T-Bird running hotter now

[billyjak]

I used to have it running a 1 gig oc 1.366 at 1.75v it ran at 38C now it's up to 51C
No changes were made to my system, everything the same
Running a Alpha Pal 6035 w/Delta Fan
The Fan seems to be working fine.
Abit KT7 Raid board.
Could the temp. sensor be faulty, has anyone noticed a rise in temp after running it a couple of months.

 

[LostHiWay]

Could just be that it's July and your room temp has increased. My 1.33 T-bird was running at 41 degress about a month 1/2 ago and now it's at about 50-51 idle.

 

[billyjak]

I have Central Air and it's actually cooler in my house in the summer.
Iv'e read the Gladiator Combo is good.
I lost my links, anybody.
It just reports higher, system is stable though.

 

[MrThompson]

The most probably cause would be dust in the HS or your HS may no longer be seated squarely on the CPU die. Have you moved your box or has it experienced any physical shock that could have jarred the HS? Also your clip may have sagged. This happened to my PEP66 and killed an 800 Bird.