Ok, so I've had this new computer for a couple of months or so.. here are the specs:
AMD XP 1800+
EpoX 8K3A+
256mb 2700 DDR 333 ram
blah blah i think thats all that's relevant to this..
anyway, with the standard fan and heatsink, it seemed to be running too hot.. idle it was like 63 degrees or something and under load it went up to about 70.. this is with the case temp about 35
so i went out and bought a Volcano 9, and installed it... at first it seemed to lower the temps quite a lot.. it would be below 50 and occasionally it would go above. Now, a few days on, it seems to be getting hotter, around 55 degrees idle and up to 63 (eek) under load.. i run the fan on i guess medium.. about 3400rpm i think.. if i crank it up it brings the temps down a few degrees but its just too loud
now ive also added in a few case fans, and thats brought the case temps down to 30 or so..
why is my cpu running so hot? i haven't overclocked or anything
btw, when i first boot up my computer in the morning the cpu is about 35-40 degrees according to the sensor thing
i wasn't sure whether to trust the bios sensor, so i download motherboard monitor.. i set it up, and the case temp sensor seems to work fine, it says 30c, but when i enable the second sensor, the one for the cpu, and apply it, my whole computer SHUTS DOWN, and when i restart and turn on mbmonitor it just does it again
i've reinstalled it and it's done the same thing
I'd really appreciate some help here guys... did i not put on enough thermal paste or something?
AMD XP 1800+
EpoX 8K3A+
256mb 2700 DDR 333 ram
blah blah i think thats all that's relevant to this..
anyway, with the standard fan and heatsink, it seemed to be running too hot.. idle it was like 63 degrees or something and under load it went up to about 70.. this is with the case temp about 35
so i went out and bought a Volcano 9, and installed it... at first it seemed to lower the temps quite a lot.. it would be below 50 and occasionally it would go above. Now, a few days on, it seems to be getting hotter, around 55 degrees idle and up to 63 (eek) under load.. i run the fan on i guess medium.. about 3400rpm i think.. if i crank it up it brings the temps down a few degrees but its just too loud
now ive also added in a few case fans, and thats brought the case temps down to 30 or so..
why is my cpu running so hot? i haven't overclocked or anything
btw, when i first boot up my computer in the morning the cpu is about 35-40 degrees according to the sensor thing
i wasn't sure whether to trust the bios sensor, so i download motherboard monitor.. i set it up, and the case temp sensor seems to work fine, it says 30c, but when i enable the second sensor, the one for the cpu, and apply it, my whole computer SHUTS DOWN, and when i restart and turn on mbmonitor it just does it again
i've reinstalled it and it's done the same thing
I'd really appreciate some help here guys... did i not put on enough thermal paste or something?
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