WHY is my CPU running so HOT?!

[tarentinos]

I have a Barton 2500+ that is NOT overclocked. It's running at 44C idle right now. I have a Speeze Whisperrock that looks like this LINK

I guess Speeze is now Spire. Anyways, I tried putting my stock fan back on there and it ran pretty well, but then I booted up City of Heroes and my temperature rocketed up to 76C!!!

I've been putting Arctic Silver 5 on my core after cleaning it with Goof Off before installing these things, but it doesn't seem to help.

Auggghh! This is so annoying!

EDIT: BTW, I have 1 80mm outtake fan on the back of this case-LINK

 

[rickn]

summertime. maybe your heatsink needs cleaning. I have a barton xp 2500+ running at 2.2ghz 1.725 volts, and it is idling right now at 43-44c

also, you have a $10 heatsink, don't expect really extravagent cooling from that thing

 

[Gerbil333]

Originally posted by: rickn
also, you have a $10 heatsink, don't expect really extravagent cooling from that thing

I have a very similar $10 hsf on my 2500+ and it runs much cooler than the stock AMD hsf...

I have a Barton 2500+ that is NOT overclocked. It's running at 44C idle right now. I have a Speeze Whisperrock that looks like this LINK

I guess Speeze is now Spire. Anyways, I tried putting my stock fan back on there and it ran pretty well, but then I booted up City of Heroes and my temperature rocketed up to 76C!!!

Ok, so your Speeze hsf is only 44C at idle. What's wrong with that? Was the 76C temp with the stock hsf, or the Speeze? Are you sure your temp. sensor is accurate? I'd expect some stability problems at 70C+.

 

[tarentinos]

The 76C was with the stock, and it was a spike. I got out of City of Heroes because I noticed it shoot up so fast.

I have my Speeze installed right now with two 80mm case fans... it's as loud as a vaccuum cleaner but I'm idling between 39-44C. When playing games my high is about 58C which is alright I guess. I turned on my front fan and that seems to have made the temperatures a bit better. nearly a 20C fluctuation still though between idling and load.

 

[pirred908]

Okay.

1. Wipe off all traces of thermal paste on your CPU and heatsink. Use 90% or higher alcohol to clean both the CPU die and heatsink base.
2. Reapply AS5 onto both the CPU and heatsink. Use a razor to make a very very thin, even surface. Use about "half a grain of rice" sized drop of AS5 on both the CPU and heatsink.
3. Set the heatink on the CPU and dont move it around alot. The more you move it, the messier the compound gets.
4. Bolt down the heatsink tightly. <This is what I think your problem is> I'm not sure how that heatsink mounts, but keep the pressure even on all four sides, to avoid uneven contact with the CPU.
5. Install the fan to a fan controller device so you don't have to be uncomfortable while your at your computer, whats the point or being misserable?

Please don't take any offense if you already knew all of this. I'm not sure of your experience level. I hope I was able to help.

 

[tarentinos]

Thanks... step #4 IS my problem I believe. When I have been mounting my heatsink I've usually placed the heatsink at an angle in order to mount it on one side and then proceeded to the next side.

EDIT: I'm going to try this tomorrow as it is early morning here (zzzz)

 

[MDE]

Those temps are fine (with the afermarker heatsink), just leave it alone as long as it works.

 

[Cruise51]

What is the room temperature and what are your case temps?

 

[Gerbil333]

Originally posted by: MDE
Those temps are fine (with the afermarker heatsink), just leave it alone as long as it works.

I agree. My 2500+ ran at up to 55-59C with the stock AMD hsf and idled at 45-49C. It never crashed. If it's stable, leave it alone.

 

[tarentinos]

The room temperature is 73-71 degrees. Nothing abnormal. Case is 27C, Socket 36C, Diode 45C. I recently played City of Heroes for about an hour and the temperature under load occasionally hit 61C.

I found that the source of all of my noise is my ti4200 fan. It's SO LOUD! I'm going to be replacing it's fan with a VGA silencer.

Today I think I will try to reapply the Arctic Silver and put the heatsink on a bit better. As of this moment, I've clocked my CPU back down to a 2500+ (44C right now) just because it worries me to run that high...

EDIT:
I just downloaded ASUS PC Probe and looked at the CPU temperature... it only measures SOCKET temperatures. I also have MBM 5 which is measuring my DIODE as well. The DIODE is what I have been concerned about all along, but perhaps I should only be concerned about the SOCKET as that's what everyone goes by...? If so, my processor is running rather cool