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My CPU seems to be over-heating.
I'm using:
Gigabyte P35-S3G motherboard
Intel core 2 duo E6750
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Now a while ago my fan came loose and broke from my motherboard so I bought a new one, cost quiet a lot ( like £80 ) so I'm guessing it's a good one. Well it was working fine for a while until one day my computer suddenly making an alarm and over-heating. I took off the fan and made sure it was back on. Now I've looked all around, checked with many temperature measuring programs and it's defiantly the CPU that is the problem.
Idle my Core temps are around 44/46 and GPU is arund 58. Then when I load a game, in a matter of minutes the temperature rises to around 80-90C for my core and 70 GPU. The alarm goes off so I turn off the game and it goes back down to idle temps.
Now when I replaced the fan, the thermal paste had all dried up and the fan isn't the sturdiest connected to my old motherboard, but again, I never had this problem before until I took off the fan so I'm thinking ( hoping ) that all I need is some new thermal paste and just to make sure the fan is defiantly in place. But if that isn't the game, can you possibly think of any other problems it could be?
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Clarification request: Just me checking.
by R. Proffitt 
- 3/15/12 6:28 PM
In Reply to: CPU overheating. Thermal paste dried up? by josh1011
When we pull the heat sink we wipe off the compound and put on fresh stuff. I wonder if you are asking if you need to do this.
Recheck work
by Willy - 3/16/12 7:33 AM
In Reply to: CPU overheating. Thermal paste dried up? by josh1011
As already explained to you, the simple fix is to re-apply the thermal paste. Then be 100% sure the cpu fan is in 100% contact to do its job, as in level and firm. Don't over-tighten the fan setup though. be sure the proper amount of paste is used, DON"T over do it. Also, recheck to see the cpu fan setup is "rated" for you're cpu, it has to say so as in what level or class of cpu bested used up to.
Instructions for any paste: http://www.arcticsilver.com/instructions.htm
FYI- The 8600 class GPU is prone to heat issues, so it must be cooled well. The case should also looked at for overall cooling aspects. As the PC ages, cooling does degrade alittle so don't fall for it didn't do that before scenario, things do age to wear&tear.
tada ------Willy 
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