type in value]
DeltaT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +3 . [+0 - +14]

any problems?

Thanks
Hermit

 

[ELicious]

75c, that's pretty hot! I'd look at better cooling. I personally wouldn't like my system to get in the 70s.