Why is my computer overheating?

[duritz]

http://uploads.offtopic.com/files/klatuheat.jpg

Brand new Abit KD7A motherboard
Brand new 512 crucial ddr pc2100 memory
Year old Athlon XP 2100+
Hardcore heatsink/fan recently cleaned/dusted
2 exhaust 80mm case fans, 1 140mm intake fan

The picture above is with the side of the case off.... :wtf: Why is it overheating? I am not overclocking, or doing anything crazy with it.. It gets so hot that when I load up some games (or even in regular windows) it crashes the system and reboots itself.

I've learned if I push on the heatsink it also reboots itself.

I used silver compound between the cpu and heatsink... Reseated cpu/heatsink about 3 times with new applications of the compound each time... Even bought different compound from radio shack just in case....

I have no clue what I can do.... I have winxp pro so there is an event log I'm assuming of the shutdowns, no clue how to access it though...

Can anyone help out?

 

[duritz]

anyone? anyone? beuller? fry?

 

[DaNorthface]

looks ok. The old athlons run hot. If you want better temps, then get a better heatsink

 

[duritz]

well would the temps be making my system shut down for no reason?

 

[earthling30]

Originally posted by: duritz
well would the temps be making my system shut down for no reason?

Yes it could. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, if your system determines that the CPU is running too hot then it will tell it to shut down. Just out of curiosity, have you made sure that your heat sink is properly installed on your CPU?

 

[LilHen]

Temps should be safe, if a little high for my tastes. What kind of PS have you got? The +3.3V looks REALLY low--barely within the -5% range (+3.14V).

 

[myocardia]

Originally posted by: LilHen
Temps should be safe, if a little high for my tastes. What kind of PS have you got? The +3.3V looks REALLY low--barely within the -5% range (+3.14V).

He's got REALLY GOOD voltages; much, much better than mine. Anyway, Duritz, your northbridge is overheating. That's what's causing the reboots. 51°C is 10°C too high for a northbridge chipset to be stable. Most of them "fail" (reboot, in other words) around 45°C. As for you pushing on the heatsink, and making it reboot-- don't do it then!

 

[duritz]

the northbridge is the chip on the motherboard that came with the heatsink / fan already on it?

so you're saying the motherboard is defective?